CTA - Cherenkov Telescope Array

Elisabete de Gouveia Dal Pino (IAG/USP)

(on behalf of the CTA Collaboration)

 

Gamma-ray astronomy has a huge potential in astrophysics, particle physics and cosmology. CTA is an international initiative to build the next generation ground-based gamma-ray observatory  which will have  a factor of 5-10 improvement in sensitivity in the 100 GeV-10 TeV range and an extension to energies well below 100 GeV and above 100 TeV. It will consist of two arrays (one in the North, another in the South) for full sky coverage and will be operated as open observatory. It will provide a deep insight into the non-thermal high-energy Universe. In this talk I will briefly present the major design concepts of CTA as well as its vast science case.