Speaker
Dr
Markus Garczarczyk
(DESY)
Description
The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), is an international project for the next generation ground-based observatory for gamma-ray astronomy in the energy range from 20 GeV to 300 TeV. The sensitivity in the core energy range will be dominated by up to 40 Medium Size Telescopes (MSTs) distributed over the northern and southern observatory sites.
The MST has a modified Davies-Cotton reflector with a diameter of 12 m and a focal length of 16 m. Two camera concepts (FlashCam and NectarCAM), featuring ~1800 channels equipped with photomultipliers, trigger and readout are in development for the MSTs. Prototypes of the cameras and telescope structure, featuring different mirror and active mirror control designs, were built and their performance validation is ongoing. A report about the prototyping activities, performance of the individual assemblies and plans for the pre-construction phase will be given.
Primary author
Dr
Markus Garczarczyk
(DESY)
