pixels_parallel

Telescope: SSTS-design

Description: Parameter controlling the orientation of the pixels, setting it to be aligned with the optical axis or the focal surface normal. A value of 0 indicates that the pixel is oriented such that the surface is aligned with the focal surface (pixel axis parallel to focal surface normal). A value of 1 indicates, that pixels are only shifted parallel to the optical axis. Pixel surfaces remain perpendicular to the optical axis. A value of 2 places all pixels belonging to the same module (as configured in the ``Pixels’’ lines in the par:camera-config-file) on a common plane, with its orientation along the normal to the focal surface in the module center (c.o.g. of pixels) and with zero mean displacements of pixels along the \(z\) axis. A value of 3 (=2+1) has all pixels in a common plane per module and all of the modules (and thus all of the pixels) looking parallel to the optical axis. The ‘height’ (in z) of the module is again the average of where individually placed pixels would be (zero mean displacement in module). An extension to the camera definition file even allows for pixels to be configured individually and not exactly following the focal surface (in both height and orientation).

Parameter Version	Model Version(s)	Value
1.0.0	6.0.0, 5.0.0	2