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MACE (Major Atmospheric Cherenkov Experiment) is an imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope which has recently been installed by the HiGRO (Himalayan Gamma-Ray Observatory) collaboration at Hanle (32.80N, 78.90E, 4270m asl) in Ladakh region of North India. The telescope has a 21m diameter large light collector consisting of indigenously developed 1424 square shaped diamond tuned spherical aluminum mirror facets of size ~ 0.5m X 0.5m. MACE is the second largest Cherenkov telescope at the highest altitude in the northern hemisphere. The imaging camera of the telescope consists of 1088 photo multiplier tubes with a uniform pixel resolution of ~0.125o covering a field of view of ~4.0o x 4.0o. The main objective of the MACE telescope is to study gamma-ray sources mainly in the unexplored energy region 20 -100 GeV and beyond with high sensitivity. In this paper, we describe the key design features and current status of MACE including results from the trial observations of the telescope.
| Subcategory | Experimental Methods & Instrumentation |
|---|---|
| Collaboration | other (fill field below) |
| other Collaboration | HiGRO |
