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Prototype 9.7 m Schwarzschild-Couder telescope for the Cherenkov Telescope Array: status of the optical system

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is an international project for a next-generation ground-based gamma ray observatory, aiming to improve on the sensitivity of current-generation experiments by an order of magnitude and provide energy…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-20 D. Nieto , T. B. Humensky , P. Kaaret , D. Kieda , M. Limon , A. Petrashyk , D. Ribeiro , J. Rousselle , B. Stevenson , V. Vassiliev , P. Wilcox

Geometry and optics calibration of WFCTA prototype telescopes using star light

The Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory project is proposed to study high energy gamma ray astronomy ( 40 GeV-1 PeV ) and cosmic ray physics ( 20 TeV-1 EeV ). The wide field of view Cherenkov telescope array, as a component of the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 L. L. Ma , Y. X. Bai , Z. Cao , M. J. Chen , L. H. Chen , S. Z. Chen , Y. Chen , K. Q. Ding , H. H. He , J. Liu , J. L. Liu , X. X. Li , X. H. Ma , X. D. Sheng , G. Xiao , M. Zha , S. S. Zhang , Y. Zhang , J. Zhao , B. Zhou

Optimizing Cherenkov photons generation and propagation in CORSIKA for CTA Monte-Carlo simulations

COsmic Ray SImulations for KAscade) is a program for detailed simulation of extensive air showers initiated by high energy cosmic ray particles in the atmosphere, and is used today by almost all the major instruments that aim at measuring…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-06-29 Luisa Arrabito , Konrad Bernlöhr , Johan Bregeon , Matthieu Carrère , Adnane Khattabi , Philippe Langlois , David Parello , Guillaume Revy

ALTAI: Computational code for the simulations of TeV air showers as observed with the ground-based imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes

Ground-based atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes are proven to be effective instruments for observations of very high energy (VHE) gamma-radiation from celestial objects. For effective use of such technique one needs detailed Monte Carlo…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 A. Konopelko , A. Plyasheshnikov

Sensitivity of the Cherenkov Telescope Array to a dark matter signal from the Galactic centre

We provide an updated assessment of the power of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) to search for thermally produced dark matter at the TeV scale, via the associated gamma-ray signal from pair-annihilating dark matter particles in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-02-02 The Cherenkov Telescope Array Consortium , : , A. Acharyya , R. Adam , C. Adams , I. Agudo , A. Aguirre-Santaella , R. Alfaro , J. Alfaro , C. Alispach , R. Aloisio , R. Alves Batista , L. Amati , G. Ambrosi , E. O. Angüner , L. A. Antonelli , C. Aramo , A. Araudo , T. Armstrong , F. Arqueros , K. Asano , Y. Ascasíbar , M. Ashley , C. Balazs , O. Ballester , A. Baquero Larriva , V. Barbosa Martins , M. Barkov , U. Barres de Almeida , J. A. Barrio , D. Bastieri , J. Becerra , G. Beck , J. Becker Tjus , W. Benbow , M. Benito , D. Berge , E. Bernardini , K. Bernlöhr , A. Berti , B. Bertucci , V. Beshley , B. Biasuzzi , A. Biland , E. Bissaldi , J. Biteau , O. Blanch , J. Blazek , F. Bocchino , C. Boisson , L. Bonneau Arbeletche , P. Bordas , Z. Bosnjak , E. Bottacini , V. Bozhilov , J. Bregeon , A. Brill , T. Bringmann , A. M. Brown , P. Brun , F. Brun , P. Bruno , A. Bulgarelli , M. Burton , A. Burtovoi , M. Buscemi , R. Cameron , M. Capasso , A. Caproni , R. Capuzzo-Dolcetta , P. Caraveo , R. Carosi , A. Carosi , S. Casanova , E. Cascone , F. Cassol , F. Catalani , D. Cauz , M. Cerruti , P. Chadwick , S. Chaty , A. Chen , M. Chernyakova , G. Chiaro , A. Chiavassa , M. Chikawa , J. Chudoba , M. Çolak , V. Conforti , R. Coniglione , F. Conte , J. L. Contreras , J. Coronado-Blazquez , A. Costa , H. Costantini , G. Cotter , P. Cristofari , A. D'Aì , F. D'Ammando , L. A. Damone , M. K. Daniel , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , V. De Caprio , R. de Cássia dos Anjos , E. M. de Gouveia Dal Pino , B. De Lotto , D. De Martino , E. de Oña Wilhelmi , F. De Palma , V. de Souza , C. Delgado , A. G. Delgado Giler , D. della Volpe , D. Depaoli , T. Di Girolamo , F. Di Pierro , L. Di Venere , S. Diebold , A. Dmytriiev , A. Domínguez , A. Donini , M. Doro , J. Ebr , C. Eckner , T. D. P. Edwards , T. R. N. Ekoume , D. Elsässer , C. Evoli , D. Falceta-Goncalves , E. Fedorova , S. Fegan , Q. Feng , G. Ferrand , G. Ferrara , E. Fiandrini , A. Fiasson , M. Filipovic , V. Fioretti , M. Fiori , L. Foffano , G. Fontaine , O. Fornieri , F. J. Franco , S. Fukami , Y. Fukui , D. Gaggero , G. Galaz , V. Gammaldi , E. Garcia , M. Garczarczyk , D. Gascon , A. Gent , A. Ghalumyan , F. Gianotti , M. Giarrusso , G. Giavitto , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , A. Giuliani , J. Glicenstein , R. Gnatyk , P. Goldoni , M. M. González , K. Gourgouliatos , J. Granot , D. Grasso , J. Green , A. Grillo , O. Gueta , S. Gunji , A. Halim , T. Hassan , M. Heller , S. Hernández Cadena , N. Hiroshima , B. Hnatyk , W. Hofmann , J. Holder , D. Horan , J. Hörandel , P. Horvath , T. Hovatta , M. Hrabovsky , D. Hrupec , G. Hughes , T. B. Humensky , M. Hütten , M. Iarlori , T. Inada , S. Inoue , F. Iocco , M. Iori , M. Jamrozy , P. Janecek , W. Jin , L. Jouvin , J. Jurysek , E. Karukes , K. Katarzyński , D. Kazanas , D. Kerszberg , M. C. Kherlakian , R. Kissmann , J. Knödlseder , Y. Kobayashi , K. Kohri , N. Komin , H. Kubo , J. Kushida , G. Lamanna , J. Lapington , P. Laporte , M. A. Leigui de Oliveira , J. Lenain , F. Leone , G. Leto , E. Lindfors , T. Lohse , S. Lombardi , F. Longo , A. Lopez , M. López , R. López-Coto , S. Loporchio , P. L. Luque-Escamilla , E. Mach , C. Maggio , G. Maier , M. Mallamaci , R. Malta Nunes de Almeida , D. Mandat , M. Manganaro , S. Mangano , G. Manicò , M. Marculewicz , M. Mariotti , S. Markoff , P. Marquez , J. Martí , O. Martinez , M. Martínez , G. Martínez , H. Martínez-Huerta , G. Maurin , D. Mazin , J. D. Mbarubucyeye , D. Medina Miranda , M. Meyer , M. Miceli , T. Miener , M. Minev , J. M. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan , T. Mizuno , B. Mode , R. Moderski , L. Mohrmann , E. Molina , T. Montaruli , A. Moralejo , D. Morcuende-Parrilla , A. Morselli , R. Mukherjee , C. Mundell , A. Nagai , T. Nakamori , R. Nemmen , J. Niemiec , D. Nieto , M. Nikołajuk , D. Ninci , K. Noda , D. Nosek , S. Nozaki , Y. Ohira , M. Ohishi , Y. Ohtani , T. Oka , A. Okumura , R. A. Ong , M. Orienti , R. Orito , M. Orlandini , S. Orlando , E. Orlando , M. Ostrowski , I. Oya , I. Pagano , A. Pagliaro , M. Palatiello , F. R. Pantaleo , J. M. Paredes , G. Pareschi , N. Parmiggiani , B. Patricelli , L. Pavletić , A. Pe'er , M. Pecimotika , J. Pérez-Romero , M. Persic , O. Petruk , K. Pfrang , G. Piano , P. Piatteli , E. Pietropaolo , R. Pillera , B. Pilszyk , F. Pintore , M. Pohl , V. Poireau , R. R. Prado , E. Prandini , J. Prast , G. Principe , H. Prokoph , M. Prouza , H. Przybilski , G. Pühlhofer , M. L. Pumo , F. Queiroz , A. Quirrenbach , S. Rainò , R. Rando , S. Razzaque , S. Recchia , O. Reimer , A. Reisenegger , Y. Renier , W. Rhode , D. Ribeiro , M. Ribó , T. Richtler , J. Rico , F. Rieger , L. Rinchiuso , V. Rizi , J. Rodriguez , G. Rodriguez Fernandez , J. C. Rodriguez Ramirez , G. Rojas , P. Romano , G. Romeo , J. Rosado , G. Rowell , B. Rudak , F. Russo , I. Sadeh , E. Sæther Hatlen , S. Safi-Harb , F. Salesa Greus , G. Salina , D. Sanchez , M. Sánchez-Conde , P. Sangiorgi , H. Sano , M. Santander , E. M. Santos , R. Santos-Lima , A. Sanuy , S. Sarkar , F. G. Saturni , U. Sawangwit , F. Schussler , U. Schwanke , E. Sciacca , S. Scuderi , M. Seglar-Arroyo , O. Sergijenko , M. Servillat , K. Seweryn , A. Shalchi , P. Sharma , R. C. Shellard , H. Siejkowski , J. Silk , C. Siqueira , V. Sliusar , A. Słowikowska , A. Sokolenko , H. Sol , S. Spencer , A. Stamerra , S. Stanič , R. Starling , T. Stolarczyk , U. Straumann , J. Strišković , Y. Suda , T. Suomijarvi , P. Świerk , F. Tavecchio , L. Taylor , L. A. Tejedor , M. Teshima , V. Testa , L. Tibaldo , C. J. Todero Peixoto , F. Tokanai , D. Tonev , G. Tosti , L. Tosti , N. Tothill , S. Truzzi , P. Travnicek , V. Vagelli , B. Vallage , P. Vallania , C. van Eldik , J. Vandenbroucke , G. S. Varner , V. Vassiliev , M. Vázquez Acosta , M. Vecchi , S. Ventura , S. Vercellone , S. Vergani , G. Verna , A. Viana , C. F. Vigorito , J. Vink , V. Vitale , S. Vorobiov , I. Vovk , T. Vuillaume , S. J. Wagner , R. Walter , J. Watson , C. Weniger , R. White , M. White , R. Wiemann , A. Wierzcholska , M. Will , D. A. Williams , R. Wischnewski , S. Yanagita , L. Yang , T. Yoshikoshi , M. Zacharias , G. Zaharijas , A. A. Zakaria , L. Zampieri , R. Zanin , D. Zaric , M. Zavrtanik , D. Zavrtanik , A. A. Zdziarski , A. Zech , H. Zechlin , V. I. Zhdanov , M. Živec

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 dual-mirror Small Size Telescope for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

In this paper, the development of the dual mirror Small Size Telescopes (SST) for the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is reviewed. Up to 70 SST, with a primary mirror diameter of 4 m, will be produced and installed at the CTA southern site.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-17 G. Pareschi , G. Agnetta , L. A. Antonelli , D. Bastieri , G. Bellassai , M. Belluso , C. Bigongiari , S. Billotta , B. Biondo , G. Bonanno , G. Bonnoli , P. Bruno , A. Bulgarelli , R. Canestrari , M. Capalbi , P. Caraveo , A. Carosi , E. Cascone , O. Catalano , M. Cereda , P. Conconi , V. Conforti , G. Cusumano , V. De Caprio , A. De Luca , A. Di Paola , F. Di Pierro , D. Fantinel , M. Fiorini , D. Fugazza , D. Gardiol , M. Ghigo , F. Gianotti , S. Giarrusso , E. Giro , A. Grillo , D. Impiombato , S. Incorvaia , A. La Barbera , N. La Palombara , V. La Parola , G. La Rosa , L. Lessio , G. Leto , S. Lombardi , F. Lucarelli , M. C. Maccarone , G. Malaguti , G. Malaspina , V. Mangano , D. Marano , E. Martinetti , R. Millul , T. Mineo , A. MistÒ , C. Morello , G. Morlino , M. R. Panzera , G. Rodeghiero , P. Romano , F. Russo , B. Sacco , N. Sartore , J. Schwarz , A. Segreto , G. Sironi , G. Sottile , A. Stamerra , E. Strazzeri , L. Stringhetti , G. Tagliaferri , V. Testa , M. C. Timpanaro , G. Toso , G. Tosti , M. Trifoglio , P. Vallania , S. Vercellone , V. Zitelli , J. P. Amans , C. Boisson , C. Costille , J. L. Dournaux , D. Dumas , G. Fasola , O. Hervet , J. M. Huet , P. Laporte , C. Rulten , H. Sol , A. Zech , R. White , J. Hinton , D. Ross , J. Sykes , S. Ohm , J. Schmoll , P. Chadwick , T. Greenshaw , M. Daniel , G. Cotter , G. S. Varner , S. Funk , J. Vandenbroucke , L. Sapozhnikov , J. Buckley , P. Moore , D. Williams , S. Markoff , J. Vink , D. Berge , N. Hidaka , A. Okumura , H. Tajima

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

Instrumentation for comparing night sky quality and atmospheric conditions of CTA site candidates

Many atmospheric and climatic criteria have to be taken into account for the selection of a suitable site for the next generation of imaging air-shower Cherenkov telescopes, the "Cherenkov Telescope Array" CTA. Such data are not available…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Christian Fruck , Markus Gaug , Jean-Pierre Ernenwein , Dušan Mandát , Thomas Schweizer , Dennis Häfner , Tomasz Bulik , Marek Cieslar , Heide Costantini , Michal Dominik , Jan Ebr , Markus Garczarczyk , Eckart Lorentz , Giovanni Pareschi , Miroslav Pech , Irene Puerto-Giménez , Masahiro Teshima

Performance of a proposed event-type based analysis for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the next-generation observatory in the field of very-high-energy (20 GeV to 300 TeV) gamma-ray astroparticle physics. Classically, data analysis in the field maximizes sensitivity by applying…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-24 T. Hassan , O. Gueta , G. Maier , M. Nöthe , M. Peresano , I. Vovk

The SST-1M camera for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The prototype camera of the single-mirror Small Size Telescopes (SST-1M) proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) project has been designed to be very compact and to deliver high performance over thirty years of operation. The…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-27 E. J. Schioppa , F. Cadoux , A. Christov , D. della Volpe , Y. Favre , M. Heller , T. Montaruli , A. Porcelli , M. Rameez , I. Troyano Pujadas , W. Bilnik , J. Blocki , L. Bogacz , T. Bulik , M. Curylo , M. Dyrda , A. Frankowski , L. Grudniki , M. Grudzinska , B. Idzkowski , M. Jamrozy , M. Janiak , J. Kasperek , K. Lalik , E. Lyard , E. Mach , D. Mandat , A. Marszalek , J. Michaowski , R. Moderski , A. Neronov , J. Niemiec , M. Ostrowski , P. Pasko , M. Pech , E. Prandini , P. Rajda , P. Schovanek , K. Seweryn , K. Skowron , V. Sliusar , M. Sowinski , L. Stawarz , M. Stodulska , M. Stodulski , S. Toscano , R. Walter , M. Wiecek , A. Zagdanski , K. Zietara , P. Zychowski

Characterisation and Testing of CHEC-M - a camera prototype for the Small-Sized Telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Compact High Energy Camera (CHEC) is a camera design for the Small-Sized Telescopes (SSTs; 4 m diameter mirror) of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). The SSTs are focused on very-high-energy $\gamma$-ray detection via atmospheric…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-17 J. Zorn , R. White , J. J. Watson , T. P. Armstrong , A. Balzer , M. Barcelo , D. Berge , R. Bose , A. M. Brown , M. Bryan , P. M. Chadwick , P. Clark , H. Costantini , G. Cotter , L. Dangeon , M. Daniel , A. De Franco , P. Deiml , G. Fasola , S. Funk , M. Gebyehu , J. Gironnet , J. A. Graham , T. Greenshaw , J. A. Hinton , M. Kraus , J. S. Lapington , P. Laporte , S. A. Leach , O. Le Blanc , A. Malouf , P. Molyneux , P. Moore , H. Prokoph , A. Okumura , D. Ross , G. Rowell , L. Sapozhnikov , H. Schoorlemmer , H. Sol , M. Stephan , H. Tajima , L. Tibaldo , G. Varner , A. Zink

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

Simulation studies of the high-energy component of a future imaging Cherenkov telescope array

The current generation of Imaging Atmospheric telescopes (IACTs) has demonstrated the power of the technique in an energy range between ~100 GeV up to several tens of TeV. At the high-energy end, these instruments are limited by photon…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-01-21 S. Funk , J. A. Hinton

Creating a high-resolution picture of Cygnus with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cygnus region hosts one of the most remarkable star-forming regions in the Milky Way. Indeed, the total mass in molecular gas of the Cygnus X complex exceeds 10 times the total mass of all other nearby star-forming regions. Surveys at…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Amanda Weinstein , Ester Aliu , Sabrina Casanova , Tristano Di Girolamo , Michael Dyrda , Joachim Hahn , Pratik Majumdar , Jerome Rodriguez , Luigi Tibaldo

The INAF ASTRI Project in the framework of CTA

The ASTRI project aims to develop, in the framework of the Cherenkov Telescope Array, an end-to-end prototype of the small-size telescope, devoted to the investigation of the energy range ~ 1-100 TeV. The proposed design is characterized by…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-23 N. La Palombara , P. Caraveo , M. Fiorini , L. Stringhetti , R. Canestrari , R. Millul , G. Pareschi , O. Catalano , M. C. Maccarone , S. Vercellone , E. Giro , G. Tosti

The Cherenkov transparency coefficient for the atmospheric monitoring and array calibration at the Cherenkov Telescope Array South

Reconstruction of energies of very-high-energy gamma-rays observed by imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes is affected by changes in the atmospheric conditions and the performance of telescope components. Reliable calibration schemes…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-24 Stanislav Stefanik , Dalibor Nosek

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…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 E. Moulin , C. Diaz , D. Durand , O. Feirreira , M. Fesquet , B. Giebels , J. -F. Glicenstein , D. Loiseau , F. Louis , F. Nunio , S. Rateau

Prospects for the characterization of the VHE emission from the Crab Nebula and Pulsar with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the next generation instrument for the very high energy gamma-ray astrophysics domain. With its enhanced sensitivity in comparison with the current facilities, CTA is expected to shed light on a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-08 Enrique Mestre , Emma de Oña Wilhelmi , Roberta Zanin , Diego F. Torres , Luigi Tibaldo

Developments of a new mirror technology for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) observatory for very high-energy gamma rays will consist of about a hundred of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) of different size with a total reflective area of about 10,000 m$^2$. Here…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-07 Jerzy Michałowski , Michal Dyrda , Jacek Niemiec , Maciej Sowiński , Marek Stodulski