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The Arcminute Microkelvin Imager (AMI) is a telescope specifically designed for high sensitivity measurements of low-surface-brightness features at cm-wavelength and has unique, important capabilities. It consists of two interferometer…

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

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the next generation very-high-energy gamma-ray observatory. CTA is expected to provide substantial improvement in accuracy and sensitivity with respect to existing instruments thanks to a tenfold…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-23 Orel Gueta

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the observatory for ground-based gamma-ray astronomy that will shape the domain of TeV astronomy for the next decades. CTA will comprise more than 100 imaging air Cherenkov telescopes deployed on two…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-21 Jürgen Knödlseder

The next generation instrument for ground-based gamma-ray astronomy will be the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), consisting of approximately 100 telescopes in three sizes, built on two sites with one each in the Northern and Southern Hemi-…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-09 Louise Oakes , Markus Garczarczyk , Stephan Kaphle , Michael Mayer , Stefan Schlenstedt

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is an international project for a next-generation ground-based gamma ray observatory, aiming to improve on the sensitivity of current-generation experiments by an order of magnitude and provide energy…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-20 D. Nieto , T. B. Humensky , P. Kaaret , D. Kieda , M. Limon , A. Petrashyk , D. Ribeiro , J. Rousselle , B. Stevenson , V. Vassiliev , P. Wilcox

The Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) is a next-generation facility for ground-based very high energy gamma ray astronomy. CTAO will be operated as an open observatory. With two sites, in the northern and southern hemispheres,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-23 Werner Hofmann , Roberta Zanin

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the next-generation gamma-ray observatory, investigating gamma-ray and cosmic ray astrophysics at energies from 20 GeV to more than 300 TeV. The observatory, consisting of large arrays of imaging…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-01-22 The CTA Consortium

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a planned observatory for very-high energy gamma-ray astronomy. It will consist of several tens of telescopes of different sizes, with a total mirror area of up to 10,000 square meters. Most mirrors of…

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 Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the future observatory for TeV gamma-ray astronomy. In order to increase the sensitivity and to extend the energy coverage beyond the capabilities of current facilities, its design concept…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-09 S. Diebold , J. Dick , G. Pühlhofer , S. Renner , A. Santangelo , T. Schanz , C. Tenzer , the CTA Consortium

Mirror facets of the H.E.S.S. imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes are aligned using stars imaged onto the closed lid of the PMT camera, viewed by a CCD camera. The alignment procedure works reliably and includes the automatic analysis…

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the world's first open observatory for very high energy gamma-rays. Around a hundred telescopes of different sizes will be used to detect the Cherenkov light that results from gamma-ray induced…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-17 A. Zech , J. -P. Amans , S. Blake , C. Boisson , C. Costille , F. De-Frondat , J. -L. Dournaux , D. Dumas , G. Fasola , T. Greenshaw , O. Hervet , J. -M. Huet , P. Laporte , C. Rulten , D. Savoie , F. Sayede , J. Schmoll , H. Sol

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

In recent years, ground-based very-high-energy (VHE; E>100 GeV) gamma-ray astronomy has experienced a major breakthrough with the impressive astrophysical results obtained mainly by the current generation experiments like H.E.S.S., MAGIC,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 R. M. Wagner , E. J. Lindfors , A. Sillanpää , S. Wagner

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

In this paper we describe the different software and hardware elements of a mini-telescope for the detection of cosmic rays and gamma-rays using the Cherenkov light emitted by their induced particle showers in the atmosphere. We estimate…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-06-17 S. Njoh Ekoume , C. Alispach , F. Cadoux , V. Coco , D. della Volpe , Y. Favre , M. Heller , T. Montaruli , A. Nagai , A. Neronov , Y. Renier , I. Troyano

The Large-Sized Telescopes (LSTs) of Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) are designed for gamma-ray studies focusing on low energy threshold, high flux sensitivity, rapid telescope repositioning speed and a large field of view. Once the CTA…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-23 Daniel Mazin

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
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