https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201713603022
Towards the development of a SiPM-based camera for the Cherenkov Telescope Array
1 INFN – Sezione di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
2 Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy
3 INFN – Sezione di Bari, Bari, Italy
4 Università di Bari, Bari, Italy
5 INFN – Sezione di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
6 Università di Siena, Siena, Italy
a speaker, e-mail: elisabetta.bissaldi@ba.infn.it
Published online: 23 March 2017
The Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) is involved in the development of a prototype for a camera based on Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPMs) for the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), a new generation of telescopes for ground-based gamma-ray astronomy. In this framework, an R&D program within the ‘Progetto Premiale TElescopi CHErenkov made in Italy (TECHE.it)’ for the development of SiPMs suitable for Cherenkov light detection in the Near-Ultraviolet (NUV) has been carried out. The developed device is a NUV High-Density (NUV-HD) SiPM based on a micro cell of 30 μm × 30 μm and an area of 6 mm × 6 mm, produced by Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK). A full characterization of the single NUV-HD SiPM will be presented. A matrix of 8 × 8 single NUV-HD SiPMs will be part of the focal plane of the Schwarzschild- Couder Telescope prototype (pSCT) for CTA. An update on recent tests on the detectors arranged in this matrix configuration and on the front-end electronics will be given.
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