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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

The signals that will be received on Earth from deep-space probes in future implementations of free-space optical communication will be extremely weak, and new ground stations will have to be developed in order to support these links. This…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-22 Alberto Carrasco-Casado , Mariafernanda Vilera , Ricardo Vergaz , Juan Francisco Cabrero

Very high energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV) gamma-rays provide a unique probe into the non-thermal processes in the universe. The ground-based Imaging Air Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) for detecting VHE gamma-rays have been perfected, so a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-15 Massimo Persic

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 Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope (GCT) is one of the Small Size Telescopes (SSTs) proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) aimed at the 1 TeV to 300 TeV energy range. GCT will be equipped with a Compact High-Energy Camera (CHEC)…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Richard White , Harm Schoorlemmer

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the world's largest and most sensitive ground-based gamma-ray observatory in the energy range from a few tens of GeV to tens of TeV. The LST-1 prototype, currently in its commissioning phase, is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-11-30 Jakub Juryšek , Etienne Lyard , Roland Walter

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

CTA (Cherenkov Telescope Array) is the next generation ground-based observatory for gamma-ray astronomy at very-high energies. The Large-Sized Telescope prototype (LST-1) is located at the Northern site of CTA, on the Canary Island of La…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-16 CTA-LST Project , : , H. Abe , K. Abe , S. Abe , A. Aguasca-Cabot , I. Agudo , N. Alvarez Crespo , L. A. Antonelli , C. Aramo , A. Arbet-Engels , C. Arcaro , M. Artero , K. Asano , P. Aubert , A. Baktash , A. Bamba , A. Baquero Larriva , L. Baroncelli , U. Barres de Almeida , J. A. Barrio , I. Batkovic , J. Baxter , J. Becerra González , E. Bernardini , M. I. Bernardos , J. Bernete Medrano , A. Berti , P. Bhattacharjee , N. Biederbeck , C. Bigongiari , E. Bissaldi , O. Blanch , G. Bonnoli , P. Bordas , A. Borghese , A. Bulgarelli , I. Burelli , M. Buscemi , M. Cardillo , S. Caroff , A. Carosi , F. Cassol , D. Cauz , G. Ceribella , Y. Chai , K. Cheng , A. Chiavassa , M. Chikawa , L. Chytka , A. Cifuentes , J. L. Contreras , J. Cortina , H. Costantini , G. D'Amico , M. Dalchenko , A. De Angelis , M. de Bony de Lavergne , B. De Lotto , R. de Menezes , G. Deleglise , C. Delgado , J. Delgado Mengual , D. della Volpe , M. Dellaiera , D. Depaoli , A. Di Piano , F. Di Pierro , R. Di Tria , L. Di Venere , C. Díaz , R. M. Dominik , D. Dominis Prester , A. Donini , D. Dorner , M. Doro , D. Elsässer , G. Emery , J. Escudero , V. Fallah Ramazani , G. Ferrara , F. Ferrarotto , A. Fiasson , L. Freixas Coromina , S. Fröse , S. Fukami , Y. Fukazawa , E. Garcia , R. Garcia López , C. Gasbarra , D. Gasparrini , F. Geyer , J. Giesbrecht Paiva , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , E. Giro , P. Gliwny , N. Godinovic , R. Grau , D. Green , J. Green , S. Gunji , J. Hackfeld , D. Hadasch , A. Hahn , K. Hashiyama , T. Hassan , K. Hayashi , L. Heckmann , M. Heller , J. Herrera Llorente , K. Hirotani , D. Hoffmann , D. Horns , J. Houles , M. Hrabovsky , D. Hrupec , D. Hui , M. Hütten , M. Iarlori , R. Imazawa , T. Inada , Y. Inome , K. Ioka , M. Iori , K. Ishio , Y. Iwamura , M. Jacquemont , I. Jimenez Martinez , J. Jurysek , M. Kagaya , V. Karas , H. Katagiri , J. Kataoka , D. Kerszberg , Y. Kobayashi , A. Kong , H. Kubo , J. Kushida , M. Lainez , G. Lamanna , A. Lamastra , T. Le Flour , M. Linhoff , F. Longo , R. López-Coto , M. López-Moya , A. López-Oramas , S. Loporchio , A. Lorini , P. L. Luque-Escamilla , P. Majumdar , M. Makariev , D. Mandat , M. Manganaro , G. Manicò , K. Mannheim , M. Mariotti , P. Marquez , G. Marsella , J. Martí , O. Martinez , G. Martínez , M. Martínez , P. Marusevec , A. Mas-Aguilar , G. Maurin , D. Mazin , E. Mestre Guillen , S. Micanovic , D. Miceli , T. Miener , J. M. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan , T. Mizuno , M. Molero Gonzalez , E. Molina , T. Montaruli , I. Monteiro , A. Moralejo , D. Morcuende , A. Morselli , K. Mrakovcic , K. Murase , A. Nagai , S. Nagataki , T. Nakamori , L. Nickel , M. Nievas , K. Nishijima , K. Noda , D. Nosek , S. Nozaki , M. Ohishi , Y. Ohtani , T. Oka , N. Okazaki , A. Okumura , R. Orito , J. Otero-Santos , M. Palatiello , D. Paneque , F. R. Pantaleo , R. Paoletti , J. M. Paredes , M. Pech , M. Pecimotika , M. Peresano , A. Pérez , E. Pietropaolo , G. Pirola , C. Plard , F. Podobnik , V. Poireau , M. Polo , E. Pons , E. Prandini , J. Prast , G. Principe , C. Priyadarshi , M. Prouza , R. Rando , W. Rhode , M. Ribó , V. Rizi , G. Rodriguez Fernandez , J. E. Ruiz , T. Saito , S. Sakurai , D. A. Sanchez , T. Šarić , Y. Sato , F. G. Saturni , B. Schleicher , F. Schmuckermaier , J. L. Schubert , F. Schussler , T. Schweizer , M. Seglar Arroyo , R. Silvia , J. Sitarek , V. Sliusar , A. Spolon , J. Strišković , M. Strzys , Y. Suda , Y. Sunada , H. Tajima , H. Takahashi , M. Takahashi , J. Takata , R. Takeishi , P. H. T. Tam , S. J. Tanaka , D. Tateishi , L. A. Tejedor , P. Temnikov , Y. Terada , K. Terauchi , T. Terzic , M. Teshima , M. Tluczykont , F. Tokanai , D. F. Torres , P. Travnicek , S. Truzzi , A. Tutone , G. Uhlrich , M. Vacula , P. Vallania , J. van Scherpenberg , M. Vázquez Acosta , V. Verguilov , I. Viale , A. Vigliano , C. F. Vigorito , V. Vitale , G. Voutsinas , I. Vovk , T. Vuillaume , R. Walter , M. Will , T. Yamamoto , R. Yamazaki , T. Yoshida , T. Yoshikoshi , N. Zywucka , K. Bernloehr , O. Gueta , K. Kosack , G. Maier , J. Watson

CTA will comprise a sub-array of up to 70 small size telescopes (SSTs) at the southern array. The SST-1M project, a 4 m-diameter Davies Cotton telescope with 9 degrees FoV and a 1296 pixels SiPM camera, is designed to meet the requirements…

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…

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next generation ground-based observatory for $\gamma$-ray astronomy at energies above 30 GeV. Thanks to its unique capabilities, CTA observations will address a plethora of open questions in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-07-19 H. Martínez-Huerta , J. Biteau , J. Lefaucheur , M. Meyer , S. Pita , I. Vovk

The future ground-based gamma-ray observatory Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will feature multiple types of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, each with thousands of pixels. To be affordable, camera concepts for these telescopes…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 S. Funk , D. Jankowsky , H. Katagiri , M. Kraus , A. Okumura , H. Schoorlemmer , A. Shigenaka , H. Tajima , L. Tibaldo , G. Varner , A. Zink , J. Zorn

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…

The ASTRI Mini-Array is a next-generation system of nine imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes that is going to be built at the Observatorio del Teide site. After a first phase, in which the instrument will be operated as an experiment…

ASTRI-Horn is the Cherenkov telescope developed by INAF and operating in Italy on the slopes of Etna volcano. Characterized by a dual-mirror optical system and a focal plane covered by silicon photomultiplier sensors, ASTRI-Horn is a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-20 A. Segreto , O. Catalano , M. C. Maccarone , T. Mineo , A. La Barbera

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 foreseen implementations of the Small Size Telescopes (SST) in CTA will provide unique insights into the highest energy gamma rays offering fundamental means to discover and under- stand the sources populating the Galaxy and our local…

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

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is an initiative to build a next-generation observatory for very-high energy $\gamma$-rays. Its expected large effective area ($\mathcal{O}(10^{7} \mathrm{m}^2)$) and energy threshold as low as 25 GeV…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Manuel Paz Arribas , Ullrich Schwanke , Ralf Wischnewski

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next generation of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes. It would reach unprecedented sensitivity and energy resolution in very-high-energy gamma-ray astronomy. In order to reach these goals,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-15 M. Doro , M. Gaug , J. Pallotta , G. Vasileiadis , O. Blanch , F. Chouza , R. D'Elia , A. Etchegoyen , Ll. Font , D. Garrido , F. Gonzales , A. López-Oramas , M. Martínez , L. Otero , E. Quel , P. Ristori