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Studies of active galactic nuclei with CTA

In this paper, we review the prospects for studies of active galactic nuclei (AGN) using the envisioned future Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). This review focuses on jetted AGN, which constitute the vast majority of AGN detected at…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-08-30 A. Reimer , M. Boettcher

The Cherenkov Telescope Array Large Size Telescope

The two arrays of the Very High Energy gamma-ray observatory Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will include four Large Size Telescopes (LSTs) each with a 23 m diameter dish and 28 m focal distance. These telescopes will enable CTA to achieve…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 G. Ambrosi , Y. Awane , H. Baba , A. Bamba , M. Barceló , U. Barres de Almeida , J. A. Barrio , O. Blanch Bigas , J. Boix , L. Brunetti , E. Carmona , E. Chabanne , M. Chikawa , P. Colin , J. L. Conteras , J. Cortina , F. Dazzi , A. Deangelis , G. Deleglise , C. Delgado , C. Díaz , F. Dubois , A. Fiasson , D. Fink , N. Fouque , L. Freixas , C. Fruck , A. Gadola , R. García , D. Gascon , N. Geffroy , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , F. Grañena , S. Gunji , R. Hagiwara , N. Hamer , Y. Hanabata , T. Hassan , K. Hatanaka , T. Haubold , M. Hayashida , R. Hermel , D. Herranz , K. Hirotani , S. Inoue , Y. Inoue , K. Ioka , C. Jablonski , M. Kagaya , H. Katagiri , T. Kishimoto , K. Kodani , K. Kohri , Y. Konno , S. Koyama , H. Kubo , J. Kushida , G. Lamanna , T. Le Flour , M. López-Moya , R. López , E. Lorenz , P. Majumdar , A. Manalaysay , M. Mariotti , G. Martínez , M. Martínez , D. Mazin , J. M. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan , I. Monteiro , A. Moralejo , K. Murase , S. Nagataki , D. Nakajima , T. Nakamori , K. Nishijima , K. Noda , A. Nozato , Y. Ohira , M. Ohishi , H. Ohoka , A. Okumura , R. Orito , J. L. Panazol , D. Paneque , R. Paoletti , J. M. Paredes , G. Pauletta , S. Podkladkin , J. Prast , R. Rando , O. Reimann , M. Ribó , S. Rosier-Lees , K. Saito , T. Saito , Y. Saito , N. Sakaki , R. Sakonaka , A. Sanuy , H. Sasaki , M. Sawada , V. Scalzotto , S. Schultz , T. Schweizer , T. Shibata , S. Shu , J. Sieiro , V. Stamatescu , S. Steiner , U. Straumann , R. Sugawara , H. Tajima , H. Takami , S. Tanaka , M. Tanaka , L. A. Tejedor , Y. Terada , M. Teshima , T. Totani , H. Ueno , K. Umehara , A. Vollhardt , R. Wagner , H. Wetteskind , T. Yamamoto , R. Yamazaki , A. Yoshida , T. Yoshida , T. Yoshikoshi

Assessment of the GCT prototype's optical system implementation and other key performances for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) project, led by an international collaboration of institutes, aims to create the world's largest next generation observatory for Very High Energy (VHE) gamma-ray astronomy. It will be devoted to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-26 A. Dmytriiev , L. Dangeon , G. Fasola , H. Sol , A. Zech , J. Gironnet , O. Le Blanc , J. P. Amans , G. Buchholtz , J. L. Dournaux , F. de Frondat , D. Horville , J. M. Huet , I. Jégouzo , P. Laporte

Exploring deep learning as an event classification method for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Telescopes based on the imaging atmospheric Cherenkov technique (IACTs) detect images of the atmospheric showers generated by gamma rays and cosmic rays as they are absorbed by the atmosphere. The much more frequent cosmic-ray events form…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 D. Nieto , A. Brill , B. Kim , T. B. Humensky

Status and motivation of Raman LIDARs development for the CTA Observatory

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next generation of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes. It would reach unprecedented sensitivity and energy resolution in very-high-energy gamma-ray astronomy. In order to reach these goals,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-15 M. Doro , M. Gaug , J. Pallotta , G. Vasileiadis , O. Blanch , F. Chouza , R. D'Elia , A. Etchegoyen , Ll. Font , D. Garrido , F. Gonzales , A. López-Oramas , M. Martínez , L. Otero , E. Quel , P. Ristori

On the potential of the Cherenkov Telescope Array for the study of cosmic-ray diffusion in molecular clouds

Molecular clouds act as primary targets for cosmic-ray interactions and are expected to shine in gamma-rays as a by-product of these interactions. Indeed several detected gamma-ray sources both in HE and VHE gamma-rays (HE: 100 MeV < E <…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 G. Pedaletti , D. F. Torres , S. Gabici , E. de Oña Wilhelmi , D. Mazin , V. Stamatescu

The Cherenkov Telescope Array On-Site integral sensitivity: observing the Crab

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the future large observatory in the very high energy (VHE) domain. Operating from 20 GeV to 300 TeV, it will be composed of tens of Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) displaced in a large area of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-18 Valentina Fioretti , Andrea Bulgarelli , Fabian Schussler

Dark Matter and Galaxy Cross-Correlations with the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory

The Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) will be a ground-based Cherenkov telescope performing wide-sky surveys, ideal for anisotropy studies such as cross-correlations with tracers of the cosmic large-scale structure.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-25 Elena Pinetti , Veronika Vodeb , Aurelio Amerio , Alessandro Cuoco , Stefano Camera , Nicolao Fornengo , Gabrijela Zaharijas

Quality assurance of actuators for the Medium-Sized Telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a future ground-based observatory for gamma-ray astronomy providing unparalleled sensitivity in the energy range from 20 GeV up to 300 TeV. CTA will consist of telescopes with three different sizes.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-25 Heiko Salzmann , Jürgen Dick , Sebastian Diebold , Gerd Pühlhofer , Siegbert Renner , Andrea Santangelo , CTA MST Project

Analysis of the Cherenkov Telescope Array first Large-Sized Telescope real data using convolutional neural networks

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the future ground-based gamma-ray observatory and will be composed of two arrays of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) located in the Northern and Southern hemispheres respectively. The…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-10 Thomas Vuillaume , Mikaël Jacquemont , Mathieu de Bony de Lavergne , David A. Sanchez , Vincent Poireau , Gilles Maurin , Alexandre Benoit , Patrick Lambert , Giovanni Lamanna , CTA-LST Project

Prospects for Observations of Pulsars and Pulsar Wind Nebulae with CTA

The last few years have seen a revolution in very-high gamma-ray astronomy (VHE; E>100 GeV) driven largely by a new generation of Cherenkov telescopes (namely the H.E.S.S. telescope array, the MAGIC and MAGIC-II large telescopes and the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 E. de Ona Wilhelmi , B. Rudak , J. A. Barrio , J. L. Contreras , Y. Gallant , D. Hadasch , T. Hassan , M. Lopez , D. Mazin , N. Mirabal , G. Pedaletti , M. Renaud , R. de los Reyes , D. F. Torres

Actuator Development at IAAT for the Cherenkov Telescope Array Medium Size Telescopes

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the future observatory for TeV gamma-ray astronomy. In order to increase the sensitivity and to extend the energy coverage beyond the capabilities of current facilities, its design concept…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-09 S. Diebold , J. Dick , G. Pühlhofer , S. Renner , A. Santangelo , T. Schanz , C. Tenzer , the CTA Consortium

Central Acceptance Testing for Camera Technologies for CTA

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is an international initiative to build the next generation ground based very-high energy gamma-ray observatory. It will consist of telescopes of three different sizes, employing several different…

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Prospects for $\gamma$-ray observations of the Perseus galaxy cluster with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Galaxy clusters are expected to be dark matter (DM) reservoirs and storage rooms for the cosmic-ray protons (CRp) that accumulate along the cluster's formation history. Accordingly, they are excellent targets to search for signals of DM…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-25 The Cherenkov Telescope Array Consortium , : , K. Abe , S. Abe , F. Acero , A. Acharyya , R. Adam , A. Aguasca-Cabot , I. Agudo , A. Aguirre-Santaella , J. Alfaro , R. Alfaro , N. Alvarez-Crespo , R. Alves Batista , J. -P. Amans , E. Amato , E. O. Angüner , L. A. Antonelli , C. Aramo , M. Araya , C. Arcaro , L. Arrabito , K. Asano , Y. Ascasíbar , J. Aschersleben , H. Ashkar , L. Augusto Stuani , D. Baack , M. Backes , A. Baktash , C. Balazs , M. Balbo , O. Ballester , A. Baquero Larriva , V. Barbosa Martins , U. Barres de Almeida , J. A. Barrio , P. I. Batista , I. Batkovic , R. Batzofin , J. Baxter , J. Becerra González , G. Beck , J. Becker Tjus , W. Benbow , J. Bernete Medrano , K. Bernlöhr , A. Berti , B. Bertucci , V. Beshley , P. Bhattacharjee , S. Bhattacharyya , B. Bi , N. Biederbeck , A. Biland , E. Bissaldi , J. Biteau , O. Blanch , J. Blazek , C. Boisson , J. Bolmont , P. Bordas , Z. Bosnjak , E. Bottacini , F. Bradascio , C. Braiding , E. Bronzini , R. Brose , A. M. Brown , F. Brun , G. Brunetti , N. Bucciantini , A. Bulgarelli , I. Burelli , L. Burmistrov , M. Burton , T. Bylund , P. G. Calisse , A. Campoy-Ordaz , B. K. Cantlay , M. Capalbi , A. Caproni , R. Capuzzo-Dolcetta , P. Caraveo , S. Caroff , R. Carosi , E. Carquin , M. -S. Carrasco , E. Cascone , F. Cassol , A. J. Castro-Tirado , D. Cerasole , M. Cerruti , P. Chadwick , S. Chaty , A. W. Chen , M. Chernyakova , A. Chiavassa , J. Chudoba , L. Chytka , A. Cifuentes , C. H. Coimbra Araujo , V. Conforti , F. Conte , J. L. Contreras , J. Cortina , A. Costa , H. Costantini , G. Cotter , P. Cristofari , O. Cuevas , Z. Curtis-Ginsberg , G. D'Amico , F. D'Ammando , M. Dalchenko , F. Dazzi , M. de Bony de Lavergne , V. De Caprio , F. De Frondat Laadim , E. M. de Gouveia Dal Pino , B. De Lotto , M. De Lucia , D. De Martino , R. de Menezes , M. de Naurois , N. De Simone , V. de Souza , M. V. del Valle , E. Delagnes , A. G. Delgado Giler , C. Delgado , M. Dell'aiera , D. della Volpe , D. Depaoli , T. Di Girolamo , A. Di Piano , F. Di Pierro , R. Di Tria , L. Di Venere , S. Diebold , A. Djannati-Ataï , J. Djuvsland , R. M. Dominik , A. Donini , D. Dorner , J. Dörner , M. Doro , R. D. C. dos Anjos , J. -L. Dournaux , C. Duangchan , C. Dubos , D. Dumora , V. V. Dwarkadas , J. Ebr , C. Eckner , K. Egberts , S. Einecke , D. Elsässer , G. Emery , M. Escobar Godoy , J. Escudero , P. Esposito , S. Ettori , C. Evoli , D. Falceta-Goncalves , V. Fallah Ramazani , A. Fattorini , A. Faure , E. Fedorova , S. Fegan , K. Feijen , Q. Feng , G. Ferrand , F. Ferrarotto , E. Fiandrini , A. Fiasson , M. Filipovic , V. Fioretti , L. Foffano , L. Font Guiteras , G. Fontaine , S. Fröse , Y. Fukazawa , Y. Fukui , D. Gaggero , G. Galanti , S. Gallozzi , V. Gammaldi , M. Garczarczyk , C. Gasbarra , D. Gasparrini , M. Gaug , A. Ghalumyan , F. Gianotti , M. Giarrusso , J. Giesbrecht , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , J. -F. Glicenstein , H. Göksu , P. Goldoni , J. M. González , M. M. González , J. Goulart Coelho , J. Granot , R. Grau , L. Gréaux , D. Green , J. G. Green , I. Grenier , G. Grolleron , J. Grube , O. Gueta , J. Hackfeld , D. Hadasch , P. Hamal , W. Hanlon , S. Hara , V. M. Harvey , T. Hassan , L. Heckmann , M. Heller , S. Hernández Cadena , O. Hervet , J. Hie , N. Hiroshima , B. Hnatyk , R. Hnatyk , J. Hoang , D. Hoffmann , W. Hofmann , J. Holder , D. Horan , P. Horvath , D. Hrupec122 , M. Hütten , M. Iarlori , T. Inada , F. Incardona , S. Inoue , F. Iocco , M. Iori , M. Jamrozy , P. Janecek , F. Jankowsky , C. Jarnot , P. Jean , I. Jiménez Martínez , W. Jin , C. Juramy-Gilles , J. Jurysek , M. Kagaya , D. Kantzas , V. Karas , H. Katagiri , J. Kataoka , S. Kaufmann , D. Kerszberg , B. Khélifi , R. Kissmann , T. Kleiner , G. Kluge , W. Kluźniak , J. Knödlseder , Y. Kobayashi , K. Kohri , N. Komin , P. Kornecki , K. Kosack , G. Kowal , H. Kubo , J. Kushida , A. La Barbera , N. La Palombara , M. Láinez , A. Lamastra , J. 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Prospects for Detecting Gamma-Ray Bursts at Very High Energies with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

We discuss the prospects for the detection of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) by the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), the next generation, ground-based facility of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) operating above a few tens of GeV.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 Jun Kakuwa , Kohta Murase , Kenji Toma , Susumu Inoue , Ryo Yamazaki , Kunihito Ioka

Dark Matter and Fundamental Physics Searches with IACTs

Cosmic gamma rays are a valid probe to search for fundamental physics. Some of these exotic and exciting scenarios are the subject of this contribution to the book. All current Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) have invested…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-11-18 Michele Doro , Miguel Angel Sánchez-Conde , Moritz Hütten

A Medium Sized Schwarzschild-Couder Cherenkov Telescope Mechanical Design Proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is an international next-generation ground-based gamma-ray observatory. CTA will be implemented as southern and northern hemisphere arrays of tens of small, medium and large-sized imaging Cherenkov…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 K. Byrum , T. B. Humensky , W. Benbow , R. Cameron , S. Criswell , M. Errando , V. Guarino , P. Kaaret , D. Kieda , R. Mukherjee , D. Naumann , D. Nieto , R. Northrop , A. Okumura , E. Roache , J. Rousselle , S. Schlenstedt , R. Sternberger , V. Vassiliev , S. Wakely , H. Zhao

Prospects of newly detecting nearby star-forming galaxies by the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Prospects of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) for the study of very high energy gamma-ray emission from nearby star-forming galaxies are investigated. In the previous work, we constructed a model to calculate luminosity and energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-04 Naoya Shimono , Tomonori Totani , Takahiro Sudoh

Observing small-scale $\gamma$-ray anisotropies with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Disentangling the composition of the diffuse gamma-ray background (DGRB) is a major challenge in gamma-ray astronomy. It is presumed that at the highest energies, the DGRB is dominated by relatively few, still unresolved point sources. This…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-07-01 Moritz Hütten , Gernot Maier

Roughness tolerances for Cherenkov telescope mirrors

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a forthcoming international ground-based observatory for very high-energy gamma rays. Its goal is to reach sensitivity five to ten times better than existing Cherenkov telescopes such as VERITAS,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-05 K. Tayabaly , D. Spiga , R. Canestrari , G. Bonnoli , M. Lavagna , G. Pareschi