A Mirror Alignment Control System for H.E.S.S. Phase II

نویسندگان

  • S. Schwarzburg
  • G. Pühlhofer
  • E. Kendziorra
  • A. Santangelo
چکیده

The H.E.S.S. experiment in Namibia, which currently consists of four Cherenkov telescopes, will be extended in phase II by a fifth, larger telescope. This new telescope with its 890 mirrors poses new challenges on the design of the Mirror Alignment Control System. Important features of the new developed design are, apart from the scalability for future experiments, the possibility to do a fast realignment of a subgroup of mirrors, the fully robotic operation and the protection of the system from nearby lightning strikes. The overall design of the mirror alignment control system, its current implementation and possible modifications that would be needed to adapt it for a future Cherenkov telescope observatory are presented.

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تاریخ انتشار 2009