naa a22 4500 528784242 20180924065517.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180924e201306 xx s 000 0 eng 10.3929/ethz-b-000076865 doi 10.1088/1748-0221/8/06/P06008 doi (ETHRESEARCH)oai:www.research-collection.ethz.ch:20.500.11850/76865 Design and operation of FACT - The first G-APD Cherenkov telescope [Elektronische Daten] [H. Anderhub, M. Backes, A. Biland, V. Boccone, I. Braun, T. Bretz, J. Buß, F. Cadoux, V. Commichau, L. Djambazov, D. Dorner, S. Einecke, D. Eisenacher, A. Gendotti, O. Grimm, H. von Gunten, C. Haller, D. Hildebrand, U. Horisberger, B. Huber, K.-S. Kim, M.L. Knoetig, J.-H. Köhne, T. Krähenbühl, B. Krumm, M. Lee, E. Lorenz, Werner Lustermann, E. Lyard, K. Mannheim, M. Meharga, K. Meier, T. Montaruli, D. Neise, Francesca Nessi-Tedaldi, A.-K. Overkemping, A. Paravac, Felicitas Pauss, D. Renker, W. Rhode, M. Ribordy, U. Röser, J.-P. Stucki, J. Schneider, T. Steinbring, F. Temme, J. Thaele, S. Tobler, G. Viertel, P. Vogler, R. Walter, K. Warda, Q. Weitzel, M. Zänglein] Open access ethresearch The First G-APD Cherenkov Telescope (FACT) is designed to detect cosmic gamma-rays with energies from several hundred GeV up to about 10 TeV using the Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Technique. In contrast to former or existing telescopes, the camera of the FACT telescope is comprised of solid-state Geiger-mode Avalanche Photodiodes (G-APD) instead of photomultiplier tubes for photo detection. It is the first full-scale device of its kind employing this new technology. The telescope is operated at the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos (La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain) since fall 2011. This paper describes in detail the design, construction and operation of the system, including hardware and software aspects. Technical experiences gained after one year of operation are discussed and conclusions with regard to future projects are drawn. Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 ethresearch Cherenkov detectors ethresearch Photon detectors for UV, visible and IR photons (solid-state) (PIN diodes, APDs, Si-PMTs, G-APDs, CCDs, EBCCDs, EMCCDs etc) ethresearch Gamma telescopes ethresearch Gamma detectors ethresearch Anderhub H. joint author Backes M. joint author Biland A. joint author Boccone V. joint author Braun I. joint author Bretz T. joint author Buß J. joint author Cadoux F. joint author Commichau V. joint author Djambazov L. joint author Dorner D. joint author Einecke S. joint author Eisenacher D. joint author Gendotti A. joint author Grimm O. joint author von Gunten H. joint author Haller C. joint author Hildebrand D. joint author Horisberger U. joint author Huber B. joint author Kim K.-S joint author Knoetig M.L. joint author Köhne J.-H joint author Krähenbühl T. joint author Krumm B. joint author Lee M. joint author Lorenz E. joint author Lustermann Werner joint author Lyard E. joint author Mannheim K. joint author Meharga M. joint author Meier K. joint author Montaruli T. joint author Neise D. joint author Nessi-Tedaldi Francesca joint author Overkemping A.-K joint author Paravac A. joint author Pauss Felicitas joint author Renker D. joint author Rhode W. joint author Ribordy M. joint author Röser U. joint author Stucki J.-P joint author Schneider J. joint author Steinbring T. joint author Temme F. joint author Thaele J. joint author Tobler S. joint author Viertel G. joint author Vogler P. joint author Walter R. joint author Warda K. joint author Weitzel Q. joint author Zänglein M. joint author Journal of Instrumentation London : Institute of Physics 8 (6), p. 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