Properties and Performance of Two Wide Field of View Cherenkov/Fluorescence Telescope Array Prototypes

physics.ins-det

/ Authors

S. S. Zhang, Y. X. Bai, Z. Cao, S. Z. Chen, M. J. Chen, Y. Chen, L. H. Chen, K. Q. Ding, H. H. He, J. L. Liu

and 10 more authors

X. X. Li, J. Liu, L. L. Ma, X. H. Ma, X. D. Sheng, B. Zhou, Y. Zhang, J. Zhao, M. Zha, G. Xiao

/ Abstract

A wide field of view Cherenkov/fluorescence telescope array is one of the main components of the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory project. To serve as Cherenkov and fluorescence detectors, a flexible and mobile design is adopted for easy reconfiguring of the telescope array. Two prototype telescopes have been constructed and successfully run at the site of the ARGO-YBJ experiment in Tibet. The features and performance of the telescopes are presented.