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On the sensitivity of CTA to gamma-ray boxes from multi-TeV dark matter

Collider, direct and indirect searches for dark matter have typically little or no sensitivity to weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) with masses above a few TeV. This rather unexplored regime can however be probed through the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-07-07 Alejandro Ibarra , Anna S. Lamperstorfer , Sergio López Gehler , Miguel Pato , Gianfranco Bertone

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

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

CTA and cosmic-ray diffusion in molecular clouds

Molecular clouds act as primary targets for cosmic-ray interactions and are expected to shine in gamma-rays as a by-product of these interactions. Indeed several detected gamma-ray sources both in HE and VHE gamma-rays (HE: 100 MeV < E <…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 G. Pedaletti , D. F. Torres , S. Gabici , E. de Oña Wilhelmi , D. Mazin , V. Stamatescu

Developments for coating, testing, and aligning Cherenkov Telescope Array mirrors in T\"ubingen

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next generation very-high energy gamma-ray air-shower Cherenkov observatory. CTA will consist of many segmented-mirror telescopes of three different diameters, placed in two arrays, one in the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 A. Bonardi , J. Dick , E. Kendziorra , G. Pühlhofer , A. Santangelo

Sensitivity of the Cherenkov Telescope Array to the detection of axion-like particles at high gamma-ray opacities

Extensions of the Standard Model of particles commonly predict the existence of axion(-like) particles (ALPs) that could be detected through their coupling to photons in external magnetic fields. This coupling could lead to modifications of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-12-11 M. Meyer , J. Conrad

HAWC Detection of a TeV Halo Candidate Surrounding a Radio-quiet pulsar

Extended very-high-energy (VHE; 0.1-100 TeV) $\gamma$-ray emission has been observed around several middle-aged pulsars and referred to as ``TeV halos". Their formation mechanism remains under debate. It is also unknown whether they are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-02-22 A. Albert , R. Alfaro , J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez , E. Belmont-Moreno , T. Capistrán , A. Carramiñana , S. Casanova , J. Cotzomi , S. Coutiño de León , E. De la Fuente , R. Diaz Hernandez , M. A. DuVernois , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , C. Espinoza , K. L. Fan , N. Fraija , K. Fang , J. A. García-González , F. Garfias , Armelle Jardin-Blicq , M. M. González , J. A. Goodman , J. P. Harding , S. Hernandez , D. Huang , F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla , A. Iriarte , V. Joshi , A. Lara , J. Lee , H. León Vargas , J. T. Linnemann , A. L. Longinotti , G. Luis-Raya , K. Malone , O. Martinez , J. Martínez-Castro , J. A. Matthews , J. A. Morales-Soto , E. Moreno , M. Mostafá , A. Nayerhoda , L. Nellen , M. Newbold , M. U. Nisa , Y. Pérez Araujo , E. G. Pérez-Pérez , C. D. Rho , D. Rosa-González , M. Schneider , J. Serna-Franco , A. J. Smith , Y. Son , R. W. Springer , K. Tollefson , I. Torres , R. Torres-Escobedo , X. Wang , K. Whitaker , E. Willox , H. Zhou , C. de León

Performance of the Cherenkov Telescope Array in the presence of clouds

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…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-02 Mario Pecimotika , Katarzyna Adamczyk , Dijana Dominis Prester , Orel Gueta , Dario Hrupec , Gernot Maier , Saša Mićanović , Lovro Pavletić , Julian Sitarek , Dorota Sobczyńska , Michał Szanecki

Prospects for Indirect Dark Matter Searches with the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA)

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will have a unique chance of discovery for a large range of masses in Weakly Interacting Massive Particles models of dark matter. The principal target for dark matter searches with CTA is the centre of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-09-06 J. Carr , C. Balazs , T. Bringmann , T. Buanes , M. K. Daniel , M. Doro , C. Farnier , M. Fornasa , J. Gaskins , G. A. Gomez-Vargas , M. Hayashida , K. Kohri , V. Lefranc , A. Morselli , E. Moulin , N. Mirabal , J. Rico , T. Saito , M. A. Sanchez-Conde , M. Wilkinson , M. Wood , G. Zaharijas , H. -S. Zechlin

Overview of non-transient gamma-ray binaries and prospects for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

We simulate the spectral behaviour of the non-transient gamma-ray binaries using archival observations as a reference. With this we test the CTA capability to measure the sources' spectral parameters and detect variability on various time…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-11-20 M. Chernyakova , D. Malyshev , A. Paizis , N. La Palombara , M. Balbo , R. Walter , B. Hnatyk , B. van Soelen , P. Romano , P. Munar-Adrover , Ie. Vovk , G. Piano , F. Capitanio , D. Falceta-Goncalves , M. Landoni , P. L. Luque-Escamilla , J. Marti , J. M. Paredes , M. Ribo , S. Safi-Harb , L. Saha , L. Sidoli , S. Vercellone

Cherenkov Telescope Array: The next-generation ground-based gamma-ray observatory

High energy gamma-ray astronomy is a newly emerging and very successful branch of astronomy and astrophysics. Exciting results have been obtained by the current generation Cherenkov telescope systems such as H.E.S.S., MAGIC, VERITAS and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 G. Hermann , W. Hofmann , T. Schweizer , M. Teshima

The Medium Size Telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the planned next-generation instrument for ground-based gamma-ray astronomy, covering a photon energy range of ~20 GeV to above 100 TeV. CTA will consist of the order of 100 telescopes of three sizes,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 G. Pühlhofer

Search for TeV Emission from Geminga by VERITAS

The Geminga gamma ray source was first detected by the SAS-2 gamma-ray satellite observatory and the COS-B x-ray satellite observatory, and has been identified as a radio-quiet pulsar associated with a 300,000 year old supernova remnant.…

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Prospects for $\gamma$-ray observations of the Perseus galaxy cluster with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Galaxy clusters are expected to be dark matter (DM) reservoirs and storage rooms for the cosmic-ray protons (CRp) that accumulate along the cluster's formation history. Accordingly, they are excellent targets to search for signals of DM…

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Simulated Gamma-Ray Pulse Profile of the Crab Pulsar with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

We present simulations of the very high energy (VHE) gamma-ray light curve of the Crab pulsar as observed by the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). The CTA pulse profile of the Crab pulsar is simulated with the specific goal of determining…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-05-25 A. Burtovoi , L. Zampieri

A Monte Carlo simulation study for cosmic-ray chemical composition measurement with Cherenkov Telescope Array

Our Galaxy is filled with cosmic-ray particles and more than 98% of them are atomic nuclei. In order to clarify their origin and acceleration mechanism, chemical composition measurements of these cosmic rays with wide energy coverage play…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-01-22 Michiko Ohishi , Takanori Yoshikoshi , Tatsuo Yoshida

TeV Gamma-Ray Emission Observed from Geminga with HAWC

Geminga is a radio-quiet pulsar ~250 parsecs from Earth that was first discovered as a GeV gamma-ray source and then identified as a pulsar. Milagro observed an extended TeV source spatially consistent with Geminga. HAWC observes a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 B. M. Baughman , J. Wood

On the potential of Cherenkov Telescope Arrays and KM3 Neutrino Telescopes for the detection of extended sources

We discuss the discovery potential of extended very-high-energy (VHE) neutrino sources by the future KM3 Neutrino Telescope (KM3NeT) in the context of the constraining power of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), designed for deep surveys…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-04-04 Lucia Ambrogi , Silvia Celli , Felix Aharonian

Raman LIDARs and atmospheric calibration for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next generation of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes. It will reach a sensitivity and energy resolution never obtained until now by any other high energy gamma-ray experiment. Understanding…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-22 G. Vasileiadis , O. Blanch , J. Bregeon , P. Brun , O. Calpe , M. Colak , M. Doro , L. Font , M. Gaug , S. Griffiths , C. Maggio , M. Martinez , O. Martinez , P. Ristori , S. Rivoire

Calibration and performance of the readout system based on switched capacitor arrays for the Large-Sized Telescope of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next-generation ground-based very-high-energy gamma-ray observatory. The Large-Sized Telescope (LST) of CTA is designed to detect gamma rays between 20 GeV and a few TeV with a 23-meter diameter…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-15 Seiya Nozaki , Kyosuke Awai , Aya Bamba , Juan Abel Barrio , Maria Isabel Bernardos , Oscar Blanch , Joan Boix , Franca Cassol , Yuki Choushi , Carlos Delgado , Carlos Diaz , Nadia Fouque , Lluis Freixas , Pawel Gliwny , Shunichi Gunji , Daniela Hadasch , Dirk Hoffmann , Julien Houles , Yusuke Inome , Yuki Iwamura , Léa Jouvin , Hideaki Katagiri , Kiomei Kawamura , Daniel Kerszberg , Yusuke Konno , Hidetoshi Kubo , Junko Kushida , Yukiho Kobayashi , Rubén López-Coto , Gustavo Martinez , Shu Masuda , Daniel Mazin , Abelardo Moralejo , Elena Moretti , Tsutomu Nagayoshi , Takeshi Nakamori , Kyoshi Nishijima , Yuto Nogami , Leyre Nogués , Hideyuki Ohoka , Tomohiko Oka , Nao Okazaki , Akira Okumura , Reiko Orito , Jean-Luc Panazol , Riccardo Paoletti , Cristobal Pio , Miguel Polo , Julie Prast , Takayuki Saito , Shunsuke Sakurai , Julian Sitarek , Yuji Sunada , Megumi Suzuki , Mitsunari Takahashi , Kenji Tamura , Manobu Tanaka , Luis Angel Tejedor , Yukikatsu Terada , Masahiro Teshima , Yusuke Tsukamoto , Tokonatsu Yamamoto