15–16 Apr 2025
Australia/Sydney timezone

CTAO SST Commissioning: Progress with QCAM

15 Apr 2025, 16:00
30m

Speaker

Simon Lee (School of Physical Sciences, University of Adelaide)

Description

The Small Sized Telescopes (SST) of the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory are one of three designs to be used in the array, specifically focused on observing TeV gamma-rays. A partial prototype of the final camera design for these telescopes (QCAMi) has been built, and will undergo on-sky testing in Tenerife this June/July. As part of this commissioning process, waveform data is produced in a controlled lab environment by flashing the camera with a laser. This data can then be analysed for anomalies, processed to assess charge extraction performance, and compared to the existing SST simulation configuration. In this presentation, I will show my progress in processing and analysing QCAMi data, and outline future steps of the commissioning process.

Primary author

Simon Lee (School of Physical Sciences, University of Adelaide)

Presentation materials