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The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the next generation of ground-based instrument for Very High Energy gamma-ray astronomy. It will improve the sensitivity of current telescopes by up to an order of magnitude and provide energy…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-04 P. Cumani , T. Hassan , L. Arrabito , K. Bernlöhr , J. Bregeon , G. Maier , A. Moralejo

A long-held astronomical vision is to realize diffraction-limited optical aperture synthesis over kilometer baselines. This will enable imaging of stellar surfaces and their environments, show their evolution over time, and reveal…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Dainis Dravins , Tiphaine Lagadec

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a future very high energy gamma-ray observatory. CTA will be comprised of small-, medium- and large-size telescopes covering an energy range from tens of GeV to hundreds of TeV and will surpass…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 T. Jogler , M. D. Wood , J. Dumm

The Next-Generation Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope Array (NG-ACTA) is proposed as a prospective infrastructure for very high energy (VHE) gamma-ray astronomy, consisting of a mixed-aperture array of 88 telescopes with a maximum array…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-23 Jiancheng Wang , Jirong Mao

During the last decade, imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) have proven themselves as astronomical detectors in the very-high-energy (VHE; E>0.1 TeV) regime. The IACT technique observes the VHE photons indirectly, using the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-09-13 R. de los Reyes , J. Hahn , K. Bernloehr , P. Krueger , C. Deil , H. Gast , K. Kosack , V. Marandon

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the next generation ground-based very-high-energy gamma-ray observatory, constituted by tens of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes at two sites once its construction and commissioning are…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-29 Rune Michael Dominik , Maximilian Linhoff , Julian Sitarek

Imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) used for ground-based gamma-ray astronomy at TeV energies use reflectors with areas on the order of 100m$^2$ as their primary optic. These tessellated reflectors comprise hundreds of mirror…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 A. McCann , D. Hanna , J. Kildea , M. McCutcheon

The construction of the Cherenkov Telescope Array is expected to start soon. We will present the baseline methods and their extensions currently foreseen to calibrate the observatory. These are bound to achieve the strong requirements on…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Markus Gaug , Michael Daniel , David Berge , Raquel de los Reyes , Michele Doro , Andreas Foerster , Maria Concetta Maccarone , Dan Parsons , Christopher van Eldik

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a next-generation ground-based observatory for g -rays with energies between some ten GeV and a few hundred TeV. CTA is currently in the advanced design phase and will consist of arrays with different…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 M. Shayduk , S. Vorobiov , U. Schwanke , R. Wischnewski

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the next-generation observatory in the field of very-high-energy (20 GeV to 300 TeV) gamma-ray astroparticle physics. The traditional approach to data analysis in this field is to apply quality…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-21 Juan Bernete , Orel Gueta , Tarek Hassan , Max Linhoff , Gernot Maier , Atreyee Sinha

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the next-generation observatory in the field of very-high-energy (20 GeV to 300 TeV) gamma-ray astroparticle physics. Classically, data analysis in the field maximizes sensitivity by applying…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-24 T. Hassan , O. Gueta , G. Maier , M. Nöthe , M. Peresano , I. Vovk

Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) are essential to ground-based observations of gamma rays in the GeV to TeV regime. One particular challenge of ground-based gamma-ray astronomy is an effective rejection of the hadronic background.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-08 Jonas Glombitza , Vikas Joshi , Benedetta Bruno , Stefan Funk

In recent years, imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) have emerged as promising platforms for optical interferometry through the use of intensity interferometry. IACTs combine large segmented mirrors, photodetectors with…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-21 Juan Cortina , Alejo Cifuentes-Santos , Tarek Hassan , Fernando Frias

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…

In this paper we proposed a joint reconstruction of \gray events using both extensive air array (EAS) and Imaging air Cherenkov Telescope array (IACT). We considered eight Cherenkov telescopes to be built on the LHAASO (Large High Altitude…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-23 Zhipeng Zhang , Ruizhi Yang , Shoushan Zhang , Liqiao Yin , Jiali Liu , Yudong Wang , Lingling Ma , Zhen Cao

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) observatory for very high-energy gamma rays will consist of about a hundred of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) of different size with a total reflective area of about 10,000 m$^2$. Here…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-07 Jerzy Michałowski , Michal Dyrda , Jacek Niemiec , Maciej Sowiński , Marek Stodulski

Two of the Key Science Projects of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) consist in performing a deep survey of the Galactic and Extragalactic sky, providing an unbiased view of the Universe at energies above tens of GeV. To optimize the time…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-19 A. Donini , T. Gasparetto , J. Bregeon , F. Di Pierro , F. Longo , G. Maier , A. Moralejo , T. Vuillaume

During the last decade ground-based very high-energy gamma-ray astronomy achieved a remarkable advancement in the development of the observational technique for the registration and study of gamma-ray emission above 100 GeV. It is widely…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 A. Konopelko , A. Chilingarian , A. Reimers

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
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