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[ Astronomický ústav AV ČR, 2022-02-18]
Mirrors for the second SST-1M (Small-Sized Telescope) telescope with a primary mirror diameter of 4.3 meters designed for the detection of Cherenkov radiation are currently being installed at the Ondřej observatory.Energetic electromagnetic radiation, such as X-rays or gamma rays, does not pass through the atmosphere. When a gamma photon passes through the atmosphere (as well as when a charged particle with high energy passes), a shower of secondary particles and Cherenkov radiation is produced. These sensitive telescopes with high temporal resolution can detect this Cherenkov radiation from the atmospheric shower. The sources of gamma photons and cosmic particles belong to the most energetic objects in the universe, they are, for example, the remnants of supernova explosions.
At the Ondřej observatory, in cooperation with the Czech partners of the SST-1M project, the Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Palacky University in Olomouc and Charles University, we are opening another field of space research.
Energetic electromagnetic radiation, such as X-rays or gamma rays, does not pass through the atmosphere. When a gamma photon passes through the atmosphere (as well as when a charged particle with high energy passes), a shower of secondary particles and Cherenkov radiation is produced. These sensitive telescopes with high temporal resolution can detect this Cherenkov radiation from the atmospheric shower. The sources of gamma photons and cosmic particles belong to the most energetic objects in the universe, they are, for example, the remnants of supernova explosions.
At the Ondřej observatory, in cooperation with the Czech partners of the SST-1M project, the Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Palacky University in Olomouc and Charles University, we are opening another field of space research.
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