RT Journal Article
T1 Design concepts for the Cherenkov telescope array CTA: an advanced facility for ground-based high-energy gamma-ray astronomy
A1 Antoranz Canales, Pedro
A1 Barrio Uña, Juan Abel
A1 Bernardino Santos, Teodoro
A1 Contreras González, José Luis
A1 Hassan, Tarek
A1 Mirabal Barrios, Néstor
A1 Miranda Pantoja, José Miguel
A1 Tejedor Álvarez, Luis Ángel
A1 Vegas Azcárate, Ignacio
AB 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.
PB Springer
SN 0922-6435
YR 2011
FD 2011-12
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/43880
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/43880
LA eng
NO We gratefully acknowledge financial support from the following agencies and organisations: Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnologia e Innovacion Productiva (MinCyT), Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica (CNEA) and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (CONICET) Argentina; State Committee of Science of Armenia; Ministry for Research, CNRS-INSU, CNRS-IN2P3 and CEA, France; Max Planck Society, BMBF, DESY, Helmholtz Association, Germany; MIUR, Italy; Netherlands Research School for Astronomy (NOVA), Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO); Ministry of Science and Higher Education and the National Centre for Research and Development, Poland; MICINN support through the National R+D+I, CDTI funding plans and the CPAN and MultiDark Consolider-Ingenio 2010 programme, Spain. Swedish Research Council, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences financed, Sweden; Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), Switzerland; Leverhulme Trust, Royal Society, Science and Technologies Facilities Council, Durham University, UK; National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, Argonne National Laboratory, University of California, University of Chicago, Iowa State University, Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics (INPAC-MRPI program), Washington University McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, USA.
NO Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva (MinCyT)
NO Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica (CNEA)
NO Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) Argentina
NO State Committee of Science of Armenia
NO Ministry for Research, France
NO CNRS-INSU, France
NO CNRS-IN2P3, France
NO CEA, France
NO Max Planck Society, Germany
NO BMBF, Germany
NO DESY, Germany
NO Helmholtz Association, Germany
NO MIUR, Italy
NO Netherlands Research School for Astronomy (NOVA)
NO Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)
NO Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Poland
NO National Centre for Research and Development, Poland
NO MICINN
NO CPAN, Spain
NO MultiDark Consolider-Ingenio programme, Spain
NO Swedish Research Council, Sweden
NO Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Sweden
NO Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), Switzerland
NO Leverhulme Trust, UK
NO Royal Society, UK
NO Science and Technologies Facilities Council, UK
NO Durham University, UK
NO National Science Foundation
NO Department of Energy
NO Argonne National Laboratory
NO University of California
NO University of Chicago
NO Iowa State University
NO Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics (INPAC-MRPI)
NO Washington University McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, USA
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