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Supernova Remnants and Pulsar Wind Nebulae in the Cherenkov Telescope Array era

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is planned to serve as a ground-based observatory for (very-)high-energy gamma-ray astronomy, open to a wide astrophysics community, providing a deep insight into the non-thermal high-energy universe. It…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-15 M. Renaud

Towards an optimized design for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a future instrument for very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray astronomy that is expected to deliver an order of magnitude improvement in sensitivity over existing instruments. In order to meet the physics…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 V. Stamatescu , Y. Becherini , K. Bernllöhr , E. Carmona , P. Colin , C. Farnier , L. Gerard , J. A. Hinton , B. Khélifi , N. Komin , G. Lamanna , J. -P. Lenain , G. Maier , A. Moralejo , C. L. Naumann , R. D. Parsons , F. Di Pierro , H. Prokoph , S. Vorobiov

The Cherenkov Telescope Array Large Size Telescope

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

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

Survey of the Galactic Plane with the CherenkovTelescope Array

Observations with the current generation of very-high-energy gamma-ray telescopes have revealed an astonishing variety of particle accelerators in the Milky Way, such as supernova remnants, pulsar wind nebulae, and binary systems. The…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-09 Q. Remy , L. Tibaldo , F. Acero , M. Fiori , J. Knödlseder , B. Olmi , P. Sharma

Status of the Schwarzchild-Couder Medium-Sized Telescope for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

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

Status of the Large Size Telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will consist of two arrays of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) at the northern and southern hemispheres. CTA will feature IACTs with mirrors of three different sizes optimized to cover…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-25 Juan Cortina

Dark Matter and Fundamental Physics with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a project for a next-generation observatory for very high energy (GeV-TeV) ground-based gamma-ray astronomy, currently in its design phase, and foreseen to be operative a few years from now. Several…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 M. Doro , J. Conrad , D. Emmanoulopoulos , M. A. Sanchez-Conde , J. A. Barrio , E. Birsin , J. Bolmont , P. Brun , S. Colafrancesco , S. H. Connell , J. L. Contreras , M. K. Daniel , M. Fornasa , M. Gaug , J. F. Glicenstein , A. Gonzalez-Munoz , T. Hassan , D. Horns , A. Jacholkowska , C. Jahn , R. Mazini , N. Mirabal , A. Moralejo , E. Moulin , D. Nieto , J. Ripken , H. Sandaker , U. Schwanke , G. Spengler , A. Stamerra , A. Viana , H. S. Zechlin , S. Zimmer

Sensitivity of the Cherenkov Telescope Array for probing cosmology and fundamental physics with gamma-ray propagation

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), the new-generation ground-based observatory for $\gamma$-ray astronomy, provides unique capabilities to address significant open questions in astrophysics, cosmology, and fundamental physics. We study…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-03-01 The Cherenkov Telescope Array Consortium , : , H. Abdalla , H. Abe , F. Acero , A. Acharyya , R. Adam , I. Agudo , A. Aguirre-Santaella , R. Alfaro , J. Alfaro , C. Alispach , R. Aloisio , R. Alves B , L. Amati , E. Amato , G. Ambrosi , E. O. Angüner , A. Araudo , T. Armstrong , F. Arqueros , L. Arrabito , K. Asano , Y. Ascasíbar , M. Ashley , M. Backes , C. Balazs , M. Balbo , B. Balmaverde , A. Baquero Larriva , V. Barbosa Martins , M. Barkov , L. Baroncelli , U. Barres de Almeida , J. A. Barrio , P. Batista , J. Becerra , Y. Becherini , G. Beck , J. Becker Tjus , R. Belmont , W. Benbow , E. Bernardini , A. Berti , M. Berton , B. Bertucci , V. Beshley , B. Bi , B. Biasuzzi , A. Biland , E. Bissaldi , J. Biteau , O. Blanch , F. Bocchino , C. Boisson , J. Bolmont , G. Bonanno , L. Bonneau Arbeletche , G. Bonnoli , P. Bordas , E. Bottacini , M. Böttcher , V. Bozhilov , J. Bregeon , A. Brill , A. M. Brown , P. Bruno , A. Bruno , A. Bulgarelli , M. Burton , M. Buscemi , A. Caccianiga , R. Cameron , M. Capasso , M. Caprai , A. Caproni , R. Capuzzo-Dolcetta , P. Caraveo , R. Carosi , A. Carosi , S. Casanova , E. Cascone , D. Cauz , K. Cerny , M. Cerruti , P. Chadwick , S. Chaty , A. Chen , M. Chernyakova , G. Chiaro , A. Chiavassa , L. Chytka , V. Conforti , F. Conte , J. L. Contreras , J. Coronado-Blazquez , J. Cortina , A. Costa , H. Costantini , S. Covino , P. Cristofari , O. Cuevas , F. D'Ammando , M. K. Daniel , J. Davies , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , M. de Bony de Lavergne , V. De Caprio , R. de Cássia dos Anjos , E. M. de Gouveia Dal Pino , B. De Lotto , D. De Martino , M. de Naurois , E. de Oña Wilhelmi , F. De Palma , V. de Souza , C. Delgado , R. Della Ceca , D. della Volpe , D. Depaoli , T. Di Girolamo , F. Di Pierro , C. Díaz , C. Díaz-Bahamondes , S. Diebold , A. Djannati-Ataï , A. Dmytriiev , A. Domínguez , A. Donini , D. Dorner , M. Doro , J. Dournaux , V. V. Dwarkadas , J. Ebr , C. 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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

Performance of the Cherenkov Telescope Array at energies above 10 TeV

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next generation observatory for very high energy gamma rays. The capability of the array to detect gamma-rays above 10 TeV is going to be achieved with a large number of Small Size Telescopes…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Anna Barnacka , Leszek Bogacz , Mira Grudzińska , Adam Frankowski , Mateusz Janiak , Piotr Lubiński , Rafał Moderski

Developments for coating, testing, and aligning Cherenkov Telescope Array mirrors in T\"ubingen

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next generation very-high energy gamma-ray air-shower Cherenkov observatory. CTA will consist of many segmented-mirror telescopes of three different diameters, placed in two arrays, one in the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 A. Bonardi , J. Dick , E. Kendziorra , G. Pühlhofer , A. Santangelo

Performance of the Mechanical Structure of the SST-2M GCT Proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

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

A Medium Sized Schwarzschild-Couder Cherenkov Telescope Mechanical Design Proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is an international next-generation ground-based gamma-ray observatory. CTA will be implemented as southern and northern hemisphere arrays of tens of small, medium and large-sized imaging Cherenkov…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 K. Byrum , T. B. Humensky , W. Benbow , R. Cameron , S. Criswell , M. Errando , V. Guarino , P. Kaaret , D. Kieda , R. Mukherjee , D. Naumann , D. Nieto , R. Northrop , A. Okumura , E. Roache , J. Rousselle , S. Schlenstedt , R. Sternberger , V. Vassiliev , S. Wakely , H. Zhao

Progress in Monte Carlo design and optimization of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be an instrument covering a wide energy range in very-high-energy (VHE) gamma rays. CTA will include several types of telescopes, in order to optimize the performance over the whole energy range.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 K. Bernlöhr , A. Barnacka , Y. Becherini , O. Blanch Bigas , A. Bouvier , E. Carmona , P. Colin , G. Decerprit , F. Di Pierro , F. Dubois , C. Farnier , S. Funk , G. Hermann , J. A. Hinton , T. B. Humensky , T. Jogler , B. Khélifi , T. Kihm , N. Komin , J. -P. Lenain , R. López-Coto , G. Maier , D. Mazin , M. C. Medina , A. Moralejo , R. Moderski , S. J. Nolan , S. Ohm , E. de Oña Wilhelmi , R. D. Parsons , M. Paz Arribas , G. Pedaletti , S. Pita , H. Prokoph , C. B. Rulten , U. Schwanke , M. Shayduk , V. Stamatescu , P. Vallania , S. Vorobiov , R. Wischnewski , M. Wood , T. Yoshikoshi , A. Zech

A Condition Monitoring Concept Studied at the MST Prototype for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a future ground-based gamma-ray observatory that will provide unprecedented sensitivity and angular resolution for the detection of gamma rays with energies above a few tens of GeV. In comparison to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-07 Victor Barbosa Martins , Markus Garczarczyk , Gerrit Spengler , Ullrich Schwanke

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

Strategy Implementation for the CTA Atmospheric Monitoring Program

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next generation facility of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes. It will reach unprecedented sensitivity and energy resolution in very-high-energy gamma-ray astronomy. CTA will detect…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 M. Doro , M. Daniel , R. de los Reyes , M. Gaug , M. C. Maccarone

The structure monitoring of the MST prototype of CTA

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next generation of ground-based gamma-ray observatory. The observatory will consist of two arrays, one located in the southern hemisphere (Paranal,Chile) and the other in the northern hemisphere…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-17 Victor Barbosa Martins , Markus Garczarczyk

Cherenkov Telescope Array: The next-generation ground-based gamma-ray observatory

High energy gamma-ray astronomy is a newly emerging and very successful branch of astronomy and astrophysics. Exciting results have been obtained by the current generation Cherenkov telescope systems such as H.E.S.S., MAGIC, VERITAS and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 G. Hermann , W. Hofmann , T. Schweizer , M. Teshima