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The Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) is a next-generation ground-based gamma-ray observatory that will study the universe at very high energy using atmospheric Cherenkov light. CTAO will comprise over 67 telescopes of three…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-04 Federica Bradascio

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 existing…

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

Water Cherenkov Detectors (WCD) are efficient detectors for detecting GRBs in the 10 GeV - 1 TeV energy range using the single particle technique, given their sensitivity to low energy secondary photons produced by high energy photons when…

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) consortium aims to create the next generation Very High Energy gamma-ray observatory. It will be devoted to the observation of gamma rays over a wide band of energy, from 20 GeV to 300 TeV. Three…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-27 Jean-Laurent Dournaux , Jean-Michel Huet , Delphine Dumas , Jean-Philippe Amans , Gilles Fasola , Philippe Laporte , Jean-Jacques Bousquet , Hélène Sol

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

The SST-1M telescopes are a pair of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) that have been operating at the Ond\v{r}ejov Observatory (510 m a.s.l.) in the Czech Republic since 2022. Optimized for detecting gamma rays in the energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-23 Patrik Čechvala , Vladimír Novotný , Jiří Blažek , Ana Laura Müller , Jakub Juryšek , Thomas Tavernier

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will use three telescope sizes to efficiently detect cosmic gamma rays in the energy range from several tens of GeV to hundreds of TeV. The Small-Sized Telescopes (SSTs) will form the largest section of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-28 R. White

The sensitivity of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) in TeV gamma-ray observations reachs its maximum at small zenith angles (< 30 degree) which provide the minimum attainable energy threshold of an instrument. However, for a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 A. Konopelko , F. Aharonian , M. Hemberger , W. Hofmann , J. Kettler , G. Puehlhofer , H. J. Voelk

The Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory (SWGO) is an international collaboration working on realizing a next-generation observatory located in the Southern hemisphere, which offers a privileged view of our galactic center. We are…

Ground-based gamma-ray astronomy has had a major breakthrough with the impressive results obtained using systems of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. Ground-based gamma-ray astronomy has a huge potential in astrophysics, particle…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-04-13 The CTA Consortium

In this paper, the development of the dual mirror Small Size Telescopes (SST) for the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is reviewed. Up to 70 SST, with a primary mirror diameter of 4 m, will be produced and installed at the CTA southern site.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-17 G. Pareschi , G. Agnetta , L. A. Antonelli , D. Bastieri , G. Bellassai , M. Belluso , C. Bigongiari , S. Billotta , B. Biondo , G. Bonanno , G. Bonnoli , P. Bruno , A. Bulgarelli , R. Canestrari , M. Capalbi , P. Caraveo , A. Carosi , E. Cascone , O. Catalano , M. Cereda , P. Conconi , V. Conforti , G. Cusumano , V. De Caprio , A. De Luca , A. Di Paola , F. Di Pierro , D. Fantinel , M. Fiorini , D. Fugazza , D. Gardiol , M. Ghigo , F. Gianotti , S. Giarrusso , E. Giro , A. Grillo , D. Impiombato , S. Incorvaia , A. La Barbera , N. La Palombara , V. La Parola , G. La Rosa , L. Lessio , G. Leto , S. Lombardi , F. Lucarelli , M. C. Maccarone , G. Malaguti , G. Malaspina , V. Mangano , D. Marano , E. Martinetti , R. Millul , T. Mineo , A. MistÒ , C. Morello , G. Morlino , M. R. Panzera , G. Rodeghiero , P. Romano , F. Russo , B. Sacco , N. Sartore , J. Schwarz , A. Segreto , G. Sironi , G. Sottile , A. Stamerra , E. Strazzeri , L. Stringhetti , G. Tagliaferri , V. Testa , M. C. Timpanaro , G. Toso , G. Tosti , M. Trifoglio , P. Vallania , S. Vercellone , V. Zitelli , J. P. Amans , C. Boisson , C. Costille , J. L. Dournaux , D. Dumas , G. Fasola , O. Hervet , J. M. Huet , P. Laporte , C. Rulten , H. Sol , A. Zech , R. White , J. Hinton , D. Ross , J. Sykes , S. Ohm , J. Schmoll , P. Chadwick , T. Greenshaw , M. Daniel , G. Cotter , G. S. Varner , S. Funk , J. Vandenbroucke , L. Sapozhnikov , J. Buckley , P. Moore , D. Williams , S. Markoff , J. Vink , D. Berge , N. Hidaka , A. Okumura , H. Tajima

High energy gamma-ray astronomy has been established during the last decade through the launch of the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) and the success of its ground-based counterpart, the imaging atmospheric Cherenkov technique. In the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Frank Krennrich

The foreseen implementations of the Small Size Telescopes (SST) in CTA will provide unique insights into the highest energy gamma rays offering fundamental means to discover and under- stand the sources populating the Galaxy and our local…

At the time large air Cherenkov arrays are being discussed for future gamma-ray observatories, we review the relationship between the targeted capabilities and the main design parameters taking into account construction costs. As an example…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Pierre Colin , Stephan LeBohec

The prototype camera of the single-mirror Small Size Telescopes (SST-1M) proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) project has been designed to be very compact and to deliver high performance over thirty years of operation. The…

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a future ground-based gamma-ray observatory that will provide unprecedented sensitivity and angular resolution for the detection of gamma rays with energies above a few tens of GeV. In comparison to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-07 Victor Barbosa Martins , Markus Garczarczyk , Gerrit Spengler , Ullrich Schwanke

We investigate possible sky survey modes with the Middle Sized Telescopes (MST, aimed at covering the energy range from $\sim$100 GeV to 10 TeV) subsystem of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). We use the standard CTA tools, CORSIKA and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-02-20 M. Szanecki , D. Sobczyńska , A. Niedźwiecki , J. Sitarek , W. Bednarek

The Cherenkov Telescope Array will be the next generation ground-based gamma ray observatory in the energy range from a few tens of GeV to hundreds of TeV. It will be built on two sites, one for each hemisphere, to cover the entire sky. The…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-03 Davide Depaoli

SST-1M is a prototype single mirror Small Sized Cherenkov Telescope designed for very high energy (VHE) gamma-ray astronomy. With a 4 meter primary mirror and a 5.6 meter focal length, it provides a wide 9 degree optical field of view,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-13 Thomas Tavernier , Jakub Juryšek , Vladimir Novotny