The camera of the fifth H.E.S.S. telescope. Part I: System description
J. Bolmont
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P. Corona
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Philippe Gauron
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P. Ghislain
(1)
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C. Goffin
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L. Guevara Riveros
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J. -F. Huppert
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O. Martineau-Huynh
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P. Nayman
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J. -M. Parraud
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J. -P. Tavernet
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F. Toussenel
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D. Vincent
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P. Vincent
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W. Bertoli
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P. Espigat
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M. Punch
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D. Besin
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E. Delagnes
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J. -F. Glicenstein
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Y. Moudden
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P. Venault
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H. Zaghia
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L. Brunetti
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J-M. Dubois
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A. Fiasson
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N. Geffroy
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I. Gomes Monteiro
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L. Journet
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F. Krayzel
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G. Lamanna
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T. Le Flour
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S. Rosier Lees
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B. Lieunard
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G. Maurin
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P. Mugnier
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J-L. Panazol
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J. Prast
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L. -M. Chounet
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E. Edy
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G. Fontaine
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B. Giebels
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S. Hormigos
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B. Khélifi
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P. Manigot
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P. Maritaz
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M. de Naurois
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M. Compin
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F. Feinstein
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D. Fernandez
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J. Mehault
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S. Rivoire
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S. Royer
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M. Sanguillon
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George Vasileiadis
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LPNHE -
Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies
2 APC (UMR_7164) - AstroParticule et Cosmologie
3 IRFU - Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers
4 LAPP - Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules
5 LLR - Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet
6 LUPM - Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier
2 APC (UMR_7164) - AstroParticule et Cosmologie
3 IRFU - Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers
4 LAPP - Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules
5 LLR - Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet
6 LUPM - Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier
Philippe Gauron
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D. Vincent
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M. Punch
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E. Delagnes
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A. Fiasson
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G. Maurin
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B. Khélifi
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M. de Naurois
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George Vasileiadis
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Abstract
In July 2012, as the four ground-based gamma-ray telescopes of the H.E.S.S. (High Energy Stereoscopic System) array reached their tenth year of operation in Khomas Highlands, Namibia, a fifth telescope took its first data as part of the system. This new Cherenkov detector, comprising a 614.5 m$^2$ reflector with a highly pixellized camera in its focal plane, improves the sensitivity of the current array by a factor two and extends its energy domain down to a few tens of GeV. The present part I of the paper gives a detailed description of the fifth H.E.S.S. telescope's camera, presenting the details of both the hardware and the software, emphasizing the main improvements as compared to previous H.E.S.S. camera technology.