Monte carlo design studies for the cherenkov telescope array

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 43, Issue , 2013, Pages 171-188

  Bernlohr, K ^a,b   Barnacka, A ^c   Becherini, Y ^d,e   Blanch Bigas, O ^f   Carmona, E ^g,h   Colin, P ^i,j   Decerprit, G ^k   Di Pierro, F ^l   Dubois, F ^m,n   Farnier, C ^o   Funk, S ^a   Hermann, G ^p   Hinton, J A ^q   Humensky, T B ^d   Khelifi, B ^a   Kihm, T ^r   Komin, N ^s   Lenain, J P ^t   Maier, G ⁱ   Mazin, D ^f,g   Medina, M C ^u   Moralejo, A ^f   Nolan, S J ^v   Ohm, S ^p,w   De Ona Wilhelmi, E ^a   Parsons, R D ^a,w   Paz Arribas, M ^b,i   Pedaletti, G ^x   Pita, S ^e   Prokoph, H ⁱ   Rulten, C B ^w   Schwanke, U ^b   Shayduk, M ⁱ   Stamatescu, V ^f   Vallania, P ^k   Vorobiov, S ^i,y   Wischnewski, R ⁱ   Yoshikoshi, T ^z   Zech, A ^t   more..

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NICOLAUS COPERNICUS ASTRONOMICAL CENTER   (Poland)

^d LABORATOIRE LEPRINCE RINGUET   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^f BARCELONA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Spain)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^h CIEMAT   (Spain)

ⁱ DESY   (Germany)

^j ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^k INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^m STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁿ OSKAR KLEIN CENTRE   (Sweden)

^o STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^q Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^s UNIVERSITÄT HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^t UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^u CEA SACLAY   (France)

^v DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^w UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^x UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^y UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER II   (France)

^z UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

more..

Author keywords

Cherenkov telescopes; Cosmic rays; Gamma rays; IACT technique; Monte Carlo simulations

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COST ESTIMATING; COSTS; GAMMA RAYS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; TELESCOPES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CHERENKOV TELESCOPE; CHERENKOV TELESCOPE ARRAYS; CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS; COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS; GAMMA-RAY ASTRONOMY; IACT TECHNIQUE; ITERATIVE APPROACH; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 84879850617     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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