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For reliable event reconstruction of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs), calibration of the optical throughput efficiency is required. Within current facilities, this is achieved through the use of ring shaped images generated…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-25 A. M. W. Mitchell , R. D. Parsons , W. Hofmann , K. Bernloehr

Imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes record an enormous number of cosmic-ray background events. Suppressing these background events while retaining $\gamma$-rays is key to achieving good sensitivity to faint $\gamma$-ray sources. The…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-25 Maria Krause , Elisa Pueschel , Gernot Maier

The Cherenkov Telescope Array is the next generation of observatory using imaging air Cherenkov technique for very-high-energy gamma-ray astronomy. Its first prototype telescope is operational on-site at La Palma and its data acquisitions…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-22 Michaël Dell'aiera , Mikaël Jacquemont , Thomas Vuillaume , Alexandre Benoit

We present a sophisticated gamma-ray likelihood reconstruction technique for Imaging Atmospheric Cerenkov Telescopes. The technique is based on the comparison of the raw Cherenkov camera pixel images of a photon induced atmospheric particle…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-13 Mathieu de Naurois , Loic Rolland

Gamma-rays provide a powerful insight into the non-thermal universe and perhaps a unique probe for new physics beyond the standard model. Current experiments are already giving results in the physics of acceleration of cosmic rays in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Michele Doro

The effective observation time of Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) plays an important role in the detection of gamma-ray sources, especially when the expected flux is low. This time is strongly limited by the atmospheric conditions.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-29 Dorota Sobczyńska , Katarzyna Adamczyk , Julian Sitarek , Michal Szanecki

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

A new background rejection strategy for gamma-ray astrophysics with stereoscopic Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACT), based on Monte Carlo (MC) simulations and real background data from the H.E.S.S. [High Energy Stereoscopic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-04-29 Yvonne Becherini , Arache Djannati-Ataï , Vincent Marandon , Michael Punch , Santiago Pita

Cherenkov gamma telescope observes high energy gamma rays, taking advantage of the radiation emitted by charged particles produced inside the electromagnetic showers initiated by the gammas, and developing in the atmosphere. The detector…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-11-19 Emmanuel Dadzie , Kelvin Kwakye

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the future ground-based observatory for gamma-ray astronomy at very high energies. The atmosphere is an integral part of every Cherenkov telescope. Different atmospheric conditions, such as clouds, can…

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

Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) have resulted in a breakthrough in very-high energy (VHE) gamma-ray astrophysics. While early IACT installations faced the problem of detecting any sources at all, current instruments are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-19 Konrad Bernlohr

Wide-angle, non-imaging air Cherenkov detectors provide a way to observe cosmic gamma-rays which is complementary to observations by imaging Cherenkov telescopes. Their particular strength lies in the multi-TeV to ultra high energy range (E…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Daniel Hampf , Martin Tluczykont , Dieter Horns

The upcoming Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) project is expected to provide unprecedented sensitivity in the low-energy ( <~100 GeV) range for Cherenkov telescopes. In order to exploit fully the potential of the telescopes the standard…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Julian Sitarek , Dorota Sobczyńska , Michał Szanecki , Katarzyna Adamczyk

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next-generation gamma-ray observatory currently under construction. It will improve over the current generation of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) by a factor of five to ten in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-24 Maximilian Nöthe , Karl Kosack , Lukas Nickel , Michele Peresano

Modern Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) generate a huge amount of data that must be classified automatically, ideally in real time. Currently, machine learning-based solutions are increasingly being used to solve…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-03 Yu. Yu. Dubenskaya , A. P. Kryukov , E. O. Gres , S. P. Polyakov , E. B. Postnikov , P. A. Volchugov , A. A. Vlaskina , D. P. Zhurov

Substantial amounts of air-shower simulations are needed to derive the instrument response for analyzing Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescope (IACT) data. This process is both computationally intensive and requires repetition under varying…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-09 Christian Elflein , Stefan Funk , Jonas Glombitza , Vinicius Mikuni , Benjamin Nachman , Lark Wang

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

Observations with the Cherenkov telescopes are in principle limited to the clear sky conditions due to significant absorption of Cherenkov light by clouds. If the cloud level is high enough or the atmospheric transmission of the cloud is…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Dorota Sobczynska , Wlodek Bednarek

The Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) is the next-generation ground-based observatory for very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray astronomy. The Large-Sized Telescope prototype, LST-1, located on the Canary Island of La Palma, is…

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