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In the framework of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), the GCT (Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope) team is building a dual-mirror telescope as one of the proposed prototypes for the CTA small size class of telescopes. The telescope is based…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 H. Costantini , J. -L. Dournaux , J. -P. Ernenwein , Ph. Laporte , H. Sol

The Cherenkov Telescope Array is the main global project of ground-based gamma-ray astronomy for the coming decades. Performance will be significantly improved relative to present instruments, allowing a new insight into the high-energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-09-27 Sol , H. , Greenshaw , T. , Le Blanc , O. , White , R

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the planned next-generation instrument for ground-based gamma-ray astronomy, covering a photon energy range of ~20 GeV to above 100 TeV. CTA will consist of the order of 100 telescopes of three sizes,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 G. Pühlhofer

The Cherenkov Telescopes Array (CTA) is planned to be an Observatory for very high energy gamma ray astronomy and will consist of several tens of telescopes which account for a reflective surface of more than 10000 m$^2$. The mirrors of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 M. C. Medina , B. Garcia , J. Maya , A. Mancilla , J. J. Larrarte , E. Rasztocky , M. Benitez , J. Dipold , M. Platino

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.…

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is an international project for a next-generation ground-based gamma-ray observatory. CTA, conceived as an array of tens of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, comprising small, medium and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 T. Hassan , B. Humensky , D. Nieto , M. Wood

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

The first Large Size Telescope (LST-1) of the Cherenkov Telescope Array has been operational since October 2018 at La Palma, Spain. We report on the results obtained during the camera commissioning. The noise level of the readout is…

The Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) will greatly improve upon sensitivities in the field of very-high-energy gamma-ray astrophysics. The CTAO northern site (CTAO-North, La Palma, Spain) currently hosts LST-1 with the remaining…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-17 Luca Riitano , Justin Vandenbroucke , Zach Curtis-Ginsberg

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

Gamma-ray astronomy holds a great potential for Astrophysics, Particle Physics and Cosmology. The CTA is an inter- national initiative to build the next generation of ground-based gamma-ray observatories, which will represent a factor of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Ulisses Barres de Almeida

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

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) project, led by an international collaboration of institutes, aims to create the world's largest next generation observatory for Very High Energy (VHE) gamma-ray astronomy. It will be devoted to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-26 A. Dmytriiev , L. Dangeon , G. Fasola , H. Sol , A. Zech , J. Gironnet , O. Le Blanc , J. P. Amans , G. Buchholtz , J. L. Dournaux , F. de Frondat , D. Horville , J. M. Huet , I. Jégouzo , P. Laporte

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

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the largest ground-based observatory operating in the very-high-energy gamma-ray (20 GeV - 300 TeV) range. It will be based on more than one hundred telescopes, located at two sites (northern and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-22 Maria Concetta Maccarone

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) will be the next generation of ground-based instrument for Very High Energy gamma-ray astronomy. It will improve the sensitivity of current telescopes by up to an order of magnitude and provide energy…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-04 P. Cumani , T. Hassan , L. Arrabito , K. Bernlöhr , J. Bregeon , G. Maier , A. Moralejo

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the future large observatory in the very high energy (VHE) domain. Operating from 20 GeV to 300 TeV, it will be composed of tens of Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) displaced in a large area of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-18 Valentina Fioretti , Andrea Bulgarelli , Fabian Schussler

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the world's first observatory for detecting gamma-rays from astrophysical phenomena and is now in its prototyping phase with construction expected to begin in 2015/16. In this work we present the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Cameron B. Rulten , Sam J. Nolan

The prototype of the Large-Sized Telescope (LST) of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is presently going through its commissioning phase. A total of four LSTs, among others, will operate together at Observatorio del Roque de Los…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-26 José Enrique Ruiz , Daniel Morcuende , Lab Saha , Andrés Baquero , José Luis Contreras , Isidro Aguado