Prospects for Galactic transient sources detection with the Cherenkov Telescope Array
Abstract
Several types of Galactic sources, like magnetars, microquasars, novae or pulsar wind nebulae flares, display transient emission in the X-ray band. Some of these sources have also shown emission at MeV--GeV energies. However, none of these Galactic transients have ever been detected in the very-high-energy (VHE; E100 GeV) regime by any Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescope (IACT). The Galactic Transient task force is a part of the Transient Working group of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) Consortium. The task force investigates the prospects of detecting the VHE counterpart of such sources, as well as their study following Target of Opportunity (ToO) observations. In this contribution, we will show some of the results of exploring the capabilities of CTA to detect and observe Galactic transients; we assume different array configurations and observing strategies.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2108.03911,
title = {Prospects for Galactic transient sources detection with the Cherenkov Telescope Array},
author = {A. López-Oramas and A. Bulgarelli and S. Chaty and M. Chernyakova and R. Gnatyk and B. Hnatyk and D. Kantzas and S. Markoff and S. McKeague and S. Mereghetti and E. Mestre and A. di Piano and P. Romano and I. Sadeh and O. Sergijenko and L. Sidoli and A. Spolon and E. de Oña Wilhelmi and G. Piano and L. Zampieri},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.03911},
year = {2021}
}
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37th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2021)