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Divergent pointing with the Cherenkov Telescope Array for surveys and beyond

The galactic and extragalactic surveys are two of the main proposed legacy projects of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), providing an unbiased view of the Universe at energies above tens of GeV. Considering Cherenkov telescopes' limited…

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Observer Access to the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), a ground-based facility for very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray astronomy, will operate as an open observatory, serving a wide scientific community to explore and to study the non-thermal universe. Open…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Jürgen Knödlseder , Volker Beckmann , Catherine Boisson , Sylvie Brau-Nogué , Christoph Deil , Bruno Khélifi , Michael Mayer , Roland Walter

Multi-messenger and transient astrophysics with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The discovery of gravitational waves, high-energy neutrinos or the very-high-energy counterpart of gamma-ray bursts has revolutionized the high-energy and transient astrophysics community. The development of new instruments and analysis…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-06-09 Ž. Bošnjak , A. M. Brown , A. Carosi , M. Chernyakova , P. Cristofari , F. Longo , A. López-Oramas , M. Santander , K. Satalecka , F. Schüssler , O. Sergijenko , A. Stamerra , I. Agudo , R. Alves Batista , E. Amato , E. O. Anguner , L. A. Antonelli , M. Backes , Csaba Balazs , L. Baroncelli , J. Becker Tjus , C. Bigongiari , E. Bissaldi , C. Boisson , J. Bolmont , M. Böttcher , P. Bordas , C. Braiding , J. Bregeon , N. Bucciantini , A. Bulgarelli , M. Burton , F. Cangemi , P. Caraveo , M. Cardillo , S. Caroff , S. Casanova , S. Chaty , J. G. Coelho , G. Cotter , A. D'Aì , F. D'Ammando , E. M. de Gouveia Dal Pino , D. della Volpe , D. de Martino , T. Di Girolamo , A. Di Piano , A. Djannati-Ataï , V. Dwarkadas , E. de Ona Wilhelmi , R. C. Dos Anjos , G. Emery , E. Fedorova , S. Fegan , A. Fiasson , V. Fioretti , M. D. Filipovic , D. Gaggero , G. Galanti , D. Gasparrini , G. Ghirlanda , P. Goldoni , J. Granot , J. G. Green , M. Heller , B. Hnatyk , R. Hnatyk , D. Horan , T. Hovatta , S. Inoue , M. Jamrozy , D. Kantzas , B. Khélifi , N. Komin , A. Lamastra , N. La Palombara , J. P. Lenain , E. Lindfors , I. Liodakis , S. Lombardi , F. Lucarelli , P. L. Luque-Escamilla , P. Majumdar , A. Marcowith , S. Markoff , J. Marti , M. Martinez , D. Mazin , S. McKeague , S. Mereghetti , E. Mestre , T. Montaruli , G. Morlino , A. Morselli , C. Mundell , T. Murach , L. Nava , A. Nayerhoda , L. Nicastro , J. Niemiec , M. Nikolajuk , B. Olmi , R. Ong , M. Orienti , J. P. Osborne , Josep M. Paredes , G. Pareschi , N. Parmiggiani , B. Patricelli , A. Pe'er , G. Piano , G. Pühlhofer , M. Punch , O. Reimer , M. Ribó , G. Rodriguez , J. Rodriguez , P. Romano , G. Romeo , M. Roncadelli , G. Rowell , B. Rudak , I. Sadeh , F. Salesa Greus , F. G. Saturni , U. Sawangwit , M. Seglar-Arroyo , R. C. Shellard , H. Sol , R. Starling , T. Stolarczyk , G. Tagliaferri , F. Tavecchio , L. Tibaldo , V. Testa , S. Vercellone , A. Viana , J. Vink , V. Vitale , S. D. Vergani , S. Vorobiov , A. Wierzcholska , L. Yang , D. Zavrtanik , V. Zhdanov

Status of the Schwarzchild-Couder Medium-Sized Telescope for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is planned to be the next-generation very-high-energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV) gamma-ray observatory. It is anticipated that CTA will improve upon the sensitivity of the current generation of VHE experiments,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 W. Benbow , A. N. Otte

Bokeh Mirror Alignment for Cherenkov Telescopes

Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) need imaging optics with large apertures and high image intensities to map the faint Cherenkov light emitted from cosmic ray air showers onto their image sensors. Segmented reflectors fulfill…

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Cooling Tests of the NectarCAM camera for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The NectarCAM is a camera proposed for the medium-sized telescopes in the framework of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), the next-generation observatory for very-high-energy gamma-ray astronomy. The cameras are designed to operate in an…

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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…

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From MAGIC to CTA: the INAF participation to Cherenkov Telescopes experiments for Very High Energy Astrophysics

The next decade can be considered the "golden age" of the Gamma Ray Astronomy with the two satellites for Gamma Ray Astronomy (AGILE and GLAST) in orbit. Therefore, thanks to many other X-ray experiments already in orbit (e.g. Swift,…

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Status and performance results from NectarCAM -- a camera for CTA medium sized telescopes

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the first ground-based observatory for gamma-ray astronomy. With more than a hundred of 4th generation of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) distributed in two large arrays, CTA will…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-05 Thomas Tavernier , Jean-François Glicenstein , François Brun

Gamma-Ray Burst Science in the Era of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

We outline the science prospects for gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) with the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), the next-generation ground-based gamma-ray observatory operating at energies above few tens of GeV. With its low energy threshold, large…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Susumu Inoue , Jonathan Granot , Paul T. O'Brien , Katsuaki Asano , Aurelien Bouvier , Alessandro Carosi , Valerie Connaughton , Markus Garczarczyk , Rudy Gilmore , Jim Hinton , Yoshiyuki Inoue , Kunihito Ioka , Jun Kakuwa , Sera Markoff , Kohta Murase , Julian P. Osborne , A. Nepomuk Otte , Rhaana Starling , Hiroyasu Tajima , Masahiro Teshima , Kenji Toma , Stefan Wagner , Ralph A. M. J. Wijers , David A. Williams , Tokonatsu Yamamoto , Ryo Yamazaki

The GCT camera for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope (GCT) is proposed for the Small-Sized Telescope component of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). GCT's dual-mirror Schwarzschild-Couder (SC) optical system allows the use of a compact camera with small…

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Status and Plans for the Array Control and Data Acquisition System of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next-generation atmospheric Cherenkov gamma-ray observatory. CTA will consist of two installations, one in the northern, and the other in the southern hemisphere, containing tens of telescopes of…

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The Cherenkov Telescope Array transient and multi-messenger program

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a next generation ground-based very-high-energy gamma-ray observatory that will allow for observations in the >10 GeV range with unprecedented photon statistics and sensitivity. This will enable the…

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Studies of the nature of the low-energy, gamma-like background for Cherenkov Telescope Array

The upcoming Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) project is expected to provide unprecedented sensitivity in the low-energy ( <~100 GeV) range for Cherenkov telescopes. In order to exploit fully the potential of the telescopes the standard…

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Calibration and operation of SiPM-based cameras for gamma-ray astronomy in presence of high night-sky light

The next generation of Cherenkov telescope cameras feature Silicon Photo Multipliers (SiPM), which can guarantee excellent performance and allow for observation also under moonlight, increasing duty-cycle and therefore the physics reach. A…

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The structure monitoring of the MST prototype of CTA

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next generation of ground-based gamma-ray observatory. The observatory will consist of two arrays, one located in the southern hemisphere (Paranal,Chile) and the other in the northern hemisphere…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-17 Victor Barbosa Martins , Markus Garczarczyk

Strategy Implementation for the CTA Atmospheric Monitoring Program

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next generation facility of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes. It will reach unprecedented sensitivity and energy resolution in very-high-energy gamma-ray astronomy. CTA will detect…

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The optical reflector system for the CANGAROO-II imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope

A new imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope (CANGAROO-II) with a light-weight reflector has been constructed. Light, robust, and durable mirror facets of containing CFRP (Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic) laminates were developed for the…

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Binaries with the eyes of CTA

The binary systems that have been detected in gamma rays have proven very useful to study high-energy processes, in particular particle acceleration, emission and radiation reprocessing, and the dynamics of the underlying magnetized flows.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 J. M. Paredes , W. Bednarek , P. Bordas , V. Bosch-Ramon , E. De Cea del Pozo , G. Dubus , S. Funk , D. Hadasch , D. Khangulyan , S. Markoff , J. Moldon , P. Munar-Adrover , S. Nagataki , T. Naito , M. de Naurois , G. Pedaletti , O. Reimer , M. Ribo , A. Szostek , Y. Terada , D. F. Torres , V. Zabalza , A. A. Zdziarski

Performance of a small size telescope (SST-1M) camera for gamma-ray astronomy with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The foreseen implementations of the Small Size Telescopes (SST) in CTA will provide unique insights into the highest energy gamma rays offering fundamental means to discover and under- stand the sources populating the Galaxy and our local…

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