The Cherenkov Telescope Array

切伦科夫望远镜阵列：切伦科夫望远镜阵列（CTA）是非常高能伽玛射线天文学的重大进步。它的灵敏度将是现有仪器的十倍，并将改变高能天体物理学中有关极端粒子加速和天体粒子物理学（如暗物质）的许多主题。来自25个国家的1000多名科学家参与其中，望远镜原型正在建造中。该项目将为望远镜阵列的前期生产提供硬件支持，使其成为CTA的正式成员，并获得CTA的所有数据和核心科学项目。然后，澳大利亚天文学家可以影响CTA的天体物理学目标，并为澳大利亚的射电天文设施增加新的科学价值。

The Cherenkov Telescope Array: The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a major advance in very high energy gamma-ray astronomy. It will be ten times more sensitive than current instruments and will transform many topics in high energy astrophysics concerning extreme particle acceleration, and in astro-particle physics such as dark matter. Over 1000 scientists from over 25 countries are involved and prototype telescopes are under construction. This project will enable a hardware contribution to the pre-production array of telescopes, bringing with it full membership, plus access to all data and core science programmes of CTA. Australian astronomers can then influence astrophysics goals of CTA, and add new scientific value to Australia's radio astronomical facilities.