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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…

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 ASTRI mini-array within the future Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a large collaborative effort aimed at the design and operation of an observatory dedicated to very high-energy gamma-ray astrophysics in the energy range from a few tens of GeV to above 100 TeV, which…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-17 Stefano Vercellone

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

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

The On-Site Analysis of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) observatory will be one of the largest ground-based very high-energy gamma-ray observatories. The On-Site Analysis will be the first CTA scientific analysis of data acquired from the array of telescopes,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Andrea Bulgarelli , Valentina Fioretti , Andrea Zoli , Alessio Aboudan , Juan José Rodríguez-Vázquez , Giovanni De Cesare , Adriano De Rosa , Gernot Maier , Etienne Lyard , Denis Bastieri , Saverio Lombardi , Gino Tosti , Sonia Bergamaschi , Domenico Beneventano , Giovanni Lamanna , Jean Jacquemier , Karl Kosack , Lucio Angelo Antonelli , Catherine Boisson , Jerzy Borkowski , Sara Buson , Alessandro Carosi , Vito Conforti , Pep Colomé , Raquel de los Reyes , Jon Dumm , Phil Evans , Lucy Fortson , Matthias Fuessling , Diego Gotz , Ricardo Graciani , Fulvio Gianotti , Paola Grandi , Jim Hinton , Brian Humensky , Susumu Inoue , Jürgen Knödlseder , Thierry Le Flour , Rico Lindemann , Giuseppe Malaguti , Sera Markoff , Martino Marisaldi , Nadine Neyroud , Luciano Nicastro , Stefan Ohm , Julian Osborne , Igor Oya , Jerome Rodriguez , Simon Rosen , Marc Ribo , Alessandro Tacchini , Fabian Schüssler , Thierry Stolarczyk , Eleonora Torresi , Vincenzo Testa , Peter Wegner , Amanda Weinstein

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…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 I. Oya , M. Fuessling , U. Schwanke , P. Wegner , A. Balzer , D. Berge , J. Borkowski , J. Camprecios , S. Colonges , J. Colome , C. Champion , V. Conforti , F. Gianotti , T. Le Flour , R. Lindemann , E. Lyard , M. Mayer , D. Melkumyan , M. Punch , C. Tanci , T. Schmidt , J. Schwarz , G. Tosti , K. Verma , A. Weinstein , S. Wiesand , R. Wischnewski

CHEC: A Compact High Energy Camera for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array will provide unprecedented sensitivity and angular resolution to gamma rays across orders of magnitude in energy. Above 1 TeV up to around 300 TeV an array of Small-Sized Telescopes (SSTs) will cover several…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-17 Richard White

Performance of the Cherenkov Telescope Array in the presence of clouds

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…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-02 Mario Pecimotika , Katarzyna Adamczyk , Dijana Dominis Prester , Orel Gueta , Dario Hrupec , Gernot Maier , Saša Mićanović , Lovro Pavletić , Julian Sitarek , Dorota Sobczyńska , Michał Szanecki

Prototype Open Event Reconstruction Pipeline for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next-generation gamma-ray observatory currently under construction. It will improve over the current generation of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) by a factor of five to ten in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-24 Maximilian Nöthe , Karl Kosack , Lukas Nickel , Michele Peresano

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

Silicon Photomultiplier Research and Development Studies for the Large Size Telescope of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

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…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Riccardo Rando , Daniele Corti , Francesco Dazzi , Alessandro De Angelis , Antonios Dettlaff , Daniela Dorner , David Fink , Nadia Fouque , Felix Grundner , Werner Haberer , Alexander Hahn , Richard Hermel , Samo Korpar , Gašper Kukec Mezek , Ronald Maier , Christian Manea , Mosè Mariotti , Daniel Mazin , Fatima Mehrez , Razmik Mirzoyan , Sergey Podkladkin , Ignasi Reichardt , Wolfgang Rhode , Sylvie Rosier , Cornelia Schultz , Carlo Stella , Masahiro Teshima , Holger Wetteskind , Marko Zavrtanik

Development of the photomultiplier tube readout system for the first Large-Sized Telescope of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next generation ground-based very high energy gamma-ray observatory. The Large-Sized Telescope (LST) of CTA targets 20 GeV -- 1 TeV gamma rays and has 1855 photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) installed in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Shu Masuda , Yusuke Konno , Juan Abel Barrio , Oscar Blanch Bigas , Carlos Delgado , Lluís Freixas Coromina , Shuichi Gunji , Daniela Hadasch , Kenichiro Hatanaka , Masahiro Ikeno , Jose Maria Illa Laguna , Yusuke Inome , Kazuma Ishio , Hideaki Katagiri , Hidetoshi Kubo , Gustavo Martínez , Daniel Mazin , Daisuke Nakajima , Takeshi Nakamori , Hideyuki Ohoka , Riccardo Paoletti , Stefan Ritt , Andrea Rugliancich , Takayuki Saito , Karl-Heinz Sulanke , Junki Takeda , Manobu Tanaka , Shunsuke Tanigawa , Luis Ángel Tejedor , Masahiro Teshima , Yugo Tsuchiya , Tomohisa Uchida , Tokonatsu Yamamoto , the LST team

Large Size Telescope camera support structures for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The design of the camera support structures for the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) Large Size Telescopes (LSTs) is based on an elliptical arch geometry reinforced along its orthogonal projection by two symmetric sets of stabilizing ropes.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-17 G. Deleglise , N. Geffroy , G. Lamanna

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

CTA simulations with CORSIKA/sim_telarray

While current atmospheric Cherenkov installations consist of only a few telescopes each, future installations will be far more complex. Monte Carlo simulations have become an essential tool for the design and optimisation of such…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Konrad Bernloehr

Nature of the low-energy, {\gamma}-like background for the 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. Most of the remaining background in this energy range results from…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-29 Julian Sitarek , Dorota Sobczyńska , Michał Szanecki , Katarzyna Adamczyk , Paolo Cumani , Abelardo Moralejo

A Prototype Data Format for the Cherenkov Telescope Array: Regions Of Interest (ROI)

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 2015-09-07 Ramin Marx , Raquel de los Reyes

AGN Physics with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), currently in its Preparatory Phase, will be the first open observatory for very high energy gamma-rays from galactic and extragalactic sources. The international consortium behind CTA is preparing the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 A. Zech

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

Monte Carlo simulations of alternative sky observation modes with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

We investigate possible sky survey modes with the Middle Sized Telescopes (MST, aimed at covering the energy range from $\sim$100 GeV to 10 TeV) subsystem of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). We use the standard CTA tools, CORSIKA and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-02-20 M. Szanecki , D. Sobczyńska , A. Niedźwiecki , J. Sitarek , W. Bednarek