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astro-ph.IM2026

Generation of Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescope images using Diffusion Models

Christian Elflein, Stefan Funk, Jonas Glombitza +3

Substantial amounts of air-shower simulations are needed to derive the instrument response for analyzing Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescope (IACT) data. This process is both computati…

astro-ph.IM2025

Design and Performance of the Upgraded Prototype Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope Camera Module

Giovanni Ambrosi, Carla Aramo, Mattia Barbanera +54

The Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) is a ground-based observatory that will improve upon the sensitivities of the current generation of very-high-energy gamma-ray inst…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 1 cited

Inauguration and First Light of the GCT-M Prototype for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

J. J. Watson, A. De Franco, A. Abchiche +66

The Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope (GCT) is a candidate for the Small Size Telescopes (SSTs) of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). Its purpose is to extend the sensitivity of CTA…

astro-ph.IM2016

The Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

L. Tibaldo, A. Abchiche, D. Allan +67

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a forthcoming ground-based observatory for very-high-energy gamma rays. CTA will consist of two arrays of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov teles…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 7 cited

TARGET: toward a solution for the readout electronics of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

L. Tibaldo, J. A. Vandenbroucke, A. M. Albert +9

TARGET is an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) designed to read out signals recorded by the photosensors in cameras of very-high-energy gamma-ray telescopes exploiting…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 18 cited

Monte Carlo Studies of medium-size telescope designs for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

M. Wood, T. Jogler, J. Dumm +1

We present studies for optimizing the next generation of ground-based imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs). Results focus on mid-sized telescopes (MSTs) for CTA, detect…

astro-ph.IM2013★ 42 cited

The dual-mirror Small Size Telescope for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

G. Pareschi, G. Agnetta, L. A. Antonelli +111

In this paper, the development of the dual mirror Small Size Telescopes (SST) for the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is reviewed. Up to 70 SST, with a primary mirror diameter of 4…

astro-ph.IM2012★ 236 cited

Monte Carlo design studies for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

K. Bernlöhr, A. Barnacka, Y. Becherini +36

The Cherenkov Telescopes Array (CTA) is planned as the future instrument for very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray astronomy with a wide energy range of four orders of magnitude and an…

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…