CTA: The Cherenkov Telescope Array

Mazin, D. (2012) CTA: The Cherenkov Telescope Array. Il nuovo cimento C, 35 (6). pp. 425-432. ISSN 1826-9885

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Abstract

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 physics and cosmology. CTA is an international initiative to build the next generation instrument, with a factor of 5–10 improvement in sensitivity in the 100 GeV to 10TeV range and the extension to energies well below 100 GeV and above 100TeV. CTA will consist of two arrays (one in the Northern hemisphere and one in the Southern hemisphere) for full sky coverage and will be operated as an open observatory. This paper briefly reports on the status and presents the major design concepts of CTA.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: X- and gamma-ray telescopes and instrumentation ; Gamma-ray
Subjects: 500 Scienze naturali e Matematica > 530 Fisica
Depositing User: Marina Spanti
Date Deposited: 25 Apr 2020 15:30
Last Modified: 25 Apr 2020 15:30
URI: http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/18027

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