Speaker
A. Nepomuk Otte
Description
The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be a new observatory to study
very-high-energy gamma-ray sources. It is designed to achieve an order of
magnitude improvement in sensitivity in the 20 GeV to 300 TeV energy band
compared to currently operating instruments: VERITAS, MAGIC, and H.E.S.S. CTA
will probe known sources with unprecedented sensitivity, angular resolution, and
spectral coverage, while also detecting hundreds of new sources. This
presentation describes the science drivers for CTA and the status of the
project with an emphasis on the planned US contribution.
