Monte Carlo performance studies for the site selection of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Hassan, T.; Arrabito, L.; Bernlöhr, K.; Bregeon, J.; Cortina, J.; Cumani, P.; Di Pierro, F.; Falceta-Goncalves, D.; Lang, R. G.; Hinton, J.; Jogler, T.; Maier, G.; Moralejo, A.; Morselli, A.; Todero Peixoto, C. J.; Wood, M.

doi:10.1016/j.astropartphys.2017.05.001

Monte Carlo performance studies for the site selection of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Journal Article · Wed May 03 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Astroparticle Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2017.05.001· OSTI ID:1374282

Hassan, T. ^[1]; Arrabito, L. ^[2]; Bernlöhr, K. ^[3]; Bregeon, J. ^[2]; Cortina, J. ^[1]; Cumani, P. ^[1]; Di Pierro, F. ^[4]; Falceta-Goncalves, D. ^[5]; Lang, R. G. ^[6]; Hinton, J. ^[3]; Jogler, T. ^[7]; Maier, G. ^[8]; Moralejo, A. ^[1]; Morselli, A. ^[5]; Todero Peixoto, C. J. ^[6]; Wood, M. ^[7]

Inst. for High Energy Physics (IFAE), Barcelona (Spain)
Univ. Montpellier (France)
Max Planck Inst. fur Kernphysik, Heidelberg (Germany)
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Torino (Italy)
National Inst. of Nuclear Physics (INFN), Rome (Italy)
Univ. of Sao Paulo (Brazil)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Zeuthen (Germany)

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) represents the next generation of ground-based instruments for very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray astronomy, aimed at improving on the sensitivity of current-generation experiments by an order of magnitude and providing coverage over four decades of energy. The current CTA design consists of two arrays of tens of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes, comprising Small, Medium and Large-Sized Telescopes, with one array located in each of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. To study the effect of the site choice on the overall CTA performance and support the site evaluation process, detailed Monte Carlo simulations have been performed. These results show the impact of different site-related attributes such as altitude, night-sky background and local geomagnetic field on CTA performance for the observation of VHE gamma rays.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 1374282

Journal Information:: Astroparticle Physics, Journal Name: Astroparticle Physics Journal Issue: C Vol. 93; ISSN 0927-6505

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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