Person: Morcuende Parrilla, Daniel
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Daniel
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Morcuende Parrilla
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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Ciencias Físicas
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Estructura de la Materia, Física Térmica y Electrónica
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Item The relevance of fluorescence radiation in Cherenkov telescopes(Journal of physics: Conference series, 2019) Arqueros Martínez, Fernando; Rosado Vélez, Jaime; Morcuende Parrilla, Daniel; Contreras González, José LuisCherenkov telescopes are also sensitive to the atmospheric fluorescence produced by the extensive air showers. However this contribution is neglected by the reconstruction algorithms of imaging air Cherenkov telescopes IACTs and wide-angle Cherenkov detectors WACDs. In this paper we evaluate the fluorescence contamination in the Cherenkov signals from MC simulations in both kinds of Cherenkov telescopes and for some typical observational situations. Results for an observation level of 2200 m a.s.l. are shown. In addition, the feasibility and capabilities of IACTs working as fluorescence telescopes are discussed with the assistance of some geometrical calculations.Item Sensitivity of the Cherenkov Telescope Array to a dark matter signal from the Galactic centre(Journal of cosmology and astroparticle physics, 2021) Arqueros Martínez, Fernando; Baquero Larriva, Orlando Andrés; Barrio Uña, Juan Abel; Contreras González, José Luis; Domínguez Díaz, Alberto; López Moya, Marcos; Miener, Tjark; Morcuende Parrilla, Daniel; Nieto Castaño, Daniel; Rosado Vélez, Jaime; Tejedor Álvarez, Luis Ángel; otros, ...We provide an updated assessment of the power of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) to search for thermally produced dark matter at the TeV scale, via the associated gamma-ray signal from pair-annihilating dark matter particles in the region around the Galactic centre. We find that CTA will open a new window of discovery potential, significantly extending the range of robustly testable models given a standard cuspy profile of the dark matter density distribution. Importantly, even for a cored profile, the projected sensitivity of CTA will be sufficient to probe various well-motivated models of thermally produced dark matter at the TeV scale. This is due to CTA's unprecedented sensitivity, angular and energy resolutions, and the planned observational strategy. The survey of the inner Galaxy will cover a much larger region than corresponding previous observational campaigns with imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. CTA will map with unprecedented precision the large-scale diffuse emission in high-energy gamma rays, constituting a background for dark matter searches for which we adopt state-of-the-art models based on current data. Throughout our analysis, we use up-to-date event reconstruction Monte Carlo tools developed by the CTA consortium, and pay special attention to quantifying the level of instrumental systematic uncertainties, as well as background template systematic errors, required to probe thermally produced dark matter at these energies.Item Sensitivity of the Cherenkov Telescope Array for probing cosmology and fundamental physics with gamma-ray propagation(Journal of cosmology and astroparticle physics, 2021) Arqueros Martínez, Fernando; Baquero Larriva, Orlando Andrés; Barrio Uña, Juan Abel; Contreras González, José Luis; Domínguez, A.; Fonseca González, Mª Victoria; López Moya, Marcos; Miener, Tjark; Morcuende Parrilla, Daniel; Nieto, D.; Rosado Vélez, Jaime; Saha, Lab; Tejedor Álvarez, Luis Ángel; otros, ...The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), the new-generation ground-based observatory for gamma-ray astronomy, provides unique capabilities to address significant open questions in astrophysics, cosmology, and fundamental physics. We study some of the salient areas of gamma-ray cosmology that can be explored as part of the Key Science Projects of CTA, through simulated observations of active galactic nuclei (AGN) and of their relativistic jets. Observations of AGN with CTA will enable a measurement of gamma-ray absorption on the extragalactic background light with a statistical uncertainty below 15% up to a redshift z = 2 and to constrain or detect gamma-ray halos up to intergalactic-magnetic-field strengths of at least 0.3 pG. Extragalactic observations with CTA also show promising potential to probe physics beyond the Standard Model. The best limits on Lorentz invariance violation from gamma-ray astronomy will be improved by a factor of at least two to three. CTA will also probe the parameter space in which axion-like particles could constitute a significant fraction, if not all, of dark matter. We conclude on the synergies between CTA and other upcoming facilities that will foster the growth of gamma-ray cosmology.