Building on the scientific and technological expertise developed by the Swiss Community on the current generation of ground-based high-energy gamma-ray telescopes, participation to the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) is entering the hottest phase of construction. At this meeting, we will discuss the Swiss contributions and the scientific goals of CTAO.
This meeting is the third edition of the Swiss CTA days. Presentations in the first edition are accessible online:
CTAO will be composed of 2 arrays in La Palma Canarian island and in Chile for a total of more than 60 telescopes. It will be about ten times more sensitive than current instruments and have unprecedented energy coverage and accuracy. CTAO should pursue to become an open-access observatory of interest for the scientific community worldwide
Swiss scientists from the University of Geneva, EPFL, ETH, University of Bern, University of Zürich are members of the Cherenkov Telescope Array Consortium since 2005. The University of Geneva is the leading Institute in Switzerland of the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory gGmbH and the University of Zürich one of the three Institutes which founded the CTAO gGmbH.
The countries participating in CTA are currently in the process of establishing the CTAO European Research Infrastructure Consortium (CTAO ERIC), which will construct, commission and operate CTA for an intended period of more than 20 years.
At the end of a vibrant year of activities in 2022, the premises of which were discussed in the Swiss CTA Day 2022, the status and future activities of the Swiss collaborators on the construction of CTAO will be discussed at the Swiss CTA Day 2022-2023, as well as the scientific activities related to CTAO.
We are pleased to invite you to participate in these discussions.
The Zoom Connection is :
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The location for registration is at the International Space Science Insitute (ISSI, 1st floor) and the meeting is at the World Trade Institute of the University of Bern (ground floor, room Casa Silva), Hallerstrasse 6, 3012 Bern on Dec 13, 2023, starting at 13:30 and the scientific discussion will be held on Dec. 14, 2023.
Meeting Room: Casa Silva
Local Information:
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The social dinner is booked at IL RISTORANTINO (5 minutes walk from ISSI)
