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arXiv:1307.6313 (astro-ph)
[Submitted on 24 Jul 2013]

Title:The Formation of Condensation on Cherenkov Telescope Mirrors

Authors:P.M.Chadwick (1), S.A. Cleaver (1,5), M.Dyrda (2), A. Förster (3), J. Michalowski (2), J. Niemiec (2), C. Schultz (4), M. Stodulski (2) (for the CTA Consortium) ((1) University of Durham, UK, (2) Institute of Nuclear Physics PAS, Krakow, Poland, (3) Max Planck Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany, (4) Universita di Padova and INFN, Italy, (5) now at Astrium Ltd.)
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Abstract:The mirrors of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes are different from those of conventional astronomical telescopes in several ways, not least in that they are exposed to the elements. One of the issues which may arise is condensation forming on the mirrors during observing under certain atmospheric conditions, which has important consequences for the operation of the telescopes. This contribution discusses why telescope mirrors suffer condensation and describes the atmospheric conditions and mirror designs which are likely to be problematic.
Comments: 4 pages, 1 figure, in Proceedings of the 33rd International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2013), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). All CTA contributions at arXiv:1307.2232
Subjects: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM); High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
Cite as: arXiv:1307.6313 [astro-ph.IM]
  (or arXiv:1307.6313v1 [astro-ph.IM] for this version)
  https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1307.6313

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From: Paula Chadwick [view email]
[v1] Wed, 24 Jul 2013 07:42:01 UTC (24 KB)
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