Antoranz Canales, PedroBarrio Uña, Juan AbelBernardino Santos, TeodoroContreras González, José LuisFonseca González, María VictoriaHassan, TarekLópez Moya, MarcosMirabal Barrios, NéstorMiranda Pantoja, José MiguelSatalecka, KonstanzjaScapin, ValeriaTejedor Álvarez, Luis ÁngelYebras Rivera, José Manuel2023-06-192023-06-192013-030927-650510.1016/j.astropartphys.2013.01.007https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/33495© 2013 Elsevier BV.The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a new observatory for very high-energy (VHE) gamma rays. CTA has ambitions science goals, for which it is necessary to achieve full-sky coverage, to improve the sensitivity by about an order of magnitude, to span about four decades of energy, from a few tens of GeV to above 100 TeV with enhanced angular and energy resolutions over existing VHE gamma-ray observatories. An international collaboration has formed with more than 1000 members from 27 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and North and South America. In 2010 the CTA Consortium completed a Design Study and started a three-year Preparatory Phase which leads to production readiness of CTA in 2014. In this paper we introduce the science goals and the concept of CTA, and provide an overview of the project. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.engjournal articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2013.01.007http://www.sciencedirect.comrestricted access537539.1Supernova Ramnant W44TelescopeAstronomyEmissionMissionHess.ElectricidadElectrónica (Física)Física nuclear2202.03 Electricidad2207 Física Atómica y Nuclear