Science with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

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Acharya, B.S. - Agudo, I. - Al Samarai, I. - Blažek, Jiří - Chudoba, Jiří - Ebr, Jan - Janeček, Petr - Juryšek, Jakub - Mandát, Dušan - Palatka, Miroslav - Pech, Miroslav - Prouza, Michael - Schovánek, Petr - Trávníček, Petr - Vraštil, Michal … Total 587 authors
Science with the Cherenkov Telescope Array.
Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Co.Pte.Ltd., 2019. 364 s. ISBN 978-981-327-008-4
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT EF16_013/0001403; GA MŠMT LTT17006; GA MŠMT LM2015046; GA MŠMT LE13012; GA MŠMT LG14019
Grant - others:OP VVV - CTAO-CZ(XE) CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_013/0001403
Institutional support: RVO:68378271
Keywords : Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) * Cherenkov telescopes * gamma rays * astrophysics * astronomy * astroparticle physics * multiwavelength * dark matter
OECD category: Optics (including laser optics and quantum optics)

The Cherenkov Telescope Array, CTA, will be the major global observatory for very high energy gamma-ray astronomy over the next decade and beyond. The scientific potential of CTA is extremely broad: from understanding the role of relativistic cosmic particles to the search for dark matter. CTA is an explorer of the extreme universe, probing environments from the immediate neighbourhood of black holes to cosmic voids on the largest scales. Covering a huge range in photon energy from 20 GeV to 300 TeV, CTA will improve on all aspects of performance with respect to current instruments. The observatory will operate arrays on sites in both hemispheres to provide full sky coverage and will hence maximize the potential for the rarest phenomena such as very nearby supernovae, gamma-ray bursts or gravitational wave transients. With 99 telescopes on the southern site and 19 telescopes on the northern site, flexible operation will be possible, with sub-arrays available for specific tasks.

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