Monte Carlo design studies for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Bernloehr K, Barnacka A, Becherini Y, Blanch Bigas O, Carmona E, Colin P, Decerprit G, Di Pierro F, Dubois F, Farnier C, Funk S, Hermann G, Hinton JA, Humensky TB, Khelifi B, Kihm T, Komin N, Lenain JP, Maier G, Mazin D, Medina MC, Moralejo A, Nolan SJ, Ohm S, Wilhelmi EDO, Parsons RD, Arribas MP, Pedaletti G, Pita S, Prokoph H, Rulten CB, Schwanke U, Shayduk M, Stamatescu V, Vallania P, Vorobiov S, Wischnewski R, Yoshikoshi T, Zech A (2013)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2013

Journal

Book Volume: 43

Pages Range: 171-188

DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2012.10.002

Abstract

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 improvement in sensitivity compared to current instruments of about an order of magnitude. Monte Carlo simulations are a crucial tool in the design of CTA. The ultimate goal of these simulations is to find the most cost-effective solution for given physics goals and thus sensitivity goals or to find, for a given cost, the solution best suited for different types of targets with CTA. Apart from uncertain component cost estimates, the main problem in this procedure is the dependence on a huge number of configuration parameters, both in specifications of individual telescope types and in the array layout. This is addressed by simulation of a huge array intended as a superset of many different realistic array layouts, and also by simulation of array subsets for different telescope parameters. Different analysis methods - in use with current installations and extended (or developed specifically) for CTA - are applied to the simulated data sets for deriving the expected sensitivity of CTA. In this paper we describe the current status of this iterative approach to optimize the CTA design and layout. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK) / Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics Germany (DE) Polska Akademia Nauk (PAN) / Polish Academy of Sciences Poland (PL) École Polytechnique - Université Paris-Saclay France (FR) Institut de Fisica d'Altes Energies (IFAE) / The Institute for High Energy Physics Spain (ES) Max-Planck-Institut für Physik (Werner-Heisenberg-Institut, MPP) / Max Planck Institute for Physics Germany (DE) Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY Germany (DE) National Institute for Astrophysics / Istituto Nazionale Astrofisica (INAF) Italy (IT) Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) Spain (ES) Stockholm University / Stockholms universitet Sweden (SE) Stanford National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC) United States (USA) (US) University of Leicester United Kingdom (GB) Columbia University United States (USA) (US) University of Savoy Mont Blanc / Université Savoie Mont Blanc France (FR) Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg Germany (DE) Commissariat à l'énergie atomique France (FR) Durham University United Kingdom (GB) Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Germany (DE) Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC) Spain (ES) University of Paris 7 - Denis Diderot / Université Paris VII Denis Diderot France (FR) University of Tokyo Japan (JP)

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APA:

Bernloehr, K., Barnacka, A., Becherini, Y., Blanch Bigas, O., Carmona, E., Colin, P.,... Zech, A. (2013). Monte Carlo design studies for the Cherenkov Telescope Array. Astroparticle Physics, 43, 171-188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2012.10.002

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Bernloehr, K., et al. "Monte Carlo design studies for the Cherenkov Telescope Array." Astroparticle Physics 43 (2013): 171-188.

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