Alignment of the optical system of the 9.7-m prototype Schwarzchild-Coulder Telescope
Por:
Adams C., Alfaro R., Ambrosi G., Ambrosio M., Aramo C., Benbow W., Bertucci B., Bissaldi E., Bitossi M., Boiano A., Bonavolontá C., Bose R., Brill A., Buckley J.H., Byrum K., Cameron R.A., Capasso M., Caprai M., Covault C.E., Di Venere L., Fegan S., Feng Q., Fiandrini E., Furniss A., Garczarczyk M., Garfias F., Gent A., Giglietto N., Giordano F., González M.M., Halliday R., Humensky T.B., Ribeiro D., Hervet O., Hughes G., Ionica M., Iriarte A., Jin W., Kaaret P., Kieda D., Kim B., Limon M., Loporchio S., Meures T., Mode B.A.W., Mukherjee R., Nieto D., Okumura A., Otte N., La Palombara N., Pantaleo F.R., Paoletti R., Pareschi G., Petrashyk A., Powell J., Roache E., Rousselle J., Rugliancich A., Ruíz-Díaz-Soto J., Santander M., Schlenstedt S., Scuderi S., Shang R., Sironi G., Stevenson B., Stiaccini L., Taylor L.P., Tosti L., Tovmassian G., Vagelli V., Valentino M., Vandenbroucke J., Vassiliev V.V., Wakely S.P., Wilcox P., Williams D.A., Yu P.
Publicada:
1 ene 2020
Resumen:
The novel 9.7m Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope (SCT), utilizing aspheric dual-mirror optical system, has been constructed as a prototype medium size x-ray telescope for the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) observatory. The prototype SCT (pSCT) is designed to achieve simultaneously the wide (= 8°) field of view and the superior imaging resolution (0.067 per pixel) to significantly improve scientific capabilities of the observatory in conducting the sky surveys, the follow-up observations of multi-messenger transients with poorly known initial localization and the morphology studies of x-ray sources with angular extent. In this submission, we describe the hardware and software implementations of the telescope optical system as well as the methods specifically developed to align its complex optical system, in which both primary and secondary mirrors are segmented. The pSCT has detected Crab Nebula in June 2020 during ongoing commissioning, which was delayed due to worldwide pandemic and is not yet completed. Verification of pSCT performance is continuing and further improvement of optical alignment is anticipated. © COPYRIGHT SPIE. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.
Filiaciones:
Adams C.:
Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, United States
Alfaro R.:
Instituto de Fisica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
Ambrosi G.:
INFN Sezione di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Ambrosio M.:
Infn Napoli, Italy
Aramo C.:
Infn Napoli, Italy
Benbow W.:
Center for Astrophysics, Harvard and Smithsonian, Cambridge, MA 02138, United States
Bertucci B.:
INFN Sezione di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Università Degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Bissaldi E.:
Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica, Università e Del Politecnico di Bari, Italy
Infn Bari, Via E. Orabona 4, Bari, 70125, Italy
Bitossi M.:
Infn Bari, Via E. Orabona 4, Bari, 70125, Italy
Boiano A.:
Infn Napoli, Italy
Bonavolontá C.:
Infn Napoli, Italy
Bose R.:
Department of Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, United States
Brill A.:
Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, United States
Buckley J.H.:
Department of Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, United States
Byrum K.:
Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439, United States
Cameron R.A.:
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Slac National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, United States
Capasso M.:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Barnard College, Columbia UniversityNY 10027, United States
Caprai M.:
INFN Sezione di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Covault C.E.:
Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, United States
Di Venere L.:
Infn Bari, Via E. Orabona 4, Bari, 70125, Italy
Fegan S.:
LLR/Ecole Polytechnique, Route de Saclay, Palaiseau Cedex, 91128, France
Feng Q.:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Barnard College, Columbia UniversityNY 10027, United States
Fiandrini E.:
INFN Sezione di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Università Degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Furniss A.:
Department of Physics, California State University, East Bay, Hayward, CA 94542, United States
Garczarczyk M.:
Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY), Platanenallee 6, Zeuthen, D-15738, Germany
Garfias F.:
Instituto de Astronomia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
Gent A.:
School of Physics, Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, 837 State Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30332-0430, United States
Giglietto N.:
Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica, Università e Del Politecnico di Bari, Italy
Infn Bari, Via E. Orabona 4, Bari, 70125, Italy
Giordano F.:
Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica, Università e Del Politecnico di Bari, Italy
Infn Bari, Via E. Orabona 4, Bari, 70125, Italy
González M.M.:
Instituto de Astronomia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
Halliday R.:
Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, United States
Humensky T.B.:
Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, United States
Ribeiro D.:
Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, United States
Hervet O.:
Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics, Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, United States
Hughes G.:
Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Amado, AZ 85645, United States
CTAO, Saupfercheckweg 1, Heidelberg, 69117, Germany
Ionica M.:
INFN Sezione di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Iriarte A.:
Instituto de Astronomia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
Jin W.:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, United States
Kaaret P.:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, United States
Kieda D.:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, United States
Kim B.:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States
Limon M.:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States
Loporchio S.:
Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica, Università e Del Politecnico di Bari, Italy
Infn Bari, Via E. Orabona 4, Bari, 70125, Italy
Meures T.:
Infn Napoli, Italy
Mode B.A.W.:
Department of Physics, Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, United States
Mukherjee R.:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Barnard College, Columbia UniversityNY 10027, United States
Nieto D.:
Instituto de Física de Partículas y Del Cosmos, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Okumura A.:
Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan
Otte N.:
School of Physics, Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, 837 State Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30332-0430, United States
La Palombara N.:
Inaf - Iasf Milano, Italy
Pantaleo F.R.:
Università Degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Paoletti R.:
Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica, Università e Del Politecnico di Bari, Italy
Infn Bari, Via E. Orabona 4, Bari, 70125, Italy
Pareschi G.:
Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, della Terra e Dell'Ambiente, Università Degli Studi di Siena, Siena, Italy
INFN Sezione di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Petrashyk A.:
Citadel Securities Llc, Chicago, IL 60603, United States
Powell J.:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, United States
Roache E.:
Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Amado, AZ 85645, United States
Rousselle J.:
Subaru Telescope Naoj, Hilo, HI 96720, United States
Rugliancich A.:
INFN Sezione di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Ruíz-Díaz-Soto J.:
Instituto de Astronomia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
Santander M.:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, United States
Schlenstedt S.:
Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY), Platanenallee 6, Zeuthen, D-15738, Germany
CTAO, Saupfercheckweg 1, Heidelberg, 69117, Germany
Scuderi S.:
Inaf - Iasf Milano, Italy
Shang R.:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States
Sironi G.:
Inaf - Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Milano/Merate, Italy
Stevenson B.:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States
Stiaccini L.:
Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, della Terra e Dell'Ambiente, Università Degli Studi di Siena, Siena, Italy
INFN Sezione di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Taylor L.P.:
Department of Physics, Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, United States
Tosti L.:
INFN Sezione di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Università Degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Tovmassian G.:
Instituto de Astronomia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
Vagelli V.:
INFN Sezione di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Asi Italian Space Agency, Roma, 00133, Italy
Valentino M.:
Infn Napoli, Italy
CNR-ISASI, Italy
Vandenbroucke J.:
Department of Physics, Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, United States
Vassiliev V.V.:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States
Wakely S.P.:
Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, United States
Wilcox P.:
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States
Williams D.A.:
Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics, Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, United States
Yu P.:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States
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