Anthony Brown

Science with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Publisher: WORLD SCIENTIFIC

Date: 26-02-2018

DOI: 10.1142/10986

The Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope, an end-to end Schwarzschild-Couder telescope prototype proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Publisher: SPIE

Date: 10-08-2016

DOI: 10.1117/12.2232082

Sensitivity of IceCube-DeepCore to neutralino dark matter in the MSSM-25

Publisher: IOP Publishing

Date: 21-03-2013

DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2013/03/027

Robust diffraction-limited near-infrared-to-near-ultraviolet wide-field imaging from stratospheric balloon-borne platforms—Super-pressure Balloon-borne Imaging Telescope performance

Publisher: AIP Publishing

Date: 03-2020

DOI: 10.1063/1.5139711

Abstract: At a fraction of the total cost of an equivalent orbital mission, scientific balloon-borne platforms, operating above 99.7% of the Earth’s atmosphere, offer attractive, competitive, and effective observational capabilities—namely, space-like seeing, transmission, and backgrounds—which are well suited for modern astronomy and cosmology. The Super-pressure Balloon-borne Imaging Telescope (SUPERBIT) is a diffraction-limited, wide-field, 0.5 m telescope capable of exploiting these observing conditions in order to provide exquisite imaging throughout the near-infrared to near-ultraviolet. It utilizes a robust active stabilization system that has consistently demonstrated a 48 mas 1σ sky-fixed pointing stability over multiple 1 h observations at float. This is achieved by actively tracking compound pendulations via a three-axis gimballed platform, which provides sky-fixed telescope stability at & 500 mas and corrects for field rotation, while employing high-bandwidth tip/tilt optics to remove residual disturbances across the science imaging focal plane. SUPERBIT’s performance during the 2019 commissioning flight benefited from a customized high-fidelity science-capable telescope designed with an exceptional thermo- and opto-mechanical stability as well as a tightly constrained static and dynamic coupling between high-rate sensors and telescope optics. At the currently demonstrated level of flight performance, SUPERBIT capabilities now surpass the science requirements for a wide variety of experiments in cosmology, astrophysics, and stellar dynamics.

The GCT camera for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Date: 12-2017

DOI: 10.1016/J.NIMA.2016.12.010

Operating performance of the gamma-ray Cherenkov telescope: An end-to-end Schwarzschild–Couder telescope prototype for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Date: 02-2017

DOI: 10.1016/J.NIMA.2016.05.059

Sensitivity of the Cherenkov Telescope Array to a dark matter signal from the Galactic centre

Publisher: IOP Publishing

Date: 27-01-2021

DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2021/01/057

Publisher’s Note: “Robust diffraction-limited near-infrared-to-near-ultraviolet wide-field imaging from stratospheric balloon-borne Platforms—Super-pressure Balloon-borne Imaging Telescope performance

Publisher: AIP Publishing

Date: 2021

DOI: 10.1063/5.0040187

Inauguration and first light of the GCT-M prototype for the Cherenkov telescope array

Publisher: Author(s)

Date: 2017

DOI: 10.1063/1.4969027

The gamma-ray Cherenkov telescope for the Cherenkov telescope array

Publisher: Author(s)

Date: 2017

DOI: 10.1063/1.4969025

Download by parachute: retrieval of assets from high altitude balloons

Publisher: IOP Publishing

Date: 22-05-2020

DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/15/05/P05014

Optical Night Sky Brightness Measurements from the Stratosphere

Publisher: American Astronomical Society

Date: 18-11-2020

DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/ABBFFB

Prospects for Cherenkov Telescope Array Observations of the Young Supernova Remnant RX J1713.7-3946

Publisher: American Astronomical Society

Date: 09-05-2017

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/AA6D67

The GCT camera for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Publisher: SPIE

Date: 27-07-2016

DOI: 10.1117/12.2231685

Sensitivity of the Cherenkov Telescope Array for probing cosmology and fundamental physics with gamma-ray propagation

Publisher: IOP Publishing

Date: 23-02-2021

DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2021/02/048

Durham University

Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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ARC Future Fellowships - Grant ID: FT210100873

Start Date: 06-2022

End Date: 06-2022

Amount: $1,073,480.00

Funder: Australian Research Council