Year: 2025
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: The SST-1M telescopes are a pair of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) that have been operating at the Ondřejov Observatory (510m a.s.l.) in the Czech Republic since 2022. Optimized for detecting gamma rays in the energy range 1-300 TeV, they are capable of performing both mono and stereo observations. Despite challenging atmospheric conditions, SST-1M has successfully detected several galactic and extragalactic gamma-ray sources with energies reaching up to 200 TeV during its ongoing commissioning. In this study, we analyze the performance of the SST-1M telescopes at different locations to assess the impact of altitude and relative telescope spacing on their physics performance. The low-altitude site at 510m a.s.l. has already been investigated using both Monte Carlo simulations and real data. For comparison, we selected an intermediate-altitude site at 1420m a.s.l. corresponding to Pampa Amarilla in Argentina and a high-altitude site at 4270m a.s.l. corresponding to Hanle in India – both of which offer favorable astronomical conditions.
DOI: 10.22323/1.501.0908
Authors: Patrik Čechvala, Anabella Araudo, Cyril Martin Alispach, Matteo Balbo, Vasyl Beshley, Jiri Blazek, Jerzy Borkowski, Stella Boula, Tomasz Bulik, Franck Cadoux, Sabrina Casanova, Asen Christov, Jiří Chudoba, Ladislav Chytka, Premysl Dedic, Yannick Favre, Markus Garczarczyk, Laetitia Gibaud, Tomasz Gieras, Ernest Glowacki, Petr Hamal, Matthieu Heller, Miroslav Hrabovsky, Petr Janecek, Martin Jelinek, Vlastimil Jilek, Jakub Jurysek, Vladimir Karas, Bastien Lacave, Étienne Lyard, Emil Mach, Dusan Mandat, Stanislav Michal, Jerzy Michalowksi, Michal Miron, Rafal Moderski, Teresa Montaruli, Srija Reddy Muthyala, Adam Muraczewski, Ana Laura Muller, Krzysztof Nalewajski, Andrii Nagai, Dominik Neise, Jacek Niemiec, Marek Nikolajuk, Vladimír Novotný, Miroslav Palatka, Miroslav Pech, Michael Prouza, Petr Schovanek, Vitalii Sliusar, Lukasz Stawarz, Ronny Sternberger, Magdalena Stodulska, Jan Strobl, Pawel Swierk, Jacek Świerblewski, Thomas Tavernier, Petr Travnicek, Michał Ostrowski, Isaac Troyano Pujadas, Jakub Vicha, Domenico della Volpe, Roland Walter, Wojciech Marek, Krzysztof Ziȩtara
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Awards: Design Studies of CTA cameras for gamma-ray detection and High-Energy Multi-Messenger Data Center, Cherenkov Telescope Array - participation of the Czech Republic, G2678520069, Swiss contribution to the construction of innovative cameras for middle and small size telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array, Extension of Scientific Potential of Gamma-ray Observatory SWGO by Cherenkov Telescopes, G545007060, G679317963, G7253040719, The operation of the first CTA prototypes of telescopes and their cameras, G884207649, G993971353
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