Introducing the CTA concept
Introducing the CTA concept
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DOI：
10.1016/j.astropartphys.2013.01.007
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发表时间：
2013-03-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Zychowski, P.
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作者：
Acharya, B. S.;Actis, M.;Zychowski, P.
切伦科夫望远镜阵列（Cherenkov Telescope Array，CTA）是一个新的甚高能（VHE）伽马射线观测站。CTA有雄心勃勃的科学目标，有必要实现全天空覆盖，将灵敏度提高约一个数量级，跨越约40年的能量，从几十GeV到100 TeV以上，与现有的VHE伽马射线天文台相比，具有增强的角度和能量分辨率。一个国际协作组织已经形成，有来自欧洲、亚洲、非洲和南北美洲27个国家的1000多名成员。2010年，CTA联盟完成了一项设计研究，并开始了为期三年的准备阶段，该阶段将于2014年完成CTA的生产准备。在本文中，我们介绍了科学目标和CTA的概念，并提供了一个概述的项目。(C)2013爱思唯尔有限公司版权所有。
The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a new observatory for very high-energy (VHE) gamma rays. CTA has ambitions science goals, for which it is necessary to achieve full-sky coverage, to improve the sensitivity by about an order of magnitude, to span about four decades of energy, from a few tens of GeV to above 100 TeV with enhanced angular and energy resolutions over existing VHE gamma-ray observatories. An international collaboration has formed with more than 1000 members from 27 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and North and South America. In 2010 the CTA Consortium completed a Design Study and started a three-year Preparatory Phase which leads to production readiness of CTA in 2014. In this paper we introduce the science goals and the concept of CTA, and provide an overview of the project. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.