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Cherenkov Telescope Array potential in the search for Galactic PeVatrons

One of the major scientific objectives of the future Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) Observatory is the search for PeVatrons. PeVatrons are cosmic-ray factories able to accelerate nuclei at least up to the knee feature seen in the spectrum…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-11-15 E. O. Angüner , F. Cassol , H. Costantini , C. Trichard , G. Verna

Deep Learning-Based Stereoscopic Event Reconstruction for CTAO using CTLearn

The Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO), a next-generation ground-based gamma-ray observatory, will be composed of two arrays of multiple imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) located in both the Northern and Southern…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-19 T. Miener , I. Viale , B. Lacave , A. Cerviño

Chasing Gamma-Ray Signals from Binary Neutron Star Coalescences with the Cherenkov Telescope Array: Prospects and Observing Strategies

The detection of gravitational waves (GWs) from a binary neutron star (BNS) merger by Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo (GW170817), together with its electromagnetic counterpart, the short gamma-ray burst GRB~170817A, heralded the birth of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-13 S. Abe , J. Abhir , A. Abhishek , F. Acero , A. Acharyya , R. Adam , A. Aguasca-Cabot , I. Agudo , I. Albanese , J. Alfaro , C. Alispach , R. Alves Batista , E. Amato , G. Ambrosi , D. Ambrosino , F. Ambrosino , L. Angel , C. Aramo , A. Arbet-Engels , C. Arcaro , C. Arena , T. T. H. Arnesen , K. Asano , H. Ashkar , C. Bakshi , C. Balazs , M. Balbo , A. Baquero Larriva , V. Barbosa Martins , J. A. Barrio , C. Bartolini , I. Batkovic , R. Batzofin , N. Bavdaz , J. Becerra Gonzalez , G. Beck , W. Benbow , E. Bernardini , M. G. Bernardini , J. Bernete , A. Berti , B. Bertucci , V. Beshley , P. Bhattacharjee , S. Bhattacharyya , C. Bigongiari , A. Biland , E. Bissaldi , M. Bla\ na , O. Blanch , J. Blazek , C. Boisson , G. Bonnoli , Z. Bosnjak , E. Bottacini , M. Bottcher , E. Bronzini , G. Brunelli , J. Buces Saez , A. Bulgarelli , T. Bulik , L. Burmistrov , P. G. Calisse , A. Campoy-Ordaz , B. K. Cantlay , G. Capasso , A. Caproni , R. Capuzzo-Dolcetta , M. Cardillo , S. Caroff , A. Carosi , E. Carquin , S. Casanova , E. Cascone , F. Cassol , G. Castignani , F. Catalani , D. Cerasole , M. Cerruti , P. M. Chadwick , S. Chaty , A. W. Chen , Y. Chen , M. Chernyakova , A. Chiavassa , G. Chon , J. Chudoba , L. Chytka , G. M. Cicciari , A. Cifuentes Santos , C. H. Coimbra Araujo , J. L. Contreras , B. Cornejo , J. Cortina , A. Costa , G. Cotter , P. Cristofari , O. Cuevas , Z. Curtis-Ginsberg , G. D'Amico , F. D'Ammando , P. D'Avanzo , P. Da Vela , L. David , F. Dazzi , M. de Bony de Lavergne , V. De Caprio , E. M. de Gouveia Dal Pino , B. De Lotto , M. de Naurois , V. de Souza , L. del Peral , M. V. del Valle , C. Delgado , D. della Volpe , D. Depaoli , A. Dettlaff , L. Di Bella , T. Di Girolamo , A. Di Piano , F. Di Pierro , R. Di Tria , L. Di Venere , R. Dima , A. Dinesh , E. Do Souto Espiñeira , D. Dominis Prester , A. Donini , D. Dorner , J. Dorner , M. Doro , L. Ducci , V. V. Dwarkadas , J. Ebr , C. Eckner , K. Egberts , L. Eisenberger , D. Elsasser , G. Emery , C. Escanuela Nieves , P. Escarate , M. Escobar Godoy , J. Escudero Pedrosa , P. Esposito , D. Falceta-Goncalves , E. Fedorova , S. Fegan , K. Feijen , Q. Feng , G. Ferrand , E. Fiandrini , A. Fiasson , M. Filipovic , V. Fioretti , L. Foffano , G. Fontaine , Y. Fukazawa , Y. Fukui , G. Galanti , G. Galaz , S. Gallozzi , V. Gammaldi , M. Garczarczyk , C. Gasbarra , D. Gasparrini , M. Gaug , G. Ghirlanda , J. G. Giesbrecht Formiga Paiva , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , M. Giroletti , R. Giuffrida , J. -F. Glicenstein , P. Goldoni , J. M. Gonzalez , J. Goulart Coelho , T. Gradetzke , J. Granot , R. Grau , D. Green , J. G. Green , J. Grube , J. Hackfeld , D. Hadasch , A. Hahn , P. Hamal , W. Hanlon , S. Hara , V. M. Harvey , T. Hassan , K. Hayashi , L. Heckmann , N. Hiroshima , B. Hnatyk , R. Hnatyk , D. Horan , P. Horvath , D. Hrupec , S. Hussain , M. Iarlori , T. Inada , F. Incardona , S. Inoue , F. Iocco , A. Iuliano , Jahanvi , M. Jamrozy , P. Janecek , F. Jankowsky , C. Jarnot , I. Jaroschewski , P. Jean , V. Jilek , J. Jimenez Quiles , W. Jin , E. Joshi , J. Jurysek , V. Karas , H. Katagiri , J. Kataoka , S. Kaufmann , T. Keita , D. Kerszberg , M. Kherlakian , D. B. Kieda , R. Kissmann , T. Kleiner , Y. Kobayashi , K. Kohri , D. Kolar , N. Komin , A. Kong , K. Kosack , D. Kostunin , G. Kowal , H. Kubo , J. Kushida , A. La Barbera , N. La Palombara , B. Lacave , M. Lainez , A. Lamastra , J. Lapington , S. Lazarevic , J. -P. Lenain , F. Leone , E. Leonora , G. Leto , E. Lindfors , S. Lombardi , F. Longo , R. Lopez-Coto , M. Lopez-Moya , A. Lopez-Oramas , J. Lozano Bahilo , P. L. Luque-Escamilla , E. Lyard , O. Macias , P. Majumdar , M. Makariev , D. Mandat , S. Mangano , A. Marchetti , M. Mariotti , S. Markoff , I. Marquez , G. Marsella , O. Martinez , G. Maurin , D. Mazin , D. Melkumyan , S. Menon , E. Mestre , D. M. -A. Meyer , D. Miceli , M. Miceli , M. Michailidis , T. Miener , J. M. Miranda , R. Moderski , M. Molero , C. Molfese , E. Molina , K. Morik , A. Morselli , E. Moulin , A. L. Muller , K. Munari , T. Murach , A. Muraczewski , H. Muraishi , T. Nakamori , R. Nemmen , J. Niemiec , D. Nieto , M. Nievas Rosillo , L. Nikolic , K. Noda , D. Nosek , V. Novotny , S. Nozaki , A. Okumura , R. A. Ong , R. Orito , M. Orlandini , E. Orlando , S. Orlando , J. Otero-Santos , I. Oya , M. Ozlati Moghadam , A. Pagliaro , M. Palatiello , A. Pandey , G. Panebianco , D. Paneque , F. R. Pantaleo , J. M. Paredes , B. Patricelli , A. Pe'er , M. Pech , M. Pecimotika , M. Peresano , E. Peretti , J. Perez-Romero , G. Peron , F. Perrotta , M. Persic , O. Petruk , F. Pfeifle , E. Pietropaolo , M. Pihet , L. Pinchbeck , F. Pintore , G. Pirola , C. Pittori , F. Podobnik , M. Pohl , V. Pollet , G. Ponti , E. Prandini , G. Principe , M. Prouza , E. Pueschel , G. Puhlhofer , M. L. Pumo , M. Punch , A. Quirrenbach , S. Raino , R. Rando , S. Recchia , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , I. Reis , A. Reisenegger , W. Rhode , M. Ribo , C. Ricci , T. Richtler , J. Rico , L. Riitano , V. Rizi , E. Roache , G. Rodriguez Fernandez , P. Romano , G. Romeo , J. Rosado , A. Rosales de Leon , A. Roy , I. Sadeh , L. Saha , T. Saito , M. Sanchez-Conde , P. Sangiorgi , H. Sano , R. Santos-Lima , V. Sapienza , S. Sarkar , F. G. Saturni , A. Scherer , F. Schiavone , P. Schipani , P. Schovanek , F. Schussler , O. Sergijenko , H. Siejkowski , A. Simongini , V. Sliusar , A. Slowikowska , I. Sofia , H. Sol , S. Spinello , A. Stamerra , T. Starecki , R. Starling , T. Stolarczyk , Y. Suda , A. Sunny , T. Suomijarvi , R. Takeishi , S. J. Tanaka , F. Tavecchio , T. Tavernier , Y. Terada , M. Teshima , V. Testa , W. W. Tian , Y. Tian , L. Tibaldo , O. Tibolla , S. J. Tingay , C. J. Todero Peixoto , F. Tombesi , D. Tonev , F. Torradeflot , D. F. Torres , N. Tothill , G. Tovmassian , G. Tripodo , A. Trois , A. Tsiahina , A. Tutone , L. Vaclavek , M. Vacula , C. van Eldik , J. Vandenbroucke , V. Vassiliev , M. Vazquez Acosta , M. Vecchi , S. Vercellone , S. D. Vergani , I. Viale , A. Viana , A. Vigliano , J. Vignatti , C. F. Vigorito , J. Villanueva , E. Visentin , V. Voitsekhovskyi , S. Vorobiov , I. Vovk , T. Vuillaume , R. Walter , M. Wechakama , M. White , A. Wierzcholska , M. Will , F. Wohlleben , A. Wolter , F. Xotta , T. Yamamoto , R. Yamazaki , T. Yoshikoshi , M. Zacharias , G. Zaharijas , R. Zanmar Sanchez , D. Zavrtanik , M. Zavrtanik , A. Zech , V. I. Zhdanov , J. Zuriaga-Puig

Prospects for Galactic transient sources detection with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Several types of Galactic sources, like magnetars, microquasars, novae or pulsar wind nebulae flares, display transient emission in the X-ray band. Some of these sources have also shown emission at MeV--GeV energies. However, none of these…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-23 A. López-Oramas , A. Bulgarelli , S. Chaty , M. Chernyakova , R. Gnatyk , B. Hnatyk , D. Kantzas , S. Markoff , S. McKeague , S. Mereghetti , E. Mestre , A. di Piano , P. Romano , I. Sadeh , O. Sergijenko , L. Sidoli , A. Spolon , E. de Oña Wilhelmi , G. Piano , L. Zampieri

Tau Neutrinos with Cherenkov Telescope Array

The next generation of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov telescope, like CTA, is going to strongly improve the detection capability of high-energy cosmic rays. In our paper we discuss the possibility to use such apparatus to detect…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-07-28 Damiano F. G. Fiorillo , Gennaro Miele , Ofelia Pisanti

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

Cherenkov Telescope Arrays for High-Energy Neutrino Detection in Mountain Ranges

The present study investigates the feasibility of employing Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) technology for the detection of ultra-high-energy (UHE) neutrino-tau particles. By observing the Cherenkov light produced by charged particles…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-06-04 Tariq Bitam , Bouzid Boussaha , Mossaab Messamah

Effective pointing of the ASTRI-Horn telescope using the Cherenkov camera with the Variance method

Cherenkov telescope cameras are not suitable to perform astrometrical pointing calibration since they are not designed to produce images of the sky, but rather to detect nanosecond atmospheric flashes due to very high-energy cosmic…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-21 Simone Iovenitti , Giorgia Sironi , Alberto Segreto , Osvaldo Catalano , Teresa Mineo

Early attempts at atmospheric simulations for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

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

Detecting and characterizing pulsar haloes with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The recently identified source class of pulsar haloes may be numerous and bright enough in the TeV range to constitute a large fraction of the sources that will be observed with the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). In this work, we quantify…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-15 Christopher Eckner , Veronika Vodeb , Pierrick Martin , Gabrijela Zaharijas , Francesca Calore

Status of the Davies-Cotton and Schwarzschild-Couder Medium-Sized Telescopes for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array is an observatory dedicated to very high energy gamma rays with unprecedented sensitivity between 20 GeV and 300 TeV to be installed on two sites: Canary Island La Palma and Paranal Chile. Three telescope sizes…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-22 J-F. Glicenstein

A Run-Wise Simulation and Analysis Framework for Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope Arrays

We introduce a new simulation and analysis paradigm for Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope (IACT) arrays, simulating the actual observation conditions as well as individual telescope configuration for each observation unit. Compared to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-07-29 M. Holler , J. -P. Lenain , M. de Naurois , R. Rauth , D. A. Sanchez

Cherenkov Telescope Array Data Management

Very High Energy gamma-ray astronomy with the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is evolving towards the model of a public observatory. Handling, processing and archiving the large amount of data generated by the CTA instruments and delivering…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 G. Lamanna , L. A. Antonelli , J. L. Contreras , J. Knödlseder , K. Kosack , N. Neyroud , A. Aboudan , L. Arrabito , C. Barbier , D. Bastieri , C. Boisson , S. Brau-Nogué , J. Bregeon , A. Bulgarelli , A. Carosi , A. Costa , G. De Cesare , R. de los Reyes , V. Fioretti , S. Gallozzi , J. Jacquemier , B. Khelifi , J. Kocot , S. Lombardi , F. Lucarelli , E. Lyard , G. Maier , P. Massimino , J. P. Osborne , M. Perri , J. Rico , D. A. Sanchez , K. Satalecka , H. Siejkowski , T. Stolarczyk , T. Szepieniec , V. Testa , R. Walter , J. E. Ward , A. Zoli

The CTA Observatory

Ground-based gamma-ray astronomy has experienced a major breakthrough in the last decade thanks to the advent of new generation instruments such as H.E.S.S., MAGIC, Milagro and VERITAS. A large variety of cosmic particle accelerators has…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-10-11 Jürgen Knödlseder

Building Medium Size Telescope Structures for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the future instrument in ground-based gamma-ray astronomy in the energy range from 20 GeV to 300 TeV. Its sensitivity will surpass that of current generation experiments by a factor $\sim$10,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-09 A. Schulz , M. Garczarczyk , L. Oakes , S. Schlenstedt , U. Schwanke , the CTA Consortium

Nature of the low-energy, {\gamma}-like background for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The upcoming Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) project is expected to provide unprecedented sensitivity in the low-energy (<~100 GeV) range for Cherenkov telescopes. Most of the remaining background in this energy range results from…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-29 Julian Sitarek , Dorota Sobczyńska , Michał Szanecki , Katarzyna Adamczyk , Paolo Cumani , Abelardo Moralejo

Quality assurance of actuators for the Medium-Sized Telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a future ground-based observatory for gamma-ray astronomy providing unparalleled sensitivity in the energy range from 20 GeV up to 300 TeV. CTA will consist of telescopes with three different sizes.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-25 Heiko Salzmann , Jürgen Dick , Sebastian Diebold , Gerd Pühlhofer , Siegbert Renner , Andrea Santangelo , CTA MST Project

Gamma-Ray Burst Science in the Era of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

We outline the science prospects for gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) with the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), the next-generation ground-based gamma-ray observatory operating at energies above few tens of GeV. With its low energy threshold, large…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Susumu Inoue , Jonathan Granot , Paul T. O'Brien , Katsuaki Asano , Aurelien Bouvier , Alessandro Carosi , Valerie Connaughton , Markus Garczarczyk , Rudy Gilmore , Jim Hinton , Yoshiyuki Inoue , Kunihito Ioka , Jun Kakuwa , Sera Markoff , Kohta Murase , Julian P. Osborne , A. Nepomuk Otte , Rhaana Starling , Hiroyasu Tajima , Masahiro Teshima , Kenji Toma , Stefan Wagner , Ralph A. M. J. Wijers , David A. Williams , Tokonatsu Yamamoto , Ryo Yamazaki

Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next major ground-based observatory for gamma-ray astronomy. With CTA gamma-ray sources will be studied in the very-high energy gamma-ray range of a few tens of GeV to 100 TeV with up to ten times…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-08-05 Kevin J. Meagher

Extending the Sensitivity of Air Cerenkov Telescopes

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