Monte Carlo performance studies for the site selection of the Cherenkov Telescope Array
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68378271%3A_____%2F17%3A00547411" target="_blank" >RIV/68378271:_____/17:00547411 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2017.05.001" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2017.05.001</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2017.05.001" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.astropartphys.2017.05.001</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Monte Carlo performance studies for the site selection of the Cherenkov Telescope Array
Original language description
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.n
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10303 - Particles and field physics
Result continuities
Project
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Others
Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Astroparticle Physics
ISSN
0927-6505
e-ISSN
1873-2852
Volume of the periodical
93
Issue of the periodical within the volume
July
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
76-85
UT code for WoS article
000405977000009
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85021731099