Actis, M;
Agnetta, G;
Aharonian, F;
Akhperjanian, A;
Aleksic, J;
Aliu, E;
Allan, D;
... Zychowski, P; + view all
(2011)
Design concepts for the Cherenkov Telescope Array CTA: an advanced facility for ground-based high-energy gamma-ray astronomy.
Experimental Astronomy
, 32
(3)
pp. 193-316.
10.1007/s10686-011-9247-0.
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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–10 TeV range and the extension to energies well below 100 GeV and above 100 TeV. CTA will consist of two arrays (one in the north, one in the south) for full sky coverage and will be operated as open observatory. The design of CTA is based on currently available technology. This document reports on the status and presents the major design concepts of CTA.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Design concepts for the Cherenkov Telescope Array CTA: an advanced facility for ground-based high-energy gamma-ray astronomy |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10686-011-9247-0 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1007/s10686-011-9247-0 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © The Author(s) 2011. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. |
| Keywords: | Ground based gamma ray astronomy, Next generation Cherenkov telescopes, Design concepts |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1352113 |
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