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 Exploring the non-thermal universe  the C herenkov T elescope A rray as a

 Exploring the non-thermal universe  the C herenkov T elescope A rray as a facility for gamma ray astronomy in the next decade Outline Project goals Science case Strategic importance & impact Technology & maturity. The Cherenkov Telescope Array facility.

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 Exploring the non-thermal universe  the C herenkov T elescope A rray as a

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  1. Exploring the non-thermal universe the Cherenkov Telescope Array as a facility for gamma ray astronomy in the next decade Outline • Project goals • Science case • Strategic importance & impact • Technology & maturity

  2. The Cherenkov Telescope Array facility • aims to explore the sky in the 10 GeV to 100 TeV energy range • builds on demonstrated technologies • combines guaranteed science with significant discovery potential • is a cornerstone towards a multi-messenger exploration of the nonthermal universe

  3. Detection of TeV gamma rays using Cherenkovtelescopes Gamma- ray Particle shower ~ 10 km ~ 1o Cherenkov light ~ 120 m Key issue: huge detection area ~ 105 m2 up to 106 m2 for future array

  4. Telescope arrays provide • Superior angular resolution • (few arcmin @ TeV energies) • Excellent rejection of cosmic-ray background • Enlarged detection area

  5. The Science Case

  6. Science topics Pulsars and PWN SNRs AGNs Dunkle Materie Space-time & relativity GRBs Dark matter Origin of cosmic rays Cosmology

  7. The Milky Way at very high energies

  8. Supernovae & pulsars: Vela region Vela (Rosat) Vela Junior d ≈200 pc age ≈700 y

  9. Mysterious “dark accelerators” TeV source without known counterpart in radio or X-ray PRS B1259-62 a binary system with 3.4 year orbit Feb. 04 March 04 Apr./May 04

  10. Tracing cosmic ray propagation Galactic center region after point source subtraction

  11. Extending the energy coverage typical spectra to illustrate that they extend to high energies for galactic sources but that low-energy end is also very important

  12. x x x gVHEgEBL e+e- Extragalactic TeV astronomy • Physics of AGN jets • Density of cosmological extragalactic background light (EBL) EBL

  13. Mkn 501

  14. Gamma ray horizon and early stars Blanch & Martinez 2004 Different EBL models Mkn 421 Mkn 501 1ES 1959+650 PKS 2155-304 H1426+428 H2356-309 1ES1218+304 1ES1101-232

  15. Dark matter search

  16. Science potential • Last well-explored energy range: GeV (EGRET/GLAST) • Nonthermal phenomena are abundant; nonthermal energy density  thermal energy density • Another four decades in energy are becoming accessible

  17. Science potential • Current instruments have passed the critical sensitivy threshold and reveal a rich panorama, but this is clearly only the tip of the iceberg • Broad and diverse program ahead, combining guaranteed astrophysics with significant discovery potential Horan & Weeks 2003

  18. Sensitivity GLAST Crab 10% Crab MAGIC 20 wide-angle 10 m telescopes de la Calle Perez, Biller, astro-ph 0602284 30 m stereo telescopes Konopelko Astropart.Phys. 24 (2005) 191 H.E.S.S. Current Simulations 1% Crab

  19. Strategic Importance and Impact

  20. Unifying European efforts MAGIC VERITAS H.E.S.S. … and maintaining European lead

  21. Hard X-rays Cherenkov Telescopes X-rays Gamma rays GLAST Radio KAT,… Multiwavelength / multimessenger astronomy

  22. Transfer, education and outreach • Interdisciplinary cooperation and training across communities & frontiers • Astrophysics & cosmology • Particle physics • Information & data mining • Environmental science • Technology development • Photon detectors • Signal processing hardware and software • Outreach • … • Virtual observatory

  23. Technology and Maturity

  24. Array layout: 2-3 Zones High-energy section ~0.05% area coverage Medium-energy section ~1% area coverage Low-energy section ~10% area coverage FoV increasing to 8-10 degr. in outer sections 70 m 250 m 1500 m Eth ~ 10-20 GeV Eth ~ 50-100 GeV Eth ~ 1-2 TeV

  25. Option: Mix of telescope types Not to scale !

  26. Option: Single dish type Modes of operation • Deep wide-band mode: all telescopes track the same same source • Survey mode: staggered fields of view survey sky • Search & monitoring mode: subclusters track different sources • Narrow-band mode: halo telescopes accumulate high-energy data, core telescopes hunt pulsars • … Requires further development of trigger system for central cluster, allowing to combine pixel signals from multiple telescopes Not to scale !

  27. Proven: MAGIC rapid-slewing 17 m dish Cost / Area Camera cost dominates Dish cost dominates 0 10 m 20 m 30 m Construction started: H.E.S.S. II 28 m dish Dish size Telescope structure Proven: H.E.S.S. 12 m dish

  28. Camera field of view • Current instruments: 3o-5o fov • Larger fov desirable for high energy section Image centroids 100 m2 telescope astro-ph/0602284 Efficiency 10 m2 telescope J. Phys. G 26 (2000) 183

  29. Conventional PMTs with improved cathodes, coatings GaAs photo cathodes Semiconductor single-photon detectors: photon counting with small pixels Photon detector technology Improved photon detectors under development allow further improvements in sensitivity and threshold 3 x 3 mm2 silicon PMT (MEPhI & MPP) 5 x 5 mm2 silicon PMT 2007: Back-illuminated pixel MPI-HLL, e ~ 70%

  30. Readout technology • Several proven solutions • Optimise further, decide on basis of cost, power consumption, performance ADC GHz sampling analog memory ~ 200 ns memory depth H.E.S.S. SAM ASIC Trigger MAGIC FADC/MUX SYSTEM GHz FADC Digital memory ms … ms memory depth Trigger

  31. Data processing • Data volume: few % of LHC • Smart front-end data reduction required • Use GRID technology for analysis and simulations

  32. Sites South: Khomas Highland, Namibia, 23o S, 1800 m North: Canary Islands, IAC sites 28o N, 2000+ m Option: South-American High-altitude sites, 3500+ m

  33. Tentative schedule

  34. Cost Telescope type Cost/Unit Units Large (30 m class) telescope 10 – 15 M€ ~ 3-4 Medium (15 m class) telescope 2.5 – 3.5 M€ ~ 15-20 Small (<10 m class) telescope 0.5-1.5 M€ ~ many Rough guess; detailed cost, mix, number and layout of telescopes remains to be determined! Total ~ 100 M€ for general-purpose southern site ~ 50 M€ for “extragalactic” northern site

  35. Organisation • Facility with mix of open and guaranteed time • Public data (after grace period) Scientific and techn. advisory committee Steering committee Core groups Program committee Project management General assembly Associated scientists Users Operation Technical tasks Science tasks To be defined: organisational form / host organisation

  36. Next steps • Project will receive high priority in upcoming APPEC roadmap • Strong support by MPG, CNRS,… • Plan to apply for FP7 design study • In parallel, continue • site exploration • simulations & design optimization • technical developments • tests with existing instruments • funding discussion • Next goals: conceptual & technical design

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