The CAT imaging telescope.

BARRAU, A.; BAZER-BACHI, R.; CABOT, H.; CHOUNET, L.M.; DEBIAIS, G.; DEGRANGE, B.; DEZALAY, J.P.; DJANNATI-ATAI, A.; DUMORA, D.; ESPIGAT, P.; FABRE, Benoît; FLEURY, P.; FONTAINE, G.; GEORGE, R.; GHESQUIERE, C.; GORET, P.; GOUIFFES, C.; GRENIER, I.A.; IACOUCCI, L.; LE BOHEC, S.; MALLET, I.; MEYNADIER, C.; MUNZ, F.; PALFREY, T.A.; PARE, E.; PONS, Y.; PUNCH, M.; QUEBERT, J.; RAGAN, K.; RENAULT, C.; RIVOAL, M.; ROB, L.; SCHOVANEK, P.; SMITH, D.; TAVERNET, J.P.; VRANA, J.

The CAT imaging telescope.

Abstract

The VHE gamma-ray imaging telescope CAT started taking data in October 1996. Located at the Themis solar site in southern France, it features a 17.7 m^2 Davies-Cotton mirror equipped with 600 PMT camera at the focal plane. The mechanics and optics, the PMTs and the electronics are presented. The performance, based on the first 7 months of operation, is discribed

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