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Raman LIDARs for the atmospheric calibration along the line-of-sight of CTA

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next generation ground based observatory for gamma ray astronomy at very high energies. Employing more than 100 Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes in the northern and southern hemispheres, it…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-23 Otger Ballester , Oscar Blanch , Joan Boix , Johan Bregeon , Patrick Brun , Merve Colak , Michele Doro , Vania Da Deppo , Lluis Font , Omar Gabella , Rafael Garcia , Markus Gaug , Camilla Maggio , Manel Martinez , Oscar Martinez , Pere Munar Adrover , Raul Ramos , Stephane Rivoire , Samo Stanic , David Villar , George Vasileiadis , Longlong Wang , Marko Zavrtanik

Recent VERITAS Results

VERITAS is an array of four imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes near Tucson, Arizona and is one of the world's most sensitive detectors of very high energy (VHE: >100 GeV) gamma rays. The scientific reach of VERITAS covers the study of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 David Staszak

Signatures of relativistic protons in CTA blazar spectra

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will provide very-high-energy (VHE; >~30 GeV) gamma-ray spectra of unprecedented resolution over a large energy range. It is likely that, at least for bright sources, spectral features will be revealed…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 A. Zech , M. Cerruti

Real-time atmospheric monitoring for the Cherenkov Telescope Array using a wide-field optical telescope

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next generation of ground-based very high energy gamma-ray instruments and is planned to be built on two sites (one in each hemisphere) in the coming years, with full array operation foreseen to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Jan Ebr , Petr Janecek , Michael Prouza , Jiri Blazek

Prototype Tests for the CELESTE Solar Array Gamma--Ray Telescope

The CELESTE experiment will be an Atmospheric Cherenkov detector designed to bridge the gap in energy sensitivity between current satellite and ground-based gamma-ray telescopes, 20 to 300 GeV. We present test results made at the former…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 B. Giebels , R. Bazer-Bachi , H. Bergeret , A. Cordier , G. Debiais , M. De Naurois , J. P. Dezalay , D. Dumora , P. Eschstruth , P. Espigat , B. Fabre , P. Fleury , C. Ghesquière , N. Herault , I. Malet , B. Merkel , C. Meynadier , M. Palatka , E. Paré , J. Procureur , M. Punch , J. Québert , K. Ragan , L. Rob , P. Schovanek , D. A. Smith , J. Vrana

Exploring high-energy processes in binary systems with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Several types of binary systems have been detected up to now at high and very high gamma-ray energies, including microquasars, young pulsars around massive stars and colliding wind binaries. The study of the sources already known, and of…

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

FlashCam: A fully digital camera for CTA telescopes

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…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-15 G. Pühlhofer , C. Bauer , A. Biland , D. Florin , C. Föhr , A. Gadola , G. Hermann , C. Kalkuhl , J. Kasperek , T. Kihm , J. Koziol , A. Manalaysay , A. Marszalek , P. J. Rajda , T. Schanz , S. Steiner , U. Straumann , C. Tenzer , P. Vogler , A. Vollhardt , Q. Weitzel , K. Winiarski , K. Zietara

Inauguration and First Light of the GCT-M Prototype for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope (GCT) is a candidate for the Small Size Telescopes (SSTs) of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). Its purpose is to extend the sensitivity of CTA to gamma-ray energies reaching 300 TeV. Its dual-mirror…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-09 J. J. Watson , A. De Franco , A. Abchiche , D. Allan , J. -P. Amans , T. P. Armstrong , A. Balzer , D. Berge , C. Boisson , J. -J. Bousquet , A. M. Brown , M. Bryan , G. Buchholtz , P. M. Chadwick , H. Costantini , G. Cotter , M. K. Daniel , F. De Frondat , J. -L. Dournaux , D. Dumas , J. -P. Ernenwein , G. Fasola , S. Funk , J. Gironnet , J. A. Graham , T. Greenshaw , O. Hervet , N. Hidaka , J. A. Hinton , J. -M. Huet , I. Jegouzo , T. Jogler , M. Kraus , J. S. Lapington , P. Laporte , J. Lefaucheur , S. Markoff , T. Melse , L. Mohrmann , P. Molyneux , S. J. Nolan , A. Okumura , J. P. Osborne , R. D. Parsons , S. Rosen , D. Ross , G. Rowell , C. B. Rulten , Y. Sato , F. Sayéde , J. Schmoll , H. Schoorlemmer , M. Servillat , H. Sol , V. Stamatescu , M. Stephan , R. Stuik , J. Sykes , H. Tajima , J. Thornhill , L. Tibaldo , C. Trichard , J. Vink , R. White , N. Yamane , A. Zech , A. Zink , J. Zorn , the CTA Consortium

Design of a prototype device to calibrate the Large Size Telescope camera of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array is a project that aims to exploring the highest energy region of electromagnetic spectrum. Two arrays, one for each hemisphere, will cover the full sky in a range from few tens of GeV to hundreds of TeV…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-28 M. Iori , P. Majumdar , F. De Persio , A. Chatterjee , F. Ferrarotto , B. K. Nagesh , L. Saha , B. B. Singh

Atmospheric considerations for the CTA site search

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the next high-energy gamma-ray observatory. Selection of the sites, one in each hemisphere, is not obvious since several factors have to be taken into account. Among them, and probably the most…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Stephane Vincent

Distributed Real-Time Data Stream Analysis for CTA

Once completed, the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be able to map the gamma-ray sky in a wide energy range from several tens of GeV to some hundreds of TeV and will be more sensitive than previous experiments by an order of magnitude.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-05 Kai Brügge , Alexey Egorov , Christian Bockermann , Katharina Morik , Wolfgang Rhode

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

Sensitivity of the High Altitude Water Cherenkov Detector to Sources of Multi-TeV Gamma Rays

The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory is an array of large water Cherenkov detectors sensitive to gamma rays and hadronic cosmic rays in the energy band between 100 GeV and 100 TeV. The observatory will be used to measure…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-08-11 A. U. Abeysekara , R. Alfaro , C. Alvarez , J. D. Álvarez , R. Arceo , J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez , H. A. Ayala Solares , A. S. Barber , B. M. Baughman , N. Bautista-Elivar , E. Belmont , S. Y. BenZvi , D. Berley , M. Bonilla Rosales , J. Braun , R. A. Caballero-Lopez , A. Carramiñana , M. Castillo , U. Cotti , J. Cotzomi , E. de la Fuente , C. De León , T. DeYoung , R. Diaz Hernandez , J. C. Diaz-Velez , B. L. Dingus , M. A. DuVernois , R. W. Ellsworth , A. Fernandez , D. W. Fiorino , N. Fraija , A. Galindo , J. L. Garcia-Luna , G. Garcia-Torales , F. Garfias , L. X. González , M. M. González , J. A. Goodman , V. Grabski , M. Gussert , Z. Hampel-Arias , C. M. Hui , P. Hüntemeyer , A. Imran , A. Iriarte , P. Karn , D. Kieda , G. J. Kunde , A. Lara , R. J. Lauer , W. H. Lee , D. Lennarz , H. León Vargas , E. C. Linares , J. T. Linnemann , M. Longo , R. Luna-García , A. Marinelli , O. Martinez , J. Martínez-Castro , J. A. J. Matthews , P. Miranda-Romagnoli , E. Moreno , M. Mostafá , J. Nava , L. Nellen , M. Newbold , R. Noriega-Papaqui , T. Oceguera-Becerra , B. Patricelli , R. Pelayo , E. G. Pérez-Pérez , J. Pretz , C. Rivière , D. Rosa-González , H. Salazar , F. Salesa , A. Sandoval , E. Santos , M. Schneider , S. Silich , G. Sinnis , A. J. Smith , K. Sparks , R. W. Springer , I. Taboada , P. A. Toale , K. Tollefson , I. Torres , T. N. Ukwatta , L. Villaseñor , T. Weisgarber , S. Westerhoff , I. G. Wisher , J. Wood , G. B. Yodh , P. W. Younk , D. Zaborov , A. Zepeda , H. Zhou

Dark Matter Line Searches with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Monochromatic gamma-ray signals constitute a potential smoking gun signature for annihilating or decaying dark matter particles that could relatively easily be distinguished from astrophysical or instrumental backgrounds. We provide an…

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Brunelli , A. Bulgarelli , T. Bulik , I. Burelli , L. Burmistrov , M. Burton , M. Buscemi , T. Bylund , J. Cailleux , A. Campoy-Ordaz , B. K. Cantlay , G. Capasso , A. Caproni , R. Capuzzo-Dolcetta , P. Caraveo , S. Caroff , A. Carosi , R. Carosi , E. Carquin , M. -S. Carrasco , F. Cassol , L. Castaldini , N. Castrejon , A. J. Castro-Tirado , D. Cerasole , M. Cerruti , P. M. Chadwick , S. Chaty , A. W. Chen , M. Chernyakova , A. Chiavassa , J. Chudoba , L. Chytka , G. M. Cicciari , A. Cifuentes , C. H. Coimbra Araujo , M. Colapietro , V. Conforti , F. Conte , J. L. Contreras , A. Costa , H. Costantini , G. Cotter , P. Cristofari , O. Cuevas , Z. Curtis-Ginsberg , G. D'Amico , F. D'Ammando , S. Dai , M. Dalchenko , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , M. de Bony de Lavergne , V. De Caprio , E. M. de Gouveia Dal Pino , B. De Lotto , M. De Lucia , R. de Menezes , M. de Naurois , V. de Souza , L. del Peral , M. V. del Valle , A. G. Delgado Giler , J. Delgado Mengual , C. Delgado , M. 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Zhang , V. I. Zhdanov , K. Ziętara , M. Živec , J. Zuriaga-Puig

Sensitivity of the Cherenkov Telescope Array to dark subhalos

In this work, we study the potential of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) for the detection of Galactic dark matter (DM) subhalos. We focus on low-mass subhalos that do not host any baryonic content and therefore lack any multiwavelength…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-06-08 Javier Coronado-Blázquez , Michele Doro , Miguel A. Sánchez-Conde , Alejandra Aguirre-Santaella

Roughness tolerances for Cherenkov telescope mirrors

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a forthcoming international ground-based observatory for very high-energy gamma rays. Its goal is to reach sensitivity five to ten times better than existing Cherenkov telescopes such as VERITAS,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-05 K. Tayabaly , D. Spiga , R. Canestrari , G. Bonnoli , M. Lavagna , G. Pareschi

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

The small size telescope projects for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The small size telescopes (SSTs), spread over an area of several square km, dominate the CTA sensitivity in the photon energy range from a few TeV to over 100 TeV, enabling for the detailed exploration of the very high energy gamma-ray sky.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-27 Teresa Montaruli , Giovanni Pareschi , Tim Greenshaw

Characterization of the candidate site for the Cherenkov Telescope Array at the Observatorio del Teide

The Spanish partners of the future Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) have selected a candidate site for the Northern installation of CTA, at 3 km from the Observatorio del Teide (OT), in the Canary Island of Tenerife. As the OT is a very…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Irene Puerto-Giménez , Markus Gaug , Rafael Barrena , Julio Castro , Michele Doro , Lluís Font , Miguel Nievas Rosillo , Jaime Zamorano

Strategies for the Follow-up of Gravitational Wave Transients with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The observation of the electromagnetic counterpart of gravitational-wave (GW) transient GW170817 demonstrated the potential in extracting astrophysical information from multimessenger discoveries. The forthcoming deployment of the first…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-03-21 Imre Bartos , Tristano Di Girolamo , Jonathan R. Gair , Martin Hendry , Ik Siong Heng , T. Brian Humensky , Szabolcs Marka , Zsuzsa Marka , Chris Messenger , Reshmi Mukherjee , Daniel Nieto , Paul O'Brien , Marcos Santander