Progress in Monte Carlo design and optimization of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

K. BERNLÖHR; A. BARNACKA; Y. BECHERINI; O. BLANCH BIGAS; A. BOUVIER; E. CARMONA; P. COLIN; G. DECERPRIT; F. DI PIERRO; F. DUBOIS; C. FARNIER; S. FUNK; G. HERMANN; J.A. HINTON; T.B. HUMENSKY; T. JOGLER; B. KHÉLIFI; T. KIHM; N. KOMIN; J.-P. LENAIN; R. LÓPEZ-COTO; G. MAIER; D. MAZIN; M.C. MEDINA; A. MORALEJO; R. MODERSKI; S.J. NOLAN; S. OHM; E. DE OÑA WILHELMI; R.D. PARSONS; M. PAZ ARRIBAS; G. PEDALETTI; S. PITA; H. PROKOPH; C.B. RULTEN; U. SCHWANKE; M. SHAYDUK; V. STAMATESCU; P. VALLANIA; S. VOROBIOV; R. WISCHNEWSKI; M. WOOD; T. YOSHIKOSHI; A. ZECH

Conferencia; 33rd International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2013); 2013

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be an instrument covering a wide energy range in very-high-energy (VHE) gamma rays. CTA will include several types of telescopes, in order to optimize the performance over the whole energy range. Both large-scale Monte Carlo (MC) simulations of CTA super-sets (including many different possible CTA layouts as sub-sets) and smaller-scale simulations dedicated to individual aspects were carried out and are on-going. We summarize results of the prior round of large-scale simulations, show where the design has now evolved beyond the conservative assumptions of the prior round and present first results from the on-going new round of MC simulations.