scholarly journals Studying molecular profiles above the Cherenkov Telescope Array sites

2019 ◽  
Vol 197 ◽  
pp. 01002
Author(s):  
Pere Munar-Adrover ◽  
Markus Gaug
Keyword(s):  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Atmospheric Effects ◽  
Systematic Effect ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Telescope Array ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Cherenkov Telescope ◽  
Performance Requirements ◽  
Southern Site ◽  
Molecular Profiles

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will bring a whole new insight to the gamma-ray Universe. In order to fulfill its performance requirements, we need to understand and correct the atmospheric effects that influence the acquired instrument data. One such systematic effect is due to the varying molecular density profile with time. We have studied such profiles for both CTA sites using publicly available historical data assimilation archives. Our study reveals that we can distinguish at least three differentiated seasonal periods at the northern site and at least two at the southern site, that allow to model the molecular part of the atmosphere using average profiles, as done with current Cherenkov telescope projects. Seasonal transitions are smoother at the southern site than at the northern one. Moreover, the latter shows a greater amplitude in density variations at an altitude of 15 km. We also explored deviations of the molecular profiles with respect to their mean values using a 5-years data set and concluded that they are always found within specifications.

scholarly journals The Crab nebula variability at short time-scales with the Cherenkov telescope array

2020 ◽  
Vol 501 (1) ◽  
pp. 337-346
Author(s):  
E Mestre ◽  
E de Oña Wilhelmi ◽  
D Khangulyan ◽  
R Zanin ◽  
F Acero ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Crab Nebula ◽  
Spectral Energy Distribution ◽  
Spectral Energy ◽  
Telescope Array ◽  
Cherenkov Telescopes ◽  
Cherenkov Telescope ◽  
Emission Models ◽  
Short Time ◽  
The Crab Nebula

ABSTRACT Since 2009, several rapid and bright flares have been observed at high energies (>100 MeV) from the direction of the Crab nebula. Several hypotheses have been put forward to explain this phenomenon, but the origin is still unclear. The detection of counterparts at higher energies with the next generation of Cherenkov telescopes will be determinant to constrain the underlying emission mechanisms. We aim at studying the capability of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) to explore the physics behind the flares, by performing simulations of the Crab nebula spectral energy distribution, both in flaring and steady state, for different parameters related to the physical conditions in the nebula. In particular, we explore the data recorded by Fermi during two particular flares that occurred in 2011 and 2013. The expected GeV and TeV gamma-ray emission is derived using different radiation models. The resulting emission is convoluted with the CTA response and tested for detection, obtaining an exclusion region for the space of parameters that rule the different flare emission models. Our simulations show different scenarios that may be favourable for achieving the detection of the flares in Crab with CTA, in different regimes of energy. In particular, we find that observations with low sub-100 GeV energy threshold telescopes could provide the most model-constraining results.

The Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope, an end-to end Schwarzschild-Couder telescope prototype proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. L. Dournaux ◽  
A. Abchiche ◽  
D. Allan ◽  
J. P. Amans ◽  
T. P. Armstrong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Telescope Array ◽  
Cherenkov Telescope ◽  
End To End

scholarly journals The Large Magellanic Cloud with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

2019 ◽  
Vol 209 ◽  
pp. 01021
Author(s):  
María Isabel Bernardos ◽  
María Benito ◽  
Fabio Iocco ◽  
Salvatore Mangano ◽  
Olga Sergijenko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Region Of Interest ◽  
Cosmic Ray ◽  
Large Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Point Sources ◽  
Detection Sensitivity ◽  
Telescope Array ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Cherenkov Telescope

The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is a spiral galaxy, satellite of the Milky way with a high star formation activity. It represents a unique laboratory for studying an extended and spatially resolved star-forming galaxy through gamma-ray observatories. Therefore, the LMC survey is one of the key science projects for the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), the next-generation ground-based gamma-ray observatory. In this document we present the work performed over the last year by the CTA working group dedicated to the LMC, in order to offer a first characterization of the LMC at TeV energies. We have performed detectability forecasts based on the expected CTA performance for all sources in the region of interest of the LMC with known emission at GeV energies and above. Based on previous observations made by Fermi-LAT and H.E.S.S. we have characterized all point sources, extended sources and diffuse emission produced by cosmic-ray propagation, extrapolating their spectra to CTA energies. Finally, we have characterized the signal expected by different annihilation mechanisms of dark matter (DM) particles within the LMC, computing the detection sensitivity curve for this target in the cross-section-to-mass plane.

scholarly journals The ASTRI Program

2019 ◽  
Vol 209 ◽  
pp. 01001
Author(s):  
Salvatore Scuderi
Keyword(s):  
High Energy ◽  
Telescope Array ◽  
Cherenkov Telescope ◽  
Southern Site ◽  
Complete Set ◽  
New Phase ◽  
Prototype Design ◽  
Italian National Institute ◽  
Mirror Configuration

The ASTRI (Astrofisica con Specchi a Tecnologia Replicante Italiana) program was born as a collaborative international effort led by the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) to design and realize, within the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) framework, an end-to-end prototype of the Small-Sized Telescope (SST) in a dual-mirror configuration (2M). While the activities concerning the characterization of the prototype are under completion, the program entered a new phase. With the final aim of contributing at the production of the SST telescopes for the CTAO Southern site, we started the development of nine telescopes based on the evolution of the ASTRI prototype design to work as pathfinder for the CTAO. Furthermore, together with the CHEC (Compact High Energy Camera) collaboration, the ASTRI team presented a proposal, that will be evaluated with other proposals, to deliver to CTAO the complete set of SST telescopes.

scholarly journals An innovative workspace for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Costa ◽  
Eva Sciacca ◽  
Fabio Vitello ◽  
Ugo Becciani ◽  
Pietro Massimino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
User Interfaces ◽  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Workflow Management ◽  
User Interaction ◽  
Telescope Array ◽  
Cherenkov Telescope ◽  
Science Gateway ◽  
Workflow System ◽  
Virtual Desktop ◽  
Authentication And Authorization

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is an initiative to build the next generation, ground-based gamma-ray observatories. We present a prototype workspace developed at INAF that aims at providing innovative solutions for the CTA community. The workspace leverages open source technologies providing web access to a set of tools widely used by the CTA community. Two different user interaction models, connected to an authentication and authorization infrastructure, have been implemented in this workspace. The first one is a workflow management system accessed via a science gateway (based on the Liferay platform) and the second one is an interactive virtual desktop environment. The integrated workflow system allows to run applications used in astronomy and physics researches into distributed computing infrastructures (ranging from clusters to grids and clouds). The interactive desktop environment allows to use many software packages without any installation on local desktops exploiting their native graphical user interfaces. The science gateway and the interactive desktop environment are connected to the authentication and authorization infrastructure composed by a Shibboleth identity provider and a Grouper authorization solution. The Grouper released attributes are consumed by the science gateway to authorize the access to specific web resources and the role management mechanism in Liferay provides the attribute-role mapping.

scholarly journals Final characterisation and design of the Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope (GCT) for the Cherenkov telescope array

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oriane Le Blanc ◽  
Gilles Fasola ◽  
Jean-Michel Huet ◽  
Richard White ◽  
Anton Dmytriiev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Telescope Array ◽  
Cherenkov Telescope

scholarly journals Observer Access to the Cherenkov Telescope Array Gamma-Ray Observatory

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jürgen Knödlseder ◽  
Volker Beckmann ◽  
Catherine Boisson ◽  
Sylvie Brau-Nogué ◽  
Christoph Deil ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Telescope Array ◽  
Cherenkov Telescope

scholarly journals Sensitivity of the Cherenkov Telescope Array to emission from the gamma-ray counterparts of neutrino events

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Sergijenko ◽  
Anthony Brown ◽  
Damiano Fiorillo ◽  
Alberto Rosales de Leon ◽  
Konstancja Satalecka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Telescope Array ◽  
Cherenkov Telescope
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