ROBAST Publications by the Developer

  1. Akira Okumura (2021)
    “ROBAST 3”
    in Proceedings of the 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2021), doi.org/10.22323/1.395.0183
  2. Akira Okumura, Koji Noda, Cameron Rulten (2016)
    “ROBAST: Development of a ROOT-Based Ray-Tracing Library for Cosmic-Ray Telescopes and its Applications in the Cherenkov Telescope Array”
    Astroparticle Physics 76 38–47, arXiv:1512.04369
  3. Akira Okumura, Koji Noda, Cameron Rulten (for the CTA Consortium) (2015)
    “ROBAST: Development of a Non-Sequential Ray-Tracing Simulation Library and its Applications in the Cherenkov Telescope Array”
    in Proceedings of the 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2015) PoS(ICRC2015)951, arXiv:1508:07803
  4. Akira Okumura, Masaaki Hayashida, Hideaki Katagiri, Takayuki Saito, Vladimir Vassiliev (2011)
    “Development of Non-sequential Ray-tracing Software for Cosmic-ray Telescopes”
    in Proceedings of the 32nd International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2011), arXiv:1110.4448

ROBAST Applications by Users

  1. A. Dmytriiev et al. (2019)
    “Assessment of the GCT prototype's optical system implementation and other key performances for the Cherenkov Telescope Array”
    In the Proceedings of the 36th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2019) PoS(ICRC2019)663, arXiv:1909.11450
  2. Yugo Omura, Kei Nakai, Yoshiki Tsunesada, Douglas R Bergman, and John F Krizmanic (2019)
    “NICHE detector and operations”
    In the Proceedings of the 36th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2019) PoS(ICRC2019)379
  3. Yuki Nakamura, Akira Okumura, Hiroyasu Tajima, Nobuhito Yamane, and Anatolii Zenin (2019)
    “Characterization of SiPM Optical Crosstalk and its Dependence on the Protection-Window Thickness”
    In the Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on New Photon-Detectors (PD18), 10.7566/JPSCP.27.011003, arXiv:1909.07529
  4. Akira Okumura, et al. (2019)
    “Development of a UV-transparent Lens Array for Enlarging the Effective Area of Multichannel SiPMs”
    In the Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on New Photon-Detectors (PD18), 10.7566/JPSCP.27.011009, arXiv:1908.05510
  5. T. Arsov (2019)
    “Simulating the optical performance of an image atmospheric Cherenkov telescope”
    In AIP Conference Proceedings 2075, 090018
  6. Yuichiro Tameda et al. (2019)
    “Detection of ultra-high energy cosmic ray air showers by Cosmic Ray Air Fluorescence Fresnel lens Telescope for next generation”
    EPJ Web Conf. 10, 06004
  7. O. Le Blanc et al. (2018)
    “Final characterisation and design of the Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope (GCT) for the Cherenkov Telescope Array”
    In Proc. SPIE 10700, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VII, 1070010
  8. Sabina Stephanie Pürckhauer (2018)
    “Characterising light concentrators for CTA and optimising the data selection to improve angular resolution and sensitivity”
    PhD thesis, the Ruperto-Carola-University of Heidelberg
  9. Markus Dengler (2018)
    “Ray-Tracing Simulation einer asphärischen Linse in Vorbereitung auf Intensitätsinterferometrie mit Cherenkov-Teleskopen”
    Bachelor thesis, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
  10. S. Pürckhauer, G. Hermann, F. Werner for the CTA Consortium (2018)
    “Evaluation of light concentrators for cameras of the medium-sized telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array”
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 912 97–100
  11. Henrike Fleischhack (2017)
    “Measurement of the iron spectrum in cosmic rays with the VERITAS experiment”
    PhD thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
  12. Akira Okumura, Dang Viet Tan, Sakiya Ono, Syunya Tanaka, et al. (2017)
    “Prototyping hexagonal light concentrators using high-reflectance specular films for the Large-Sized Telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array”
    JINST 12 P12008, arXiv:1711.02367
  13. A. Hahn et al. (2017)
    “Development of a composite large-size SiPM (assembled matrix) based modular detector cluster for MAGIC”
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 845 89–92
  14. Christopher Schönwälder (2016)
    “Simulationsstudien zum Nachthimmel-Untergrund beim GCT-Teleskop für das Cherenkov Telescope Array”
    Bachelor thesis, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
  15. D. Fink, A. Hahn, D. Mazin, J. Hose, P. Bangale, R. Mirzoyan (2016)
    “SiPM Based Focal Plane Instrumentation Prototype for the MAGIC Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope”
    in Proceedings of International Conference on New Photo-detectors (PhotoDet2015) PoS(PhotoDet2015)006
  16. J. Rousselle et al. (2015)
    “Toward the construction of a medium size prototype Schwarzschild-Couder telescope for CTA”
    Proc. SPIE 9603, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy VII, 960305
  17. Cameron Rulten, Andreas Zech, Akira Okumura, Philippe Laporte, and Jürgen Schmoll (2016)
    “Simulating the optical performance of a small-sized telescope with secondary optics for the Cherenkov Telescope Array”
    Astroparticle Physics 82 36–48,
  18. Akira Okumura, Sakiya Ono, Syunya Tanaka, Masaaki Hayashidad, Hideaki Katagiri, Tatsuo Yoshida (for the CTA Consortium) (2015)
    “Prototyping of Hexagonal Light Concentrators for the Large-Sized Telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array”
    in Proceedings of the 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2015) PoS(ICRC2015)952, arXiv:1508.07776
  19. T. Armstrong, H. Costantini, C. Rulten, V. Stamatescu, A. Zech (for the CTA Consortium) (2015)
    “Monte Carlo Studies of the GCT Telescope for the Cherenkov Telescope Array”
    in Proceedings of the 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2015) PoS(ICRC2015)942, arXiv:1508.06088
  20. Riccardo Rando et al. (2015)
    “Silicon Photomultiplier Research and Development Studies for the Large Size Telescope of the Cherenkov Telescope Array”
    in Proceedings of the 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2015) PoS(ICRC2015)940
  21. K. H. Kampert (2015)
    “Development of a high efficient PMT Winston-cone system for fluorescence measurement of extensive air showers”
    in Proceedings of the 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2015) PoS(ICRC2015)677
  22. Akira Okumura (2012)
    “Optimization of the collection efficiency of a hexagonal light collector using quadratic and cubic Bézier curves”
    Astroparticle Physics 38 18–24, arXiv:1205.3968

ROBAST Applications (Masters' Theses Written in Japanese)

  1. 黒田 隼人 (2018)
    「CTA 大口径望遠鏡の光学系性能評価」
    東京大学大学院 修士論文
  2. 朝野 彰 (2018)
    「紫外透過レンズアレイによるアレイ型光検出器の光検出効率向上の実証」
    名古屋大学大学院 修士論文
  3. Dang Viet Tan (2017)
    “Development and Establishment of Performance Evaluation System for Light Concentrators of the Large-Sized Telescopes in the Cherenkov Telescope Array”
    茨城大学大学院 修士論文
  4. 稲田 知大 (2017)
    「CTA 大口径望遠鏡初号機の光学性能最適化に向けた分割鏡測定とその配置の検討」
    茨城大学大学院 修士論文
  5. 小野 祥弥 (2016)
    「次世代ガンマ線天文台 CTA の大口径望遠鏡初号機用ライトガイドの量産及び性能評価」
    茨城大学大学院 修士論文
  6. 立花 創 (2014)
    「KamLAND2 - Zen実験のための 集光ミラーの研究開発」
    東北大学大学院 修士論文
  7. 田中 駿也 (2014)
    「次世代ガンマ線天文台 CTA の大口径望遠鏡用ライトガイドの量産化に向けた基礎開発」
    茨城大学大学院 修士論文
  8. 黒田 和典 (2012)
    「次世代超高エネルギーガンマ線天文台 CTA の 大口径望遠鏡用ライトガイドの形状最適化」
    茨城大学大学院 修士論文