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The Cherenkov Telescope Array is an observatory dedicated to very high energy gamma rays with unprecedented sensitivity between 20 GeV and 300 TeV to be installed on two sites: Canary Island La Palma and Paranal Chile. Three telescope sizes…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-22 J-F. Glicenstein

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…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 M. Doro , M. Daniel , R. de los Reyes , M. Gaug , M. C. Maccarone

We present studies for optimizing the next generation of ground-based imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs). Results focus on mid-sized telescopes (MSTs) for CTA, detecting very high energy gamma rays in the energy range from a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-15 M. Wood , T. Jogler , J. Dumm , S. Funk

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

The ground-based technique for imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes became a rapidly developing and powerful branch of science. Thanks to this technique, over 250 very high-energy gamma-ray sources of galactic and extragalactic origin…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-06-24 Razmik Mirzoyan

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a ground-based $\gamma$-ray observatory that will observe the full sky in the energy range from 20 GeV to 100 TeV from facilities in both hemispheres. It is proposed to consist of more than 100…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-08 Ramin Marx , Raquel de los Reyes

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

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the future ground-based observatory for gamma-ray astronomy at very high energies. The atmosphere is an integral part of every Cherenkov telescope. Different atmospheric conditions, such as clouds, can…

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next generation observatory for the study of very high-energy gamma rays from about 20 GeV up to 300 TeV. Thanks to the large effective area and field of view, the CTA observatory will be…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Andrea Zoli , Andrea Bulgarelli , Adriano De Rosa , Alessio Aboudan , Valentina Fioretti , Giovanni De Cesare , Ramin Marx

The Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) is a next-generation ground-based gamma-ray observatory that will study the universe at very high energy using atmospheric Cherenkov light. CTAO will comprise over 67 telescopes of three…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-04 Federica Bradascio

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is about to enter construction phase and one of its main key science projects is to perform an unbiased survey in search of extragalactic sources. We make use of both the latest blazar gamma--ray…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-04 Andrea De Franco , Yoshiyuki Inoue , Miguel A. Sánchez-Conde , Garret Cotter

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next generation of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes. It will reach a sensitivity and energy resolution never obtained until now by any other high energy gamma-ray experiment. Understanding…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-22 G. Vasileiadis , O. Blanch , J. Bregeon , P. Brun , O. Calpe , M. Colak , M. Doro , L. Font , M. Gaug , S. Griffiths , C. Maggio , M. Martinez , O. Martinez , P. Ristori , S. Rivoire

The next generation of ground-based gamma-ray observatories, such as e.g. CTA, will consist of about 50-100 telescopes, and cameras with in total ~100000 to ~200000 channels. The telescopes of the core array will cover and effective area of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 G. Hermann , C. Bauer , C. Foehr , W. Hofmann , T. Kihm , F. Koeck

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…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 A. Bonardi , T. Buanes , P. Chadwick , F. Dazzi , A. Förster , J. R. Hörandel , M. Punch , R. M. Wagner

The prototype Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope (pSCT) is a candidate for a medium-sized telescope in the Cherenkov Telescope Array. The pSCT is based on a novel dual mirror optics design which reduces the plate scale and allows for the use of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-17 Colin B. Adams , Giovanni Ambrosi , Michelangelo Ambrosio , Carla Aramo , Timothy Arlen , Wystan Benbow , Bruna Bertucci , Elisabetta Bissaldi , Jonathan Biteau , Massimiliano Bitossi , Alfonso Boiano , Carmela Bonavolontà , Richard Bose , Aurelien Bouvier , Mario Buscemi , Aryeh Brill , Anthony M. Brown , James H. Buckley , Rodolfo Canestrari , Massimo Capasso , Mirco Caprai , Paolo Coppi , Corbin E. Covault , Davide Depaoli , Leonardo Di Venere , Manel Errando , Stephen Fegan , Qi Feng , Emanuele Fiandrini , Amy Furniss , Markus Garczarczyk , Alasdair Gent , Nicola Giglietto , Francesco Giordano , Enrico Giro , Robert Halliday , Olivier Hervet , Gareth Hughes , Simone Incardona , Thomas B. Humensky , Maria Ionica , Weidong Jin , Caitlin A. Johnson , David Kieda , Frank Krennrich , Andrey Kuznetsov , Jon Lapington , Francesco Licciulli , Serena Loporchio , Giovanni Marsella , Vincenzo Masone , Kevin Meagher , Thomas Meures , Brent A. W. Mode , Samuel A. I. Mognet , Reshmi Mukherjee , Akira Okumura , Francesca R. Pantaleo , Riccardo Paoletti , Federico Di Pierro , Deivid Ribeiro , Luca Riitano , Emmet Roache , Duncan Ross , Julien Rousselle , Andrea Rugliancich , Marcos Santander , Michael Schneider , Harm Schoorlemmer , Ruo-Yu Shang , Brandon Stevenson , Leonardo Stiaccini , Hiroyasu Tajima , Leslie P. Taylor , Julian Thornhill , Luca Tosti , Giovanni Tripodo , Valerio Vagelli , Massimo Valentino , Justin Vandenbroucke , Vladimir V. Vassiliev , Scott P. Wakely , Jason J. Watson , Richard White , Patrick Wilcox , David A. Williams , Matthew Wood , Peter Yu , Adrian Zink

The planned Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), a future ground-based Very-High-Energy (VHE) gamma-ray observatory, will be the largest project of its kind. It aims to provide an order of magnitude increase in sensitivity compared to currently…

Schwarzschild-type aplanatic telescopes with two aspheric mirrors, configured to correct spherical and coma aberrations, are considered for application in gamma-ray astronomy utilizing the ground-based atmospheric Cherenkov technique. We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-08-22 V. V. Vassiliev , S. J. Fegan

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will consist of two arrays of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) at the northern and southern hemispheres. CTA will feature IACTs with mirrors of three different sizes optimized to cover…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-25 Juan Cortina

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the next generation gamma-ray observatory and will be the major global instrument for very-high-energy astronomy over the next decade, offering 5 - 10 x better flux sensitivity than current…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-03 J. Aschersleben , R. F. Peletier , M. Vecchi , M. H. F. Wilkinson