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 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 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 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

scholarly journals Performance optimization of the air shower simulation program for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

2019 ◽  
Vol 214 ◽  
pp. 05041 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luisa Arrabito ◽  
Konrad Bernlöhr ◽  
Johan Bregeon ◽  
Gernot Maier ◽  
Philippe Langlois ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Performance Optimization ◽  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Cosmic Ray ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Telescope Array ◽  
Cherenkov Telescope ◽  
Cpu Time ◽  
Very High Energy ◽  
Under Construction ◽  
Very High

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), currently under construction, is the next-generation instrument in the field of very high energy gamma-ray astronomy. The first data are expected by the end of 2018, while the scientific operations will start in 2022 for a duration of about 30 years. In order to characterize the instrument response to the Cherenkov light emitted when cosmic ray showers develop in the atmosphere, detailed Monte Carlo simulations will be regularly performed in parallel to CTA operation. The estimated CPU time associated to these simulations is very high, of the order of 200 millions HS06 hours per year. Reducing the CPU time devoted to simulations would allow either to reduce infrastructure cost or to better cover the large phase space. In this paper, we focus on the main computing step (70% of the whole CPU time) implemented in the CORSIKA program, and specifically on the mod-ule responsible for the propagation of Cherenkov photons in the atmosphere. We present our preliminary studies about different options of code optimization, with a particular focus on vectorization facilities (SIMD instructions). Our proposals take care, as automatically as possible, of the hardware portability constraints introduced by the grid computing environment that hosts these simulations. Performance evaluation in terms of running-time and accuracy is provided.

scholarly journals Supernova remnants in the very–high–energy gamma-ray domain: the role of the Cherenkov telescope array

2017 ◽  
Vol 471 (1) ◽  
pp. 201-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Cristofari ◽  
S. Gabici ◽  
T. B. Humensky ◽  
M. Santander ◽  
R. Terrier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Supernova Remnants ◽  
Gamma Ray ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Telescope Array ◽  
Cherenkov Telescope ◽  
High Energy Gamma ◽  
Very High Energy ◽  
Energy Gamma ◽  
Very High
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