Detection methods for the Cherenkov Telescope Array at very-short exposure times
Di Piano, A. ; Carlile, C. LU ; Dravins, D. LU
; Živec, M.
and Zmija, A.
(2022)
37th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2021)
395.
- Abstract
- The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the next generation ground-based observatory for very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray astronomy, with the deployment of tens of highly sensitive and fast-reacting Cherenkov telescopes. It will cover a wide energy range (20 GeV - 300 TeV) with unprecedented sensitivity. To maximize the scientific return, the observatory will be provided with an online software system that will perform the first analysis of scientific data in real-time. This study investigates the precision and accuracy of available science tools and analysis techniques for the short-term detection of gamma-ray sources, in terms of sky localization, detection significance and, if significant detection is achieved, a first estimation of... (More)
- The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the next generation ground-based observatory for very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray astronomy, with the deployment of tens of highly sensitive and fast-reacting Cherenkov telescopes. It will cover a wide energy range (20 GeV - 300 TeV) with unprecedented sensitivity. To maximize the scientific return, the observatory will be provided with an online software system that will perform the first analysis of scientific data in real-time. This study investigates the precision and accuracy of available science tools and analysis techniques for the short-term detection of gamma-ray sources, in terms of sky localization, detection significance and, if significant detection is achieved, a first estimation of the integral photon flux. The scope is to evaluate the feasibility of the algorithms' implementation in the real-time analysis of CTA. In this contribution we present a general overview of the methods and some of the results for the test case of the short-term detection of a gamma-ray burst afterglow, as the VHE counterpart of a gravitational wave event. © Copyright owned by the author(s) under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) (Less)
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- author
- Di Piano, A.
; Carlile, C.
LU
; Dravins, D.
LU
; Živec, M.
and Zmija, A.
- author collaboration
- organization
- publishing date
- 2022
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Cosmic rays, Cosmology, Gamma rays, Germanium alloys, Germanium compounds, Gravity waves, Telescopes, Tellurium compounds, Cherenkov Telescope, Cherenkov telescope arrays, Detection methods, Exposure-time, Ground based observatories, On-line softwares, Scientific data, Software-systems, Very-high-energy gamma-ray astronomies, Wide energy range, Observatories
- host publication
- Proceedings of Science
- volume
- 395
- article number
- 694
- conference name
- 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2021)
- conference location
- Berlin, Germany
- conference dates
- 2021-07-12 - 2021-07-23
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85118272322
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 67245f14-acbc-4d97-b91b-89217a7d5a68
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abstract = {{The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the next generation ground-based observatory for very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray astronomy, with the deployment of tens of highly sensitive and fast-reacting Cherenkov telescopes. It will cover a wide energy range (20 GeV - 300 TeV) with unprecedented sensitivity. To maximize the scientific return, the observatory will be provided with an online software system that will perform the first analysis of scientific data in real-time. This study investigates the precision and accuracy of available science tools and analysis techniques for the short-term detection of gamma-ray sources, in terms of sky localization, detection significance and, if significant detection is achieved, a first estimation of the integral photon flux. The scope is to evaluate the feasibility of the algorithms' implementation in the real-time analysis of CTA. In this contribution we present a general overview of the methods and some of the results for the test case of the short-term detection of a gamma-ray burst afterglow, as the VHE counterpart of a gravitational wave event. © Copyright owned by the author(s) under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)}},
author = {{Di Piano, A. and Carlile, C. and Dravins, D. and Živec, M. and Zmija, A.}},
booktitle = {{Proceedings of Science}},
keywords = {{Cosmic rays; Cosmology; Gamma rays; Germanium alloys; Germanium compounds; Gravity waves; Telescopes; Tellurium compounds; Cherenkov Telescope; Cherenkov telescope arrays; Detection methods; Exposure-time; Ground based observatories; On-line softwares; Scientific data; Software-systems; Very-high-energy gamma-ray astronomies; Wide energy range; Observatories}},
language = {{eng}},
title = {{Detection methods for the Cherenkov Telescope Array at very-short exposure times}},
url = {{https://pos.sissa.it/395/694/pdf}},
volume = {{395}},
year = {{2022}},
}