INVESTIGADORES
SANCHEZ Federico Andres
artículos
Título:
Design concepts for the Cherenkov Telescope Array CTA: An advanced facility for ground-based high-energy gamma-ray astronomy.
Autor/es:
CTA COLLABORATION (VER F. SANCHEZ EN PUBL. ADJUNTA)
Revista:
EXPERIMENTAL ASTRONOMY
Editorial:
SPRINGER
Referencias:
Lugar: Berlin; Año: 2011 vol. 32 p. 193 - 316
ISSN:
0922-6435
Resumen:
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 510
improvement in sensitivity in the 100 GeV10 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