INFN Camera demonstrator for the Cherenkov Telescope Array
G. Ambrosi, M. Ambrosio, C. Aramo, B. Bertucci, E. Bissaldi, M., Bitossi, S. Brasolin, G. Busetto, R. Carosi, S. Catalanotti, M.A. Ciocci, R., Consoletti, P. Da Vela, F. Dazzi, A. De Angelis, B. De Lotto, F. de Palma, R., Desiante, T. Di Girolamo, C. Di Giulio, M. Doro

TL;DR
This paper presents the development and testing of a silicon photomultiplier-based camera demonstrator for the Cherenkov Telescope Array, aiming to cover high-energy gamma-ray observations with improved resolution and sensitivity.
Contribution
It introduces a novel compact camera demonstrator with SiPMs and advanced electronics, tailored for the CTA's high-energy telescope design.
Findings
Successful integration of SiPMs with Target 7 ASIC electronics
Effective thermal management with water cooling system
Demonstrated camera performance meets design specifications
Abstract
The Cherenkov Telescope Array is a world-wide project for a new generation of ground-based Cherenkov telescopes of the Imaging class with the aim of exploring the highest energy region of the electromagnetic spectrum. With two planned arrays, one for each hemisphere, it will guarantee a good sky coverage in the energy range from a few tens of GeV to hundreds of TeV, with improved angular resolution and a sensitivity in the TeV energy region better by one order of magnitude than the currently operating arrays. In order to cover this wide energy range, three different telescope types are envisaged, with different mirror sizes and focal plane features. In particular, for the highest energies a possible design is a dual-mirror Schwarzschild-Couder optical scheme, with a compact focal plane. A silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) based camera is being proposed as a solution to match the dimensions…
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Taxonomy
TopicsParticle Detector Development and Performance · Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies · Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
