Monte Carlo design studies for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

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Medina, Maria Clementina; CTA Consortium
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2013
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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.
Fil: Medina, Maria Clementina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico La Plata. Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomia (i); Argentina
Fil: CTA Consortium.
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Monte Carlo simulations
Cherenkov telescopes
IACT technique
Gamma-rays
Instrumentation
High energy astrophysics
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spelling Monte Carlo design studies for the Cherenkov Telescope ArrayMedina, Maria ClementinaCTA ConsortiumMonte Carlo simulationsCherenkov telescopesIACT techniqueGamma-raysInstrumentationHigh energy astrophysicshttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1The 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.Fil: Medina, Maria Clementina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico La Plata. Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomia (i); ArgentinaFil: CTA Consortium.Elsevier Science2013-03info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/4639Medina, Maria Clementina; CTA Consortium; Monte Carlo design studies for the Cherenkov Telescope Array; Elsevier Science; Astroparticle Physics; 43; 3-2013; 171-1880927-6505enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/arxiv/http://arxiv.org/abs/1210.3503info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2012.10.002info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927650512001867info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/0927-6505info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-10-15T15:17:36Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/4639instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-10-15 15:17:36.867CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Monte Carlo design studies for the Cherenkov Telescope Array
title Monte Carlo design studies for the Cherenkov Telescope Array
spellingShingle Monte Carlo design studies for the Cherenkov Telescope Array
Medina, Maria Clementina
Monte Carlo simulations
Cherenkov telescopes
IACT technique
Gamma-rays
Instrumentation
High energy astrophysics
title_short Monte Carlo design studies for the Cherenkov Telescope Array
title_full Monte Carlo design studies for the Cherenkov Telescope Array
title_fullStr Monte Carlo design studies for the Cherenkov Telescope Array
title_full_unstemmed Monte Carlo design studies for the Cherenkov Telescope Array
title_sort Monte Carlo design studies for the Cherenkov Telescope Array
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Medina, Maria Clementina
CTA Consortium
author Medina, Maria Clementina
author_facet Medina, Maria Clementina
CTA Consortium
author_role author
author2 CTA Consortium
author2_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Monte Carlo simulations
Cherenkov telescopes
IACT technique
Gamma-rays
Instrumentation
High energy astrophysics
topic Monte Carlo simulations
Cherenkov telescopes
IACT technique
Gamma-rays
Instrumentation
High energy astrophysics
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv 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.
Fil: Medina, Maria Clementina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico La Plata. Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomia (i); Argentina
Fil: CTA Consortium.
description 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.
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Medina, Maria Clementina; CTA Consortium; Monte Carlo design studies for the Cherenkov Telescope Array; Elsevier Science; Astroparticle Physics; 43; 3-2013; 171-188
0927-6505
url http://hdl.handle.net/11336/4639
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