Issue |
EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 209, 2019
RICAP18, 7th Roma International Conference on Astroparticle Physics
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Article Number | 01038 | |
Number of page(s) | 7 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201920901038 | |
Published online | 13 May 2019 |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201920901038
The Cherenkov Telescope Array Science Goals and Current Status
1 See https://www.cta-observatory.org/consortium_authors/authors_2018_09.html
2 Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles CA, 90095, USA
a e-mail: info@cta-observatory.org
b e-mail: rene@astro.ucla.edu
Published online: 13 May 2019
The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the major ground-based gamma-ray observatory planned for the next decade and beyond. Consisting of two large atmospheric Cherenkov telescope arrays (one in the southern hemisphere and one in the northern hemisphere), CTA will have superior angular resolution, a much wider energy range, and approximately an order of magnitude improvement in sensitivity, as compared to existing instruments. The CTA science programme will be rich and diverse, covering cosmic particle acceleration, the astrophysics of extreme environments, and physics frontiers beyond the Standard Model. This paper outlines the science goals for CTA and covers the current status of the project.
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