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20092026
most citedDesign Concepts for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

902 citations · 1.9k across the 46 of their papers we have counts for

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49 papers

astro-ph.HE2026

Probing Dark Photon Dark Matter with CTAO

Júlia G. Mamprim, Aion Viana, Vitor de Souza

The dark photon is a hypothetical gauge boson arising in extensions of the Standard Model, and has emerged as a compelling dark matter candidate. As dark photon dark matter (DPDM),…

astro-ph.SR2025

Scaler data from the Pierre Auger Observatory as a proxy of solar activity

C. Taricco, I. Bizzarri, C. Dionese +1

Solar activity variations strongly impact the modulation of the flux of low-energy Galactic Cosmic Rays (GCRs) reaching the Earth. The secondary particles, which originate from the…

astro-ph.HE2025

Search for UHE neutrinos from GRBs with the Pierre Auger Observatory

Yago Lema-Capeans

We report on the search for ultra-high-energy neutrinos from the prompt emission of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) using Surface Detector (SD) data from Phase I of the Pierre Auger Observ…

astro-ph.IM2025

AugerPrime: Status and first results

David Schmidt

With the knowledge and statistical precision derived from two decades of measurement, the Pierre Auger Observatory has significantly deepened our understanding of ultra-high-energy…

astro-ph.HE2025

Recent advances on multimessenger astrophysics: Centaurus A, GW 170817, and KM3-230213A

Cainã de Oliveira, Vitor de Souza

We review recent advances in multimessenger astrophysics, with particular emphasis on Centaurus A and on two pivotal events: the gravitational-wave detection GW 170817 and the ultr…

astro-ph.HE2025

New full-sky studies of the distribution of ultra-high-energy cosmic-ray arrival directions

A. Gálvez Ureña, L. Anchordoqui, M. Bianciotto +17

Ground-based full-sky studies of the angular distribution of arrival directions of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays require combining data from different observatories, such as the Pi…

astro-ph.HE2025

Study of solar activity with AERA at the Pierre Auger Observatory

R. M. de Almeida

Solar activity events release vast amounts of energy, including radio waves, X-rays, ultraviolet radiation, and energetic particles, which interact with the ionosphere of the Earth…

astro-ph.HE2025

Effects of Lorentz invariance violation on charged particles and photon production in astrophysical sources

Matheus Duarte, Vitor de Souza

We investigate the impact of Lorentz invariance violation (LIV) on radiation processes in astrophysical sources, focusing on synchrotron and inverse Compton interactions. We derive…

astro-ph.HE2025

Measuring the muon content of inclined air showers using AERA and the water-Cherenkov detectors of the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu +360

We present a novel approach for assessing the muon content of air showers with large zenith angles on a combined analysis of their radio emission and particle footprint. We use the…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 2 cited

The origin of the very-high-energy radiation along the jet of Centaurus A

Cainã de Oliveira, James H. Matthews, Vitor de Souza

As the closest known active galactic nucleus, Centaurus A (Cen A) provides a rich environment for astrophysical exploration. It has been observed across wavelengths from radio to g…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 1 cited

Towards a Cosmic-Ray Energy Scale with the Auger Engineering Radio Array

Max Büsken

Radio detection of cosmic-ray (CR) induced extensive air showers with digital antenna arrays is a matured technique by now. At the Pierre Auger Observatory, the Auger Engineering R…

astro-ph.HE2024

Investigating the effect of hadronic models on IACT images

Benedetta Bruno, Rodrigo Guedes Lang, Luan Bonneau Arbeletche +2

The predictions of hadronic interaction models for cosmic-ray induced air showers contain inherent uncertainties due to limitations of available accelerator data. This leads to dif…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 4 cited

Fermi acceleration under Lorentz invariance violation

Matheus Duarte, Vitor de Souza

In this paper, the acceleration of particles in astrophysical sources by the Fermi mechanism is revisited under the assumption of Lorentz invariance violation (LIV). We calculate t…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 2 cited

Prospects for the detection of Dark Matter with Long-lived Mediators in the Sun using the Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory

Micael Andrade, Juan Fagiani, Clarissa Siqueira +2

The operation of the next generation of gamma-ray observatories will lead to a great advance in dark matter searches. In this paper, we use the hidden sectors hypothesis within the…

astro-ph.HE2023

Chasing Gravitational Waves with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Jarred Gershon Green, Alessandro Carosi, Lara Nava +563

The detection of gravitational waves from a binary neutron star merger by Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo (GW170817), along with the discovery of the electromagnetic counterparts…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 1 cited

Interpolation of Instrument Response Functions for the Cherenkov Telescope Array in the Context of pyirf

Rune Michael Dominik, Maximilian Linhoff, Julian Sitarek

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the next generation ground-based very-high-energy gamma-ray observatory, constituted by tens of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes…

astro-ph.HE2023

Variability studies of active galactic nuclei from the long-term monitoring program with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Guillaume Grolleron, Josefa Becerra González, Jonathan Biteau +13

Blazars are active galactic nuclei (AGN) with a relativistic jet oriented toward the observer. This jet is composed of accelerated particles which can display emission over the ent…

astro-ph.IM2023

Performance update of an event-type based analysis for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Juan Bernete, Orel Gueta, Tarek Hassan +3

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the next-generation observatory in the field of very-high-energy (20 GeV to 300 TeV) gamma-ray astroparticle physics. The traditional ap…

astro-ph.HE2023

Dark matter searches in dwarf spheroidal galaxies with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Francesco Gabriele Saturni, Michele Doro, Aldo Morselli +1

Dark matter (DM) is one of the major components in the Universe. However, at present its existence is still only inferred through indirect astronomical observations. DM particles c…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 4 cited

Revisiting the implications of Liouville's theorem to the anisotropy of cosmic rays

Cainã de Oliveira, Leonardo Paulo Maia, Vitor de Souza

We present a solution to Liouville's equation for an ensemble of charged particles propagating in magnetic fields. The solution is presented using an expansion in spherical harmoni…

astro-ph.HE2022

Cosmological implications of photon-flux upper limits at ultra-high energies in scenarios of Planckian-interacting massive particles for dark matter

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta +374

Using the data of the Pierre Auger Observatory, we report on a search for signatures that would be suggestive of super-heavy particles decaying in the Galactic halo. From the lack…

astro-ph.HE2022

Investigating Hadronic Interactions at Ultra-High Energies with the Pierre Auger Observatory

Isabel Goos, :, P. Abreu +374

The development of an extensive air shower depends not only on the nature of the primary ultra-high-energy cosmic ray but also on the properties of the hadronic interactions. For e…

astro-ph.HE2022

Uncertainties in measuring the dark matter signal from Milky Way satellites using Cherenkov telescopes

Maria Kherlakian, Aion Viana, Vitor de Souza

In this work, we present a modelling of the galactic sub-clumps based on statistical estimations of the full Milky Way satellite population. We introduce 10 substructure modellings…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 22 cited

Limits to gauge coupling in the dark sector set by the non-observation of instanton-induced decay of Super-Heavy Dark Matter in the Pierre Auger Observatory data

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta +374

Instantons, which are non-perturbative solutions to Yang-Mills equations, provide a signal for the occurrence of quantum tunneling between distinct classes of vacua. They can give…