Bissaldi, E. (2019) The Cerenkov Telescope Array project status. Il nuovo cimento C, 42 (6). pp. 1-8. ISSN 1826-9885
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Abstract
The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) represents the next generation ground-based observatory for gamma-ray astronomy at very-high energies. It will be capable of detecting gamma rays in the energy range from 20 GeV to more than 300 TeV with unprecedented precision in energy and directional reconstruction. CTA will be located in the northern hemisphere at La Palma, Spain, and in the southern hemisphere at Paranal, Chile, and will comprise more than 100 telescopes of three different types. CTA will be one of the largest astronomical infrastuctures in the world with open data access and it will address questions in astronomy, astrophysics and fundamental physics in the next decades. In this contribution we will present the status of the CTA construction, discuss the telescope prototypes, highlight the scientific perspectives and the instrument performances.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | 500 Scienze naturali e Matematica > 530 Fisica |
| Depositing User: | Marina Spanti |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Jan 2021 15:02 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Jan 2021 15:02 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/20687 |
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