Multi-messenger and transient astrophysics with the Cherenkov Telescope Array
Abstract
The discovery of gravitational waves, high-energy neutrinos or the very-high-energy counterpart of gamma-ray bursts has revolutionized the high-energy and transient astrophysics community. The development of new instruments and analysis techniques will allow the discovery and/or follow-up of new transient sources. We describe the prospects for the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), the next-generation ground-based gamma-ray observatory, for multi-messenger and transient astrophysics in the decade ahead. CTA will explore the most extreme environments via very-high-energy observations of compact objects, stellar collapse events, mergers and cosmic-ray accelerators.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- June 2021
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.2106.03621
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2106.03621
- Bibcode:
- 2021arXiv210603621B
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
- E-Print:
- Submitted to ASTRONET roadmap on behalf of the CTA consortium