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most citedDesign Concepts for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

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astro-ph.HE2023

Detection of the 2021 Outburst of RS Ophiuchi with the LST-1

Yukiho Kobayashi, Arnau Aguasca-Cabot, María Isabel Bernardos Martín +2

Novae are luminous explosions in close binaries which host a white dwarf and a companion donor star. They are triggered by a thermonuclear runaway when the white dwarf accretes a c…

astro-ph.IM2023

Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes pointing determination using the trajectories of the stars in the field of view

Mykhailo Dalchenko, Matthieu Heller

We present a new approach to the pointing determination of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs). This method is universal and can be applied to any IACT with minor modi…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 2 cited

Performance of the Large-Sized Telescope prototype of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Daniel Morcuende, Rubén López-Coto, Abelardo Moralejo +2

The next-generation ground-based gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) will consist of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) of three different sizes di…

astro-ph.IM2023

Characterization of SiPM and development of test bench modules for the next-generation cameras for Large-Sized Telescopes for Cherenkov Telescope Array

Takayuki. Saito, K. Hashiyama, H. Iwasaki +5

The recent improvements in the performance of the silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) made them attractive options as photo sensors of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs)…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 2 cited

LST-1 observations of an enormous flare of BL Lacertae in 2021

Seiya Nozaki, Katsuaki Asano, Juan Escudero +2

The first prototype of LST (LST-1) for the Cherenkov Telescope Array has been in commissioning phase since 2018 and already started scientific observations with the low energy thre…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 24 cited

Multi-wavelength study of the galactic PeVatron candidate LHAASO J2108+5157

S. Abe, A. Aguasca-Cabot, I. Agudo +267

LHAASO J2108+5157 is one of the few known unidentified Ultra-High-Energy (UHE) gamma-ray sources with no Very-High-Energy (VHE) counterpart, recently discovered by the LHAASO colla…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 5 cited

Physics Performance of the Large-Sized Telescope prototype of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

R. López-Coto, A. Moralejo, M. Artero +15

The Large-Sized Telescope (LST) prototype of the future Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is located at the Northern site of CTA, on the Canary Island of La Palma. It is designed to…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 2 cited

Cross-calibration and combined analysis of the CTA-LST prototype and the MAGIC telescopes

Y. Ohtani, A. Berti, D. Depaoli +13

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the next generation gamma-ray observatory, which will consist of three kinds of telescopes of different sizes. Among those, the Large Si…

astro-ph.IM2021

Reconstruction of extensive air shower images of the first Large Size Telescope prototype of CTA using a novel likelihood technique

Gabriel Emery, Cyril Alispach, Mykhailo Dalchenko +3

Ground-based gamma-ray astronomy aims at reconstructing the energy and direction of gamma rays from the extensive air showers they initiate in the atmosphere. Imaging Atmospheric C…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 1 cited

Commissioning of the camera of the first Large Size Telescope of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

T. Saito, C. Delgado, O. Blanch +30

The first Large Size Telescope (LST-1) of the Cherenkov Telescope Array has been operational since October 2018 at La Palma, Spain. We report on the results obtained during the cam…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 1 cited

Monitoring the pointing of the prototype LST-1 using star reconstruction in the Cherenkov camera

L. Foffano, A. Carosi, M. Dalchenko +3

The first Large-Sized Telescope (LST-1) proposed for the forthcoming Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) has started to operate in 2019 in La Palma. The large structure of LST-1 - with…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 15 cited

NectarCAM, a camera for the medium sized telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

J-F. Glicenstein, M. Shayduk

NectarCAM is a camera proposed for the medium-sized telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) which covers the core energy range of ~100 GeV to ~30 TeV. It has a modular de…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 5 cited

The On-Site Analysis of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Andrea Bulgarelli, Valentina Fioretti, Andrea Zoli +54

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) observatory will be one of the largest ground-based very high-energy gamma-ray observatories. The On-Site Analysis will be the first CTA scienti…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 4 cited

Status and Plans for the Array Control and Data Acquisition System of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

I. Oya, M. Fuessling, U. Schwanke +24

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next-generation atmospheric Cherenkov gamma-ray observatory. CTA will consist of two installations, one in the northern, and the other in…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 6 cited

NectarCAM : a camera for the medium size telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

J-F. Glicenstein, O. Abril, J-A. Barrio +63

NectarCAM is a camera proposed for the medium-sized telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) covering the central energy range of ~100 GeV to ~30 TeV. It has a modular des…

astro-ph.IM2013★ 39 cited

The camera of the fifth H.E.S.S. telescope. Part I: System description

J. Bolmont, P. Corona, P. Gauron +54

In July 2012, as the four ground-based gamma-ray telescopes of the H.E.S.S. (High Energy Stereoscopic System) array reached their tenth year of operation in Khomas Highlands, Namib…

astro-ph.IM2013★ 1 cited

Improved sensitivity of H.E.S.S.-II through the fifth telescope focus system

F. Krayzel, G. Maurin, L. Brunetti +8

The Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope (IACT) works by imaging the very short flash of Cherenkov radiation generated by the cascade of relativistic charged particles produced…

astro-ph.IM2013★ 4 cited

The Cherenkov Telescope Array Large Size Telescope

G. Ambrosi, Y. Awane, H. Baba +129

The two arrays of the Very High Energy gamma-ray observatory Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will include four Large Size Telescopes (LSTs) each with a 23 m diameter dish and 28 m…

astro-ph.IM2013★ 3 cited

The NectarCAM camera project

J-F. Glicenstein, M. Barcelo, J-A. Barrio +57

In the framework of the next generation of Cherenkov telescopes, the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), NectarCAM is a camera designed for the medium size telescopes covering the cen…

astro-ph.IM2012

Towards a Flexible Array Control and Operation Framework for CTA

E. Birsin, J. Colomé, D. Hoffmann +13

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) \cite{CTA:2010} will be the successor to current Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACT) like H.E.S.S., MAGIC and VERITAS. CTA will impr…

astro-ph.IM2010★ 902 cited

Design Concepts for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The CTA Consortium

Ground-based gamma-ray astronomy has had a major breakthrough with the impressive results obtained using systems of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. Ground-based gamma-ray…

hep-ex2001★ 38 cited

Hadron Energy Reconstruction for the ATLAS Calorimetry in the Framework of the Non-parametrical Method

ATLAS Collaboration

This paper discusses hadron energy reconstruction for the ATLAS barrel prototype combined calorimeter (consisting of a lead-liquid argon electromagnetic part and an iron-scintillat…