TY  - CHAP
AU  - Bühler, Rolf
AU  - Dravins, D.
AU  - Egberts, K.
AU  - Hinton, J. A.
AU  - Parsons, R. D.
TI  - Capabilities beyond Gamma Rays
CY  - Hackensack
PB  - WORLD SCIENTIFIC
M1  - PUBDB-2020-00090
SN  - 9789813270084
T2  - 1712966
SP  - 291-299
PY  - 2019
N1  - Includes bibliographical references
AB  - Although designed as a gamma-ray observatory, CTA is a powerful tool for a range of other astrophysics and astroparticle physics. For example, CTA can make precision studies of charged cosmic rays in the energy range from ∼100 GeV up to PeV energies, and it can be used as an instrument for optical intensity interferometry, to provide unprecedented angular resolution in the optical for bright sources. Below, we briefly summarise these possibilities. Most of the topics we discuss can be explored in parallel with gamma-ray data-taking, without interfering with the major science operations of CTA. Those studies (such as intensity interferometry) which require specific observations can likely make use of bright moonlight time, thus enhancing the CTA science return without negative impact on the key science goals.
KW  - Cherenkov Telescope Array (INSPIRE)
KW  - gamma ray (INSPIRE)
KW  - interferometer (INSPIRE)
KW  - optical (INSPIRE)
KW  - angular resolution (INSPIRE)
KW  - cosmic radiation (INSPIRE)
KW  - lunar (INSPIRE)
KW  - observatory (INSPIRE)
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)7
DO  - DOI:10.1142/9789813270091_0014
UR  - https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/434497
ER  -