2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
R & D of the Mobile Telescope Array Project for Very High Energy Cosmic Gamma-Ray Observations
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21340052
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Particle/Nuclear/Cosmic ray/Astro physics
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MORI Masaki 立命館大学, 理工学部, 教授 (80210136)
OHISHI Michiko 東京大学, 宇宙線研究所, 助教 (10420233)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
TOKANAI Fuyuki 山形大学, 理学部, 教授 (80323161)
KAJINO Fumiyoshi 甲南大学, 理工学部, 教授 (50204392)
NAITO Tsuguya 山梨学院大学, 経営情報学部, 教授 (50319084)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009-04-01 – 2013-03-31
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| Keywords | 宇宙線（実験） |
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| Research Abstract |
The "Mobile Telescope Array" is a large-scale array of relocatable imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes and proposed as a future Very High Energy (VHE) gamma-ray observatory. Various R & D have been carried out aiming to realize the relocatable telescope which is a new technology in this field. Such telescope should be independent of power cables for easier relocation and operated using only batteries. To this end, a low power consumption data acquisition system was developed and high capacity batteries were investigated. For calibrating telescope attitudes effectively after each relocation, an automatic calibration system utilizing GPS was also developed and estimated. An atmospheric Cherenkov telescope as a test bench for R & D has been located at the Akeno Observatory of the Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, the University of Tokyo, and will be maintained for various R & D of future VHE projects.
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[Journal Article] Status of R & D Studies of Very High Energy Gamma-Ray Astrophysics at Energies Greater than 10 TeV in Akeno2014
Author(s)
M. Ohishi, T. Abe, R. W. Clay, B. R. Dawson, Y. Matsubara, M. Mori, T. Naito, T. Okuda, A. Oshima, G. P. Rowell, D. Yahashi, T. Yoshikoshi
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Journal Title
Proceedings of the 33^<rd> International Cosmic Ray Conference (Rio de Janeiro)
Volume: (in press)
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