Recent AGN Observations by the Solar Tower Atmospheric Cherenkov Effect Experiment

Abstract

The Solar Tower Atmospheric Cherenkov Effect Experiment (STACEE) is a ground‐based atmospheric Cherenkov telescope for the detection of very high energy gamma rays from Galactic and extra‐galactic sources. By utilizing the large collection area provided by the solar mirrors of the National Solar Thermal Test Facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico, STACEE achieves a low energy threshold, around 100 GeV, for the detection of gamma rays. We briefly describe the STACEE detector and detail recent observations of Active Galactic Nuclei.

Publication
In AIP Conference Proceedings
John Kildea
John Kildea
Associate Professor (tenured) of Medical Physics