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The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the largest cosmic gamma ray detector ever built in the world. It will be installed at two different sites in the North and South hemispheres and should be operational for about 30 years. In order…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 F. Hénault , P. O. Petrucci , L. jocou , B. Khélifi , P. Manigot , S. Hormigos , J. Knodlseder , J. F. Olive , P. Jean , M. Punch

The SST-1M is a 4-m Davies--Cotton atmospheric Cherenkov telescope optimized to provide gamma-ray sensitivity above a few TeV. The SST-1M is proposed as part of the Small-Size Telescope array for the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), the…

NectarCAM is a camera proposed for the medium-sized telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) which covers the core energy range of ~100 GeV to ~30 TeV. It has a modular design and is based on the NECTAr chip, at the heart of which…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 J-F. Glicenstein , M. Shayduk

The future Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will consist of several tens of telescopes of different mirror sizes. CTA will provide next generation sensitivity to very high energy photons from few tens of GeV to >100 TeV. Several focal plane…

NectarCAM is a Cherenkov camera designed to detect gamma rays with energies between 80 GeV and 50 TeV. It will equip nine medium-sized telescopes (MSTs) of the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory. NectarCAM consists of 1855 pixels…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-19 Pablo Correa , CTAO NectarCAM Collaboration

In the framework of the next generation of Cherenkov telescopes, the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), NectarCAM is a camera designed for the medium size telescopes covering the central energy range of 100 GeV to 30 TeV. NectarCAM will be…

NectarCAM is a camera developed to detect Cherenkov light between 80 GeV and 30 TeV. It will equip the medium-sized telescopes (MST) of the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO). The camera comprises 265 modules, covering a field of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-28 F. Bradascio

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), is an international project for the next generation ground- based observatory for gamma-ray astronomy in the energy range from 20 GeV to 300 TeV. The sensitivity in the core energy range will be…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-07 Markus Garczarczyk , Stefan Schlenstedt , Louise Oakes , Ullrich Schwanke , the MST Team

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the future instrument in ground-based gamma-ray astronomy in the energy range from 20 GeV to 300 TeV. Its sensitivity will surpass that of current generation experiments by a factor $\sim$10,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-09 A. Schulz , M. Garczarczyk , L. Oakes , S. Schlenstedt , U. Schwanke , the CTA Consortium

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is an international project for a next-generation ground-based gamma-ray observatory. CTA, conceived as an array of tens of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, comprising small, medium and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 T. Hassan , B. Humensky , D. Nieto , M. Wood

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

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a large collaborative effort aimed at the design and operation of an observatory dedicated to the VHE gamma-ray astrophysics in the energy range 30 GeV-100 TeV, which will improve by about one order of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Stefano Vercellone

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next generation very high energy gamma-ray observatory. It will consist of three classes of telescopes, of large, medium and small sizes. The small telescopes, of 4 m diameter, will be dedicated to…

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a planned observatory for very-high energy gamma-ray astronomy. It will consist of several tens of telescopes of different sizes, with a total mirror area of up to 10,000 square meters. Most mirrors of…

The SST-1M is one of three prototype small-sized telescope designs proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array, and is built by a consortium of Polish and Swiss institutions. The SST-1M will operate with DigiCam - an innovative, compact…

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the the next generation facility of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes; two sites will cover both hemispheres. CTA will reach unprecedented sensitivity, energy and angular resolution in…

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a future ground-based gamma-ray astronomy detector that will consist of more than 100 Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes of different sizes. The total reflective surface of roughly 10 000 m$^2$…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 C. Schultz , M. Doro , L. Lessio , M. Mariotti , R. Rando

The next generation instrument for ground-based gamma-ray astronomy will be the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), consisting of approximately 100 telescopes in three sizes, built on two sites with one each in the Northern and Southern Hemi-…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-09 Louise Oakes , Markus Garczarczyk , Stephan Kaphle , Michael Mayer , Stefan Schlenstedt