Speaker
Domenico della Volpe
(University of Geneva)
Description
The contribution will present the status of the project and some highlights of the first observational data.
Summary
CTA (Cherenkov Telescope Array) is the next generation ground-based
observatory for gamma-ray astronomy at very high energies. Once
completed, CTA will outperform present-day facilities by an order of
magnitude in sensitivity, and significantly enlarge the accessible energy
range and survey capabilities. Deployed in the CTA north site, on the
island of La Palma (Spain), LST-1 is the prototype for the CTA Large-Sized
Telescopes, which will cover the lower end of the energy range of the array,
down to 20 GeV. LST-1 started astronomical observations in late 2019, and
is currently completing its commissioning phase. We will present the
status of the instrument and an overview of the first physics results.
Primary author
Domenico della Volpe
(University of Geneva)
