Speaker
Ms
Roberta Zanin
(Universitat de Barcelona)
Description
The Cherenkov Telescope Array is the next generation ground-based
gamma-ray observatory designed to detect photons in the 0.02 to 300
TeV energy range. With a sensitivity improvement of one order of
magnitude over currently operating facilities, coupled with
significantly better angular resolution, the array will be used to
address many open questions in gamma-ray and cosmic-ray astrophysics.
In addition, CTA will explore the ultrahigh energy (E > 50 TeV) window
with great sensitivity for the first time.
This talk will provide an overview of CTA and will review the
scientific motivation for CTA, with a focus on the key science
projects that relate to the study of Galactic sources of very high-
energy emission and to the long-standing question on the origin of
cosmic rays.
Primary author
Ms
Roberta Zanin
(Universitat de Barcelona)
