Monte Carlo studies for the optimisation of the Cherenkov Telescope Array layout
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
2019-04-17 v1
Abstract
The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the major next-generation observatory for ground-based very-high-energy gamma-ray astronomy. It will improve the sensitivity of current ground-based instruments by a factor of five to twenty, depending on the energy, greatly improving both their angular and energy resolutions over four decades in energy (from 20 GeV to 300 TeV). This achievement will be possible by using tens of imaging Cherenkov telescopes of three successive sizes. They will be arranged into two arrays, one per hemisphere, located on the La Palma island (Spain) and in Paranal (Chile). We present here the optimised and final telescope arrays for both CTA sites, as well as their foreseen performance, resulting from the analysis of three different large-scale Monte Carlo productions.
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@article{arxiv.1904.01426,
title = {Monte Carlo studies for the optimisation of the Cherenkov Telescope Array layout},
author = {A. Acharyya and I. Agudo and E. O. Angüner and R. Alfaro and J. Alfaro and C. Alispach and R. Aloisio and R. Alves Batista and J. -P. Amans and L. Amati and E. Amato and G. Ambrosi and L. A. Antonelli and C. Aramo and T. Armstrong and F. Arqueros and L. Arrabito and K. Asano and H. Ashkar and C. Balazs and M. Balbo and B. Balmaverde and P. Barai and A. Barbano and M. Barkov and U. Barres de Almeida and J. A. Barrio and D. Bastieri and J. Becerra González and J. Becker Tjus and L. Bellizzi and W. Benbow and E. Bernardini and M. I. Bernardos and K. Bernlöhr and A. Berti and M. Berton and B. Bertucci and V. Beshley and B. Biasuzzi and C. Bigongiari and R. Bird and E. Bissaldi and J. Biteau and O. Blanch and J. Blazek and C. Boisson and G. Bonanno and A. Bonardi and C. Bonavolontà and G. Bonnoli and P. Bordas and M. Böttcher and J. Bregeon and A. Brill and A. M. Brown and K. Brügge and P. Brun and P. Bruno and A. Bulgarelli and T. Bulik and M. Burton and A. Burtovoi and G. 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Vázquez Acosta and M. Vecchi and S. Vercellone and S. Vergani and G. P. Vettolani and A. Viana and C. F. Vigorito and J. Vink and V. Vitale and H. Voelk and A. Vollhardt and S. Vorobiov and S. J. Wagner and R. Walter and F. Werner and R. White and A. Wierzcholska and M. Will and D. A. Williams and R. Wischnewski and L. Yang and T. Yoshida and T. Yoshikoshi and M. Zacharias and L. Zampieri and M. Zavrtanik and D. Zavrtanik and A. A. Zdziarski and A. Zech and H. Zechlin and A. Zenin and V. I. Zhdanov and S. Zimmer and J. Zorn},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1904.01426},
year = {2019}
}
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48 pages, 16 figures, accepted for publication in Astroparticle Physics