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The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next generation of ground-based very high energy gamma-ray instruments; the facility will be organized in two arrays, one for each hemisphere. The atmospheric calibration of the CTA telescopes is a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Laura Valore , Carla Aramo , Michele Doro , Marco Iarlori , Vincenzo Rizi , Aurelio Siro Tonachini , Piero Vallania

A conceptual design of an advanced Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescope with a 23 m diameter mirror and of 50 tons weight will be presented. A system photon detection efficiency of 15-17%, averaged over 300-600 nm, is aimed at to lower the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Eckart Lorenz , Daniel Ferenc , M. Victoria Fonseca , Robert Wagner

The Solar Tower Atmospheric Cherenkov Effect Experiment (STACEE) is a ground-based instrument designed to study astrophysical sources of gamma radiation in the energy range of 50 to 500 GeV. STACEE uses an array of large heliostat mirrors…

The Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) will enable detailed studies of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) in the very-high-energy (VHE) regime, as the next-generation ground-based gamma-ray observatory, designed to enhance sensitivity…

Advanced knowledge of the detailed atmospheric properties of both the future sites of the Cherenkov Telescope Array is essential in preparation of the arrival of the first scientific data. Meteorological variables are studied using a…

In the last ten years, the field of Cherenkov astronomy has become an important contributor to high energy astrophysics with the detection of eight objects at energies above 300 GeV. These observations have advanced our understanding of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Michael Catanese

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

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 cadmium zinc TElluride Radiation Imager, or TERI, is an instrument to space qualify large-volume $4 \times 4 \times 1.5 \ \mathrm{cm}^3$ pixelated CdZnTe (CZT) detector technology. The CZT's anode is composed of a $22 \times 22$ array…

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) 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 D. Nieto , S. Griffiths , B. Humensky , P. Kaaret , M. Limon , I. Mognet , A. Peck , A. Petrashyk , D. Ribeiro , J. Rousselle , B. Stevenson , V. Vassiliev , P. Yu

Over the last decade, the Imaging Air Cerenkov technique has proven itself to be an extremely powerful means to study very energetic gamma-radiation from a number of astrophysical sources in a regime which is not practically accessible to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-24 I. de la Calle Perez , S. D. Biller

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) represents the next generation of very high-energy gamma-ray observatory, which will provide broad coverage of gamma rays from 20 GeV to 300 TeV with unprecedented sensitivity. CTA will employ three…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-23 S. Sakurai , D. Depaoli , R. López-Coto

MACE (Major Atmospheric Cherenkov Experiment), an imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope, has recently been installed by the HiGRO (Himalayan Gamma-Ray Observatory) collaboration at Hanle (32.8$^\circ$N, 78.9$^\circ$E, 4270m asl) in Ladakh…

The Small Size Telescope with Single Mirror (SST-1M) is one of the proposed types of Small Size Telescopes (SST) for the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). About 70 SST telescopes will be part the CTA southern array which will also include…

A new 10 meter diameter telescope is being constructed for deployment at the NSF South Pole research station. The telescope is designed for conducting large-area millimeter and sub-millimeter wave surveys of faint, low contrast emission, as…

The Cherenkov Telescope Array is the next generation ground-based observatory for the study of very-high-energy gamma-rays. It will provide an order of magnitude more sensitivity and greater angular resolution than present systems as well…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 A. C. Rovero , P. Ringegni , G. Vallejo , A. D. Supanitsky , M. Actis , A. Botani , I. Ochoa , G. Hughes

The Large-Sized Telescope (LST) prototype of the future Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is located at the Northern site of CTA, on the Canary Island of La Palma. It is designed to provide optimal performance in the lowest part of the energy…

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next generation very high energy gamma-ray observatory. It will consist of three classes of telescopes, of large, medium and small sizes. The small telescopes, of 4 m diameter, will be dedicated to…