Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Nov 2008
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"SF2A-2008: Proceedings of the Annual meeting of the French Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics Eds.: C. Charbonnel, F. Combes
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Scientific paper
During the last few years, very high energy (VHE) gamma-ray astronomy has emerged as a truly observational discipline, largely driven by the European-led HESS and MAGIC experiments. More than 70 VHE gamma-ray sources have been detected, representing different galactic and extragalactic source populations such as young shell type supernova remnants, pulsars wind nebulae, giant molecular clouds, Wolf-Rayet stars, binary pulsars, microquasars, the Galactic Center, Active Galactic Nuclei and a large number of yet unidentified Galactic objects. The CTA project is aiming at building a very powerful multi-functional tool for spectral, temporal and morphological studies of galactic and extragalactic sources of VHE gamma-rays, with an unprecedented sensitivity (improved by one order of magnitude compared to the previous generation experiments) and a superior angular resolution. The current plan for CTA consists of two observatories, one in each Hemisphere, with 10 GeV-˜1 TeV and 10 GeV-100 TeV energy coverage in the Northern and Southern Hemisphere respectively. We will report on the scientific motivation, design status and expected performances of the CTA project, as well as on its current status.
CTA Consortium
de Naurois Mathieu
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