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Wide field aplanatic two-mirror telescopes for ground-based gamma-ray astronomy

V. V. Vassiliev, S. J. Fegan, P. F. Brousseau

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/0612718

Abstract

Paper describes novel wide field Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes based on a modified Ritchey-Chretien design. The performance characteristics of aplanatic telescopes are compared with traditional Davies-Cotton reflectors.

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