cherenkov-plenoscope

We love gamma ray astronomy. The Cherenkov plenoscope is a concept for a future gamma ray observatory which is hoped to overcome the limits of current instruments. A future Cherenkov plenoscope named 'Portal' is hoped to detect the abundant cosmic gamma rays in the one giga electronvolt domain within collecting areas with the size of soccer fields. The result would be a very high detection rate of cosmic gamma rays which would allow to better time resolve short lived gamma ray bursts and other astronomical phenomena. The Cherenkov plenoscope was first proposed by S. A. Mueller. The project was supported by ETH-Zurich and the MPI-K Heidelberg.