Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes pointing determination using the trajectories of the stars in the field of view
The CTA-LST Project,
K. Abe,
S. Abe,
A. Aguasca-Cabot,
I. Agudo,
N. Alvarez Crespo,
L.A. Antonelli, C. Aramo, A. Arbet-Engels, C. Arcaro, M. Artero, K. Asano, P. Aubert, A. Baktash, A. Bamba, A. Baquero Larriva, L. Baroncelli, U. Barres de Almeida, J.A. Barrio, I. Batković, J.R. Baxter, J. Becerra González, E. Bernardini, M. Bernardos, J. Bernete Medrano, A. Berti, P. Bhattacharjee, N. Biederbeck, C. Bigongiari, E. Bissaldi, O. Blanch, G. Bonnoli, P. Bordas, A. Bulgarelli, I. Burelli, L. Burmistrov, M. Buscemi, M. Cardillo, S. Caroff, A. Carosi, M.S. Carrasco, F. Cassol, D. Cauz, D. Cerasole, G. Ceribella, Y. Chai, K. Cheng, A. Chiavassa, M. Chikawa, L. Chytka, A. Cifuentes, J.L. Contreras, J. Cortina, H. Costantini, M. Dalchenko*, F. Dazzi, A. De Angelis, M. de Bony de Lavergne, B. De Lotto, M. de Lucia, R. de Menezes, L. Del Peral, G. Deleglise, C. Delgado, J. Delgado Mengual, D. della Volpe, M. Dellaiera, A. Di Piano, F. Di Pierro, A. Di pilato, R. Di Tria, L. Di Venere, C. Díaz, R.M. Dominik, D. Dominis Prester, A. Donini, D. Dorner, M. Doro, L. Eisenberger, D. Elsässer, G. Emery, J. Escudero, V. Fallah Ramazani, G. Ferrara, F. Ferrarotto, A. Fiasson, L. Foffano, L. Freixas Coromina, S. Fröse, S. Fukami, Y. Fukazawa, E. Garcia, R. Garcia López, C. Gasbarra, D. Gasparrini, F. Geyer, J. Giesbrecht Paiva, N. Giglietto, F. Giordano, P. Gliwny, N. Godinović, R. Grau Haro, J.G. Green, D. Green, S. Gunji, P. Günther, J. Hackfeld, D. Hadasch, A. Hahn, K. Hashiyama, T. Hassan, K. Hayashi, L. Heckmann, M. Heller, J. Herrera Llorente, K. Hirotani, D. Hoffmann, D. Horns, J. Houles, M. Hrabovsky, D. Hrupec, D. Hui, M. Hütten, M. Iarlori, R. Imazawa, T. Inada, Y. Inome, K. Ioka, M. Iori, K. Ishio, I. Jiménez Martínez, J. Jurysek, M. Kagaya, V. Karas, H. Katagiri, J. Kataoka, D. Kerszberg, Y. Kobayashi, K. Kohri, A. Kong, H. Kubo, J. Kushida, M. Lainez, G. Lamanna, A. Lamastra, T. Le Flour, M. Linhoff, F. Longo, R. López-Coto, A. López-Oramas, S. Loporchio, A. Lorini, J. Lozano Bahilo, P.L. Luque-Escamilla, P. Majumdar, M. Makariev, D. Mandat, M. Manganaro, G. Manicò, K. Mannheim, M. Mariotti, P. Marquez, G. Marsella, J. Martí, O. Martinez, G. Martínez, M. Martínez, A. Mas-Aguilar, G. Maurin, D. Mazin, E. Mestre Guillen, S. Mićanović, D. Miceli, T. Miener, J.M. Miranda, R. Mirzoyan, T. Mizuno, M. Molero Gonzalez, E. Molina, T. Montaruli, I. Monteiro, A. Moralejo, D. Morcuende, A. Morselli, V. Moya, H. Muraishi, K. Murase, S. Nagataki, T. Nakamori, A. Neronov, L. Nickel, M. Nievas Rosillo, K. Nishijima, K. Noda, D. Nosek, S. Nozaki, M. Ohishi, Y. Ohtani, T. Oka, A. Okumura, R. Orito, J. Otero-Santos, M. Palatiello, D. Paneque, F.R. Pantaleo, R. Paoletti, J.M. Paredes, M. Pech, M. Pecimotika, M. Peresano, F. Pfeiffle, E. Pietropaolo, G. Pirola, C. Plard, F. Podobnik, V. Poireau, M. Polo, E. Pons, E. Prandini, J. Prast, G. Principe, C. Priyadarshi, M. Prouza, R. Rando, W. Rhode, M. Ribó, C. Righi, V. Rizi, G. Rodriguez Fernandez, M.D. Rodríguez Frías, T. Saito, S. Sakurai, D. Sanchez, T. Šarić, Y. Sato, F.G. Saturni, V. Savchenko, B. Schleicher, F. Schmuckermaier, J.L. Schubert, F. Schüssler, T. Schweizer, M. Seglar Arroyo, T. Siegert, R. Silvia, J. Sitarek, V. Sliusar, A. Spolon, J. Strišković, M.C. Strzys, Y. Suda, H. Tajima, M. Takahashi, H. Takahashi, J. Takata, R. Takeishi, P.T. Tam, S. Tanaka, D. Tateishi, P. Temnikov, Y. Terada, K. Terauchi, T. Terzić, M. Teshima, M. Tluczykont, F. Tokanai, D.F. Torres, P. Travnicek, S. Truzzi, A. Tutone, M. Vacula, P. Vallania, J. van Scherpenberg, M. Vazquez Acosta, I. Viale, A. Vigliano, C.f. Vigorito, V. Vitale, G.G. Voutsinas, I. Vovk, T. Vuillaume, R. Walter, Z. Wei, M. Will, T. Yamamoto, R. Yamazaki, T. Yoshida, T. Yoshikoshi and N. Żywuckaet al. (click to show)*: corresponding author
Pre-published on:
July 25, 2023
Published on:
September 27, 2024
Abstract
We present a new approach to the pointing determination of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs).
This method is universal and can be applied to any IACT with minor modifications.
It uses the trajectories of the stars in the field of view of the IACT's main camera and requires neither dedicated auxiliary hardware nor a specific data taking mode.
The method consists of two parts: firstly, we reconstruct individual star positions as a function of time, taking into account the point spread function of the telescope;
secondly, we perform a simultaneous fit of all reconstructed star trajectories using the orthogonal distance regression method.
The method does not assume any particular star trajectories, does not require a long integration time, and can be applied to any IACT observation mode.
The performance of the method is assessed with commissioning data of the Large-Sized Telescope prototype (LST-1), showing the method's stability and remarkable pointing performance of the LST-1 telescope.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22323/1.444.0566
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