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    The Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) is a multinational project to build a new generation of ground-based gamma-ray instruments in the energy...
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    Gamma Imaging Cherenkov Telescopes (MAGIC), First G-APD Cherenkov Telescope (FACT), and Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS)...
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  • The Cherenkov Array at Themis (CAT) was an imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope (IACT) for detection of very-high-energy gamma rays (~200 GeV to a few...
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    under construction nearby: the southern part of the Cherenkov Telescope Array gamma-ray telescope (not owned by ESO) will be sited in the grounds 10 km...
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    March 2003 Picture of the Nordic Optical Telescope (NOT) Large-Sized Telescope of the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) 360 degrees panorama...
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  • radiation Cherenkov Telescope Array, a multinational worldwide project High Altitude Water Cherenkov Experiment Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Technique...
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    E.S.S. and VERITAS with the next-generation gamma-ray telescope, the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), currently under construction. HAWC and LHAASO are...
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    observations in previously inaccessible regions. The ground-based Cherenkov Telescope Array project, a next-generation gamma ray observatory which will incorporate...
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    interferometer or telescope array is a set of separate telescopes, mirror segments, or radio telescope antennas that work together as a single telescope to provide...
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    Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO). In addition, the Cherenkov Telescope Array is planned for construction starting in 2021. In December 2021...
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    The Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array (AMANDA) was a neutrino telescope that was located beneath the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station. In 2005...
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    IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole and the worldwide Cherenkov Telescope Array. DESY operates in two locations. The primary location is in the...
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    HEGRA (category Gamma-ray telescopes)
    which stands for High-Energy-Gamma-Ray Astronomy, was an atmospheric Cherenkov telescope for Gamma-ray astronomy. With its various types of detectors, HEGRA...
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    robotic telescopes at observatories observing cosmic ray (Pierre Auger Observatory, Cherenkov Telescope Array). Astronomy portal List of telescope types...
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    activity in the array of photomultiplier tubes. As neutrinos can interact with atomic nuclei to produce charged leptons which emit Cherenkov radiation, this...
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    of these telescopes are: Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) Major Atmospheric Gamma Imaging Cherenkov Telescopes (MAGIC)...
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    Segmented mirror (category Optical telescope components)
    spikes List of largest optical reflecting telescopes Cherenkov Telescope Array W. Patrick McCray - Giant telescopes - Page 107 Bonoli, F. "Guido Horn d'Arturo...
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  • component of Cherenkov radiation reaching the ground that can be recorded by imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes). An air shower array is a distributed...
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    Cherenkov Telescope Array, GT-48 in Crimea, MAGIC on La Palma, High Energy Stereoscopic System (HESS) in Namibia VERITAS and Chicago Air Shower Array...
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    Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) is a system of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) for the investigation of cosmic gamma rays in the photon...
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  • governing the cosmos. Future cosmic ray observatories, such as the Cherenkov Telescope Array, will use advanced techniques to detect gamma rays produced by...
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  • Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory (category Gamma-ray telescopes)
    High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory, the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO), and the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). The SWGO...
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  • Charge transfer amplifier Cherenkov Telescope Array, a project to build a system of very high energy gamma ray telescopes. The medical jargon "Clear...
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    Scintillation detectors Solid state detectors Compton scattering Pair telescopes Air Cherenkov detectors For example, while a visible light photon may have an...
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    the ESO's Extremely Large Telescope (currently under construction), and the Cherenkov Telescope Array gamma-ray telescope (also under construction, hosted...
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    optical aberrations. VERITAS consists of an array of imaging telescopes deployed to view atmospheric Cherenkov showers from multiple locations to give the...
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    A solar telescope or a solar observatory is a special-purpose telescope used to observe the Sun. Solar telescopes usually detect light with wavelengths...
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  • projects including the Low-Frequency ARay (LOFAR), Cherenkov Telescope Array and Event Horizon Telescope, which produced the first image of a black hole...
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  • Observatory, VERITAS, Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET), and Cherenkov Telescope Array collaborations. She is Helen Goodhart Altschul Professor...
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  • of the Cherenkov Telescope Array, a ground-based Cherenkov-radiation-based gamma-ray telescope normally intended to observe atmospheric Cherenkov-radiation...
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