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| Name: Kuldeep Yadav Affiliation: BARC, Mumbai Conference ID: ASI2019_429 Title : Status update of MACE gamma-ray telescope Authors and Co-Authors : Kuldeep Yadav for HiGRO collaboration Abstract Type : Oral Abstract Category : Instrumentation and Techniques Abstract : MACE (Major Atmospheric Cherenkov Experiment) is a 21-m diameter imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope being set up at Hanle (32.80N, 78.90E, 4270m asl) in the Ladakh region of North India for the study of very high energy cosmic gamma-ray sources. The telescope is designed to detect sources largely in the unexplored energy region 10-100 GeV and beyond with high sensitivity. The installation of the mechanical assembly of the telescope along with various sub-systems has been completed and the telescope is in an advanced stage of commissioning. Recently, test runs of the telescope with 50 mirror panels of light collector and imaging camera using 1024 photo-multiplier tubes have been conducted. A status update of the telescope including details of the preliminary results obtained so far during the trial runs will be presented in this meeting. |