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For the proposed Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), a post-calibration point-source location accuracy of 3 seconds of arc is aimed for under favorable observing conditions and for gamma-ray energies exceeding 100 GeV. In this contribution,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-08 Stefan Eschbach , Alexander Ziegler , Christopher van Eldik , Johannes Veh , David Berge , Markus Gaug

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…

Observations from multiple gamma-ray telescopes have uncovered a high energy gamma-ray source spatially coincident with the Galactic center. Recently, a compelling model for the broad-band gamma-ray emission has been formulated which posits…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 Tim Linden , Stefano Profumo

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

Among all the high-energy environments of our Galaxy, the Galactic Center (GC) region is definitely the richest. It harbors a large amount of non-thermal emitters, including the closest supermassive black hole, dense molecular clouds,…

The binary systems that have been detected in gamma rays have proven very useful to study high-energy processes, in particular particle acceleration, emission and radiation reprocessing, and the dynamics of the underlying magnetized flows.…

As TeV gamma-ray astronomy progresses into the era of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), there is a desire for the capacity to instantaneously follow up on transient phenomena and continuously monitor gamma-ray flux at energies above…

We present GammaBayes, a Bayesian Python package for dark matter detection with the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). GammaBayes takes as input the CTA measurements of gamma rays and a user-specified dark-matter particle model. It outputs…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-08-05 Liam Pinchbeck , Eric Thrane , Csaba Balazs

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

Observations of dwarf galaxies and of the Milky Way halo with current ground-based Cherenkov telescopes have resulted in interesting limits on the cross-section for dark matter (DM) self- annihilation for WIMP masses above some 100 GeV. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Louise Oakes , Emrah Birsin , Gernot Maier , Ullrich Schwanke

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) consortium aims to create the next generation Very High Energy gamma-ray observatory. It will be devoted to the observation of gamma rays over a wide band of energy, from 20 GeV to 300 TeV. Three…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-27 Jean-Laurent Dournaux , Jean-Michel Huet , Delphine Dumas , Jean-Philippe Amans , Gilles Fasola , Philippe Laporte , Jean-Jacques Bousquet , Hélène Sol

Many models of dark matter (DM) are now widely considered and probed intensively with accelerators, underground detectors, and astrophysical experiments. Among the various approaches, high-energy astrophysical observations are extremely…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-04 Nagisa Hiroshima

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the first ground-based observatory for gamma-ray astronomy. With more than a hundred of 4th generation of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) distributed in two large arrays, CTA will…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-05 Thomas Tavernier , Jean-François Glicenstein , François Brun

The Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) will be the next-generation major ground-based gamma-ray observatory. It will be made up of two large arrays of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs), with one site in the Northern…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-03 Francesco Schiavone

Prospects of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) for the study of very high energy gamma-ray emission from nearby star-forming galaxies are investigated. In the previous work, we constructed a model to calculate luminosity and energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-04 Naoya Shimono , Tomonori Totani , Takahiro Sudoh

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

Thanks to the success of current gamma-ray telescopes (Fermi, H.E.S.S., MAGIC, VERITAS), and in view of the prospects of planned observatories such as the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) or the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Jürgen Knödlseder , Michael Mayer , Christoph Deil , Anneli Schulz , Marie-Hélène Grondin , Pierrick Martin , Sylvie Brau-Nogué

Gamma-ray photons can convert into axion-like particles (ALPs) and vice versa when interacting with astrophysical magnetic fields. The conversions of ALPs may have important implications for astrophysics since they would imprint…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-05-02 Miguel A. Sanchez-Conde , Stefan Funk , Frank Krennrich , Amanda Weinstein

The Cherenkov Telescope Array and the KM3NeT neutrino telescopes are major upcoming facilities in the fields of $\gamma$-ray and neutrino astronomy, respectively. Possible simultaneous production of $\gamma$ rays and neutrinos in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-02-05 T. Unbehaun , L. Mohrmann , S. Funk , S. Aiello , A. Albert , S. Alves Garre , Z. Aly , A. Ambrosone , F. Ameli , M. Andre , E. Androutsou , M. Anghinolfi , M. Anguita , L. Aphecetche , M. Ardid , S. Ardid , H. Atmani , J. Aublin , C. Bagatelas , L. Bailly-Salins , Z. Bardačová , B. Baret , S. Basegmez du Pree , Y. Becherini , M. Bendahman , F. Benfenati , M. Benhassi , D. M. Benoit , E. Berbee , V. Bertin , S. Biagi , M. Boettcher , M. Bou Cabo , J. Boumaaza , M. Bouta , M. Bouwhuis , C. Bozza , R. M. Bozza , H. Brânzaş , F. Bretaudeau , R. Bruijn , J. Brunner , R. Bruno , E. Buis , R. Buompane , J. Busto , B. Caiffi , D. Calvo , S. Campion , A. Capone , F. Carenini , V. Carretero , T. Cartraud , P. Castaldi , V. Cecchini , S. Celli , L. Cerisy , M. Chabab , M. Chadolias , A. Chen , S. Cherubini , T. Chiarusi , M. Circella , R. Cocimano , J. A. B. Coelho , A. Coleiro , R. Coniglione , P. Coyle , A. Creusot , A. Cruz , G. Cuttone , R. Dallier , Y. Darras , A. De Benedittis , B. De Martino , V. Decoene , R. Del Burgo , L. S. Di Mauro , I. Di Palma , A. F. Díaz , D. Diego-Tortosa , C. Distefano , A. Domi , C. Donzaud , D. Dornic , M. Dörr , E. Drakopoulou , D. Drouhin , R. Dvornický , T. Eberl , E. Eckerová , A. Eddymaoui , T. van Eeden , M. Eff , D. van Eijk , I. El Bojaddaini , S. El Hedri , A. Enzenhöfer , G. Ferrara , M. D. Filipović , F. Filippini , L. A. Fusco , J. Gabriel , T. Gal , J. García Méndez , A. Garcia Soto , C. Gatius Oliver , N. Geißelbrecht , H. Ghaddari , L. Gialanella , B. K. Gibson , E. Giorgio , A. Girardi , I. Goos , S. R. Gozzini , R. Gracia , K. Graf , D. Guderian , C. Guidi , B. Guillon , M. Gutiérrez , H. van Haren , A. Heijboer , A. Hekalo , L. Hennig , J. J. Hernández-Rey , F. Huang , W. Idrissi Ibnsalih , G. Illuminati , C. W. James , M. de Jong , P. de Jong , B. J. Jung , P. Kalaczyński , O. Kalekin , U. F. Katz , N. R. Khan Chowdhury , A. Khatun , G. Kistauri , F. van der Knaap , A. Kouchner , V. Kulikovskiy , R. Kvatadze , M. Labalme , R. Lahmann , G. Larosa , C. Lastoria , A. Lazo , S. Le Stum , G. Lehaut , E. Leonora , N. Lessing , G. Levi , M. Lindsey Clark , F. Longhitano , J. Majumdar , L. Malerba , J. Mańczak , A. Manfreda , M. Marconi , A. Margiotta , A. Marinelli , C. Markou , L. Martin , F. Marzaioli , M. Mastrodicasa , S. Mastroianni , S. Miccichè , G. Miele , P. Migliozzi , E. Migneco , P. Mijakowski , M. L. Mitsou , C. M. Mollo , L. Morales-Gallegos , C. Morley-Wong , A. Mosbrugger , A. Moussa , I. Mozun Mateo , R. Muller , M. R. Musone , M. Musumeci , L. Nauta , S. Navas , A. Nayerhoda , C. A. Nicolau , B. Nkosi , B. Ó Fearraigh , V. Oliviero , A. Orlando , E. Oukacha , J. Palacios González , G. Papalashvili , E. J. Pastor Gomez , A. M. Păun , G. E. Păvălaş , S. Peña Martínez , M. Perrin-Terrin , J. Perronnel , V. Pestel , R. Pestes , P. Piattelli , C. Poirè , V. Popa , T. Pradier , S. Pulvirenti , G. Quéméner , C. Quiroz , U. Rahaman , N. Randazzo , S. Razzaque , I. C. Rea , D. Real , S. Reck , G. Riccobene , J. Robinson , A. Romanov , L. Roscilli , A. Saina , F. Salesa Greus , D. F. E. Samtleben , A. Sánchez Losa , M. Sanguineti , C. Santonastaso , D. Santonocito , P. Sapienza , J. Schnabel , M. F. Schneider , J. Schumann , H. M. Schutte , J. Seneca , N. Sennan , B. Setter , I. Sgura , R. Shanidze , Y. Shitov , F. Šimkovic , A. Simonelli , A. Sinopoulou , M. V. Smirnov , B. Spisso , M. Spurio , D. Stavropoulos , I. Štekl , M. Taiuti , Y. Tayalati , H. Tedjditi , H. Thiersen , I. Tosta e Melo , B. Trocme , S. Tsagkli , V. Tsourapis , E. Tzamariudaki , A. Vacheret , V. Valsecchi , V. Van Elewyck , G. Vannoye , G. Vasileiadis , F. Vazquez de Sola , C. Verilhac , A. Veutro , S. Viola , D. Vivolo , H. Warnhofer , J. Wilms , E. de Wolf , T. Yousfi , G. Zarpapis , S. Zavatarelli , A. Zegarelli , D. Zito , J. D. Zornoza , J. Zúñiga , N. Zywucka

Ground-based gamma-ray astronomy is still a rather young field of research, with strong historical connections to particle physics. This is why most observations are conducted by experiments with proprietary data and analysis software, as…