23–24 Apr 2019
University of Sydney, School of Physics
Australia/Sydney timezone

Early Cherenkov light studies at Uni Sydney and Narrabri

23 Apr 2019, 18:00
15m
Slade Lecture Theatre (University of Sydney, School of Physics)

Slade Lecture Theatre

University of Sydney, School of Physics

Speaker

Prof. Gavin Rowell (University of Adelaide)

Description

The Uni of Sydney has played a pioneering role in the development of air Cherenkov detection going back to the 1950's and leading to possibly the first TeV gamma-ray signal recorded from Cen-A in 1975. I'll present a brief look at these results.

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