{
  "id": 7862584,
  "title": "Muon rings enable precise calibration of telescopes at the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/muon-rings-enable-precise-calibration-of-telescopes-at-the-cherenkov",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-16T19:50:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-muon-enable-precise-calibration-telescopes.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Research initiated as part of a bachelor's thesis in physics at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) has culminated in a new analytical description of the muon-based calibration of dual-mirror Cherenkov telescopes. The work solves a problem that had remained open for more than 30 years because of the geometric complexity of these optical systems: determining precisely how much Cherenkov…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}