The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA): Status and Perspectives
Abstract
The Cherenkov Telescope Array is the new generation array of ground-based gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescopes, with instruments operating in the energy range from 20 GeV to about 300 TeV. It will be proposed as the first open observatory in the very-high-energy gamma-ray range and will consist of two sites: one in the Northern Hemisphere, in of La Palma, Canary Islands, and the second in Chile, in the Southern Hemisphere, thus attaining a nearly complete sky coverage. The northern site will have an emphasis on the study of extragalactic sources, whereas the in the south we will have direct view of most of the Galactic plane and the Galactic Centre. In this talk I wish to give an overview of the status and near-term perspectives for CTA science, with a focus on studies of the Galactic Centre and Active Galactic Nuclei.
- Publication:
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43rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly. Held 28 January - 4 February
- Pub Date:
- January 2021
- Bibcode:
- 2021cosp...43E1443B