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PMT array
This was our telescope, and it sits at the top of the tower. It's an array of photomultiplier tubes, or PMTs. Each collects a photon and converts it to a voltage change. All of the big heliostats on the ground collect falling light and direct it onto a different PMT, so we can not only localize the signal but its time of arrival as well.
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Taken on July 18, 2005
PMT array
This was our telescope, and it sits at the top of the tower. It's an array of photomultiplier tubes, or PMTs. Each collects a photon and converts it to a voltage change. All of the big heliostats on the ground collect falling light and direct it onto a different PMT, so we can not only localize the signal but its time of arrival as well.
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Uploaded on January 2, 2007
Taken on July 18, 2005