Karlsruhe 2011 – scientific programme
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T: Fachverband Teilchenphysik
T 109: Experimentelle Techniken der Astroteilchenphysik I
T 109.7: Talk
Monday, March 28, 2011, 18:20–18:35, 30.95: 001
Status of the Large-Size Telescope Prototyping for the Cherenkov Telescope Array — •Robert Wagner1,2, Masahiro Teshima1,3, Thomas Schweizer1, Eckart Lorenz4,1, Razmik Mirzoyan1, Holger Wetteskind1, Christopher Jablonski1, and Olaf Reimann1 — 1Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Föhringer Ring 6, 80805 München — 2Excellence Cluster “Universe”, Technische Universität München, 85747 Garching b. München — 3Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo — 4ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Schweiz
The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) observatory aims at increasing the sensitivity of ground-based gamma-ray (GeV/TeV energies) observatories by a factor >10 compared to current facilities, to extend the accessible gamma-ray energies from a few tens of GeV to a hundred TeV, and to improve on other parameters like the energy and angular resolution. Sensitivity at the lowest possible energies is important for a variety of key physics goals, like the observation of distant active galactic nuclei or gamma-ray bursts, but also for measuring pulsar cutoffs. For this aim, CTA will incorporate a number of central large-size telescopes (LSTs of 23 m diameter). In this presentation, design considerations and the status of the LST prototyping will be reported.