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Dark matter and fundamental physics with the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory

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Direct Dark Matter Search using CCDs

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Sensitivity of CTA to dark matter signals from the Galactic Center

(abridged) The Galactic Center is one of the most promising targets for indirect detection of dark matter with gamma rays. We investigate the sensitivity of the upcoming Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) to dark matter annihilation and decay…

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Observer Access to the Cherenkov Telescope Array

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Cherenkov Telescope Array Data Management

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Feasibility of VHE gamma ray detection by an array of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes using the fluorescence technique

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Extracting gamma-ray information from images with convolutional neural network methods on simulated Cherenkov Telescope Array data

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the world's leading ground-based gamma-ray observatory allowing us to study very high energy phenomena in the Universe. CTA will produce huge data sets, of the order of petabytes, and the…

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