Argonne / U. Chicago Initiative on R & D for Next Generation Ground Based Gamma-ray Particle Astrophysics/Astronomy

1. Argonne / U. Chicago Initiative on R & D for Next Generation Ground Based Gamma-ray Particle Astrophysics/Astronomy Karen Byrum Jun 7, 2010 Argonne National Laboratory With: (ANL) Gary Drake, Victor Guarino, Bob Wagner (UChicago) Simon Swordy (Co-PI), Mircea Bogdan, Richard Northrop, Scott Wakely,

2. Outline Cosmic Particle Physics/ Astronomy Strategic Motivation and Synergies Opportunities and Competition This Proposal: Development of Telescope Mechanical Structures & Development of Camera DAQ & Triggering Summary

3. Cosmic Particle Physics/astronomy (E > 0.1 GeV) Supernova remnants Starburst galaxies Dark accelerators Molecular Clouds Pulsars, Pulsar Wind Nebula Galactic DM clumps Galatic center DM profile in dwarf galaxies Cosmic Particle Origin > 100 sources (E > 200 GeV) Dark Matter Ext. Gal. Backg. Light Axion-Like Particle Lorentz Inv. Violation GRBs AGNs Cosmic Ray Composition Direct Cherenkov

4. Outline Cosmic Particle Physics/ Astronomy Strategic Motivation and Synergies Opportunities and Competition This Proposal: Development of Telescope Mechanical Structures & Development of Camera DAQ & Triggering Summary

5. Strategic Motivation and Synergies Current Generation Instruments HESS, VERITAS: Sensitivity ~ 1% Crab in 20 – 30 h Erange ~ 100 GeV – 100 TeV Aeff ~ 100,000 m2 Angular resolution ~ 0.1o MAGIC-II: Ethres ~ 25 GeV VERITAS is currently the most sensitive TeV Observatory in the World! UChicago – Founding Member ; Argonne joined 2005

6. VERITAS TrICE VERITAS: More than 20 refereed publications in the last 2 years. Dark Matter Science WG – Wagner (ANL) co-convener AstroParticle WG – Wakely (UChicago) convener UChicago – HV system, DAQ hardware/software Argonne – Trigger Upgrade TrICE Camera • TrICE (Track Imaging Cherenkov Experiment) Argonne,UChicago,Utah • Prototype Experiment had several goals: • Direct Cherenkov Science • Camera R&D for Future Gamma-ray and Direct Cherenkov Experiments. 6

7. Outline Cosmic Particle Physics/ Astronomy Strategic Motivation and Synergies Opportunities and Competition This Proposal: Development of Telescope Mechanical Structures & Development of Camera DAQ & Triggering Summary

8. Opportunities and Competition

9. 3.5 Increased Field of View (3.5 deg -> 8 deg) Improved Angular Resolution Reduced Camera Plate Scale

10. Outline Cosmic Particle Physics/ Astronomy Strategic Motivation and Synergies Opportunities and Competition This Proposal: Development of Telescope Mechanical Structures & Development of Camera DAQ & Triggering Summary

12. 11.5 Meter SC Mechanical Design – This Proposal ANL (Mech. Structure) UChicago (Camera box) UCLA optics

13. Technical Advances Needed Current-gen ~500 Pixels ~500 MHz ~10000 Pixels ~1000 MHz Next-gen Recall TrICE (ANL/UChicago Camera Prototype 64-channel, 1GSPS, 12-bit readout modules Self-contained, modular camera planes Order 10k channels

14. Electronics Design DRS4 • 64-channel prototype board with DRS ASIC • 4 copies of an independent 16-channel daughter board + master control logic • Each board has integrated trigger, calibration and ADC readout • 12bit, 2 us depth at 1 GSPS • Testing now underway This Proposal: • Design of system interface to an active front-end • And connection to a trigger

15. Outline Cosmic Particle Physics/ Astronomy Strategic Motivation and Synergies Opportunities and Competition This Proposal: Development of Telescope Mechanical Structures & Development of Camera DAQ & Triggering Summary & Future Plans

16. Summary and Future Plans Complete Conceptual Design of SC Telescope integrating ANL Dish and UChicago Camera Box/Mount; Build a “Mock-up” structure for simple tests and proof of principle. Complete DAQ readout board for one camera module; begin a system conceptual design interfacing camera front-end DAQ to an active front end and a topological like trigger.

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