ǂThe ǂCherenkov Telescope Array
Abstract
The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is 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. With more than 100 telescopes of three different types it will be located in the northern hemisphere at La Palma, Spain, and in the southern
at Paranal, Chile. CTA will be one of the largest astronomical infrastructures in the world with open data access and it will address questions in astronomy, astrophysics and fundamental physics in the next decades. In this presentation we will focus on the status
of the CTA construction, the status of the telescope prototypes and highlight some of the physics perspectives.
Keywords
very-high-energy gamma-ray astronomy;Cherenkov Telescope Array;CTA sensitivity;gamma-ray bursts;POpulation Synthesis Theory Integrated project for very high-energy emission;
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| Language: | English |
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| Year of publishing: | 2019 |
| Typology: | 1.08 - Published Scientific Conference Contribution |
| Organization: | UNG - University of Nova Gorica |
| UDC: | 539.1 |
| COBISS: |
174789635
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| ISSN: | 1824-8039 |
| Views: | 148 |
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| Pages: | 7 str. |
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| Chronology: | 2019 |
| DOI: | 10.22323/1.358.0741 |
| ID: | 21439415 |
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