CTA: CTA - the Cherenkov Telescope Array / Network project 05A2017 - sub-project 7
At a glance
Project duration
07/2017
– 06/2020
Funded by
Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space
Project description
• Development of methods and software for calibration (mirror alignment, telescope pointing) for the 12 m telescopes (MSTs, medium-sized telescopes).
• Further development of a software (ctools) for combined analysis of CTA data and data from observations at other wavelengths.
• Practical test of software technologies which improve the efficiency of data acquisition with Cherenkov telescopes by automatic error recognition and correction.
Topics
Principal investigator
- Person
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Thomas Lohse
- Department of Physics
- Experimental Physics / Elementary Particles Physics I