Development of the camera for the large size telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Inome, Y.; Ambrosi, G.; Awane, Y.; Baba, H.; Bamba, A.; Barceló, M.; Barres de Almeida, U.; Barrio, J. A.; Blanch Bigas, O.; Boix, J.; Brunetti, L.; Carmona, E.; Chabanne, E.; Chikawa, M.; Cho, N.; Colin, P.; Contreras, J. L.; Cortina, J.; Dazzi, F.; Deangelis, A.; Deleglise, G.; Delgado, C.; Díaz, C.; Dubois, F.; Fiasson, A.; Fink, D.; Fouque, N.; Freixas, L.; Fruck, C.; Gadola, A.; García López, R.; Gascón, D.; Geffroy, N.; Giglietto, N.; Giordano, F.; Grañena, F.; Gunji, S.; Hagiwara, R.; Hamer, N.; Hanabata, Y.; Hassan, T.; Hatanaka, K.; Haubold, T.; Hayashida, M.; Hermel, R.; Herranz, D.; Hirotani, K.; Hose, J.; Hugh, D.; Inoue, S.; Inoue, Y.; Ioka, K.; Jablonski, C.; Kagaya, M.; Katagiri, H.; Kataoka, J.; Kellermann, H.; Kishimoto, T.; Knoetig, M.; Kodani, K.; Kohri, K.; Kojima, T.; Konno, Y.; Koyama, S.; Kubo, H.; Kushida, J.; Lamanna, G.; Le Flour, T.; López-Moya, M.; López, R.; Lorenz, E.; Majumdar, P.; Manalaysay, A.; Mariotti, M.; Martínez, G.; Martinez, M.; Masuda, S.; Matsuoka, S.; Mazin, D.; Menzel, U.; Miranda, J. M.; Mirzoyan, R.; Monteiro, I.; Moralejo, A.; Murase, K.; Nagataki, S.; Nagayoshi, T.; Nakajima, D.; Nakamori, T.; Nishijima, K.; Noda, K.; Nozato, A.; Ogino, M.; Ohira, Y.; Ohishi, M.; Ohoka, H.; Okumura, A.; Ono, S.; Orito, R.; Panazol, J. L. et al.
Bibliographical reference

Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 9151, id. 915142 8 pp. (2014).

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2014
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Description
The Large Size Telescopes, LSTs, located at the center of the Cherenkov Telescope Array, CTA, will be sensitive for low energy gamma-rays. The camera on the LST focal plane is optimized to detect low energy events based on a high photon detection efficiency and high speed electronics. Also the trigger system is designed to detect low energy showers as much as possible. In addition, the camera is required to work stably without maintenance in a few tens of years. In this contribution we present the design of the camera for the first LST and the status of its development and production.