Realization of the preparatory phase of the "Cherenkov Telescope Array" project by the Polish CTA Consortium

2011/01/M/ST9/01891

Keywords

Descriptors

  • ST9_11: Astrofizyka wysokich energii - promieniowanie rentgenowskie i gamma, promienie kosmiczne, neutrina
  • ST9_13: Ciemna materia, ciemna energia
  • ST9_15: Kosmologia

Panel

ST9 – Astronomy and space science: astrophysics, astrochemistry, astrobiology, solar system, planetary systems, stellar, galactic and extragalactic astronomy, space science, instrumentation

Host institution

Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Wydział Fizyki, Astronomii i Informatyki Stosowanej UJ

Voivodeship: małopolskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution)

prof. Michał Aleksander Ostrowski

Number of co-investigators in the project: 53

Call

HARMONIA 1 – announced on 2011-03-15

Amount awarded
3 005 250 PLN
Project start date
2011-12-07
Project end date
2014-12-06
Project duration
36 months (the same as in the proposal)
Project status
Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. 0.
  2. Kamera.
  3. Komputery Fujitsu E720. Cost: 7 986 PLN
  4. Zestaw komputerowy. Cost: 3 154 PLN
  5. komputer przenosny (18 pcs). Cost: 7 424 PLN
  6. oprogramowanie.
  7. tablet.
  8. terminal wideokonferencyjny. Cost: 10 000 PLN

Information in the final report

Publication in academic press/journals (7)

  1. Monte Carlo simulations of alternative sky observation modes with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

    Authors:
    M.Szanecki, D.Sobczyńska, A. Niedźwiecki, W. Bednarek
    Academic press:
    Astroparticle Physics Journal (year: 2015, volume: 1, pages: 14 pages, 18 figures, two-column,), Publisher: Astrophysics
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    link to the publication
  2. Influence of clouds on the parameters of images measured by IACT at very high energies ,

    Authors:
    D. Sobczyńska, W. Bednarek
    Academic press:
    Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics (year: 2014, volume: 41, pages: 125201), Publisher: Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    link to the publication
  3. High energy γ-ray emission from compact galactic sources in the context of observations with the next generation Cherenkov Telescope Arrays

    Authors:
    W. Bednarek
    Academic press:
    Astroparticle Physics (year: 2013, volume: 43 (2013), pages: 81 – 102), Publisher: Astroparticle Physics
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    link to the publication
  4. Influence of the Geomagnetic Field on the IACT detection technique for possible sites of CTA observations

    Authors:
    , M. Szanecki, K. Bernlöhr, D.Sobczyńska, A. Niedźwiecki, J. Sitarek, W. Bednarek,
    Academic press:
    Astroparticle Physics (year: 2013, volume: 45, pages: 1 – 12), Publisher: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    link to the publication
  5. The Cherenkov Telescope Array potential for the study of young supernova remnants

    Authors:
    Acharya, B. S., et al. (CTA Consortium),
    Academic press:
    Astropart. Phys (year: 2015, volume: 1, pages: 62, 152), Publisher: Astropart. Phys
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.astropartphys.2014.08.005 – link to the publication
  6. Instrumentation for comparing night sky quality and atmospheric conditions of CTA site candidates

    Authors:
    Christian Fruck, Markus Gaug, Jean-Pierre Ernenwein, Dušan Mandát, Thomas Schweizer, Dennis Häfner, Tomasz Bulik, Marek Cieslar, Heide Costantini, Michal Dominik, Jan Ebr, Markus Garczarczyk, Eckart Lorentz, Giovanni Pareschi, Miroslav Pech, Irene Puerto-Giménez, Masahiro Teshima
    Academic press:
    Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM); High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE); Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det) (year: 2015, volume: 30 figures, pages: 32 pages, 30 figures), Publisher: Astroparticle Physics
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    link to the publication
  7. High-energy emission from the nebula around the Black Widow binary system containing millisecond pulsar B1957+20

    Authors:
    W.Bednarek, J.Sitarek
    Academic press:
    Astronomy and Astrophysics (year: 2013, volume: 550, pages: 7 pp.), Publisher: EDP SCIENCES
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1051/0004-6361/201220711 – link to the publication

Articles in post-conference publications (9)

  1. Pulsars at Very High Energies: prospects for CTA

    Authors:
    R. de los Reyes, B. Rudak
    Conference:
    Invited talk at Electromagnetic Radiation from Pulsars and Magnetars -wykład (year: 2012, pages: 267), Publisher: materiały konferencyjne, wewnętrzna publikacja, ASP Conference Series
    Date:
    conference 24-27.04.2012
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    link to the publication
  2. Single-Mirror Small-Size Telescope structure for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

    Authors:
    Jacek Niemiec, Jerzy Michałowski, Michał Dyrda, Wojciech Kochański, Jaromir Ludwin, Marek Stodulski, Paweł Ziółkowski, Paweł Żychowski for the CTA Consortium
    Conference:
    Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, 33rd International Cosmic-Ray Conference (year: 2013, pages: nie podano), Publisher: Astrophysics > Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
    Date:
    conference Rio de Janeiro, Brazylia, 2-9 lipiec 2013
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    link to the publication
  3. 4 m Davies-Cotton telescope for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

    Authors:
    R. Moderski (…), M. Karczewski, Ł. Płatos, K. Seweryn, Ł. Wiśniewski, (oraz ponad 1000 innych autorów z 27 krajów)
    Conference:
    33rd International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2013), International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) (year: 2013, pages: 4), Publisher: International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP)
    Date:
    conference 2-9.07.2013, Rio de Janeiro, Brazylia
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    link to the publication
  4. Open-structure composite mirrors for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

    Authors:
    Michal Dyrda, Jerzy Michalowski, Jacek Niemiec, Marek Stodulski
    Conference:
    In Proceedings of the 33rd International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2013), Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) (year: 2013, pages: nie podano), Publisher: Astrophysics > Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
    Date:
    conference 2-9 July, 2013, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    link to the publication
  5. The Cherenkov Telescope Array single-mirror small size telescope project: status and prospects

    Authors:
    J. A. Aguilar ; W. Bilnik ; L. Bogacz ; T. Bulik ; A. Christov ; D. della Volpe ; M. Dyrda ; A. Frankowski ; M. Grudzińska ; J. Grygorczuk ; M. Heller ; B. Idźkowski ; M. Janiak ; M. Jamrozy ; M. Karczewski ; J. Kasperek ; E. Lyard ; A. Marszalek ; J. Michalowski ; M. Rameez ; R. Moderski ; T. Montaruli ; A. Neronov ; J. Nicolau-Kukliński ; J. Niemiec ; M. Ostrowski ; P. Paśko ; Ł. Płatos ; E. Prandini ; J. Rafalski ; P. J. Rajda ; M. Rataj ; M. Rupiński ; K. Rutkowskai ; K. Seweryn ; M. Sidz ; Ł. Stawarz ; M. Stodulska ; M. Stodulski ; M. Tokarz ; S. Toscano ; I. Troyano Pujadas ; R. Walter ; P. Wawer ; R. Wawrzaszek ; L. Wiśniewski ; K. Winiarski ; K. Ziętara ; P. Ziółkowski ; P. Źychowski
    Conference:
    Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes V (year: 2014, pages: 914508), Publisher: Proc. SPIE 9145
    Date:
    conference 41842
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    link to the publication
  6. Performance of the small size telescope sub-array of the Cherenkov Telescope Array observatory

    Authors:
    R. Moderski ; J. A. Aguilar ; W. Bilnik ; L. Bogacz ; T. Bulik ; A. Christov ; D. della Volpe ; M. Dyrda ; A. Frankowski ; M. Grudzińska ; J. Grygorczuk ; M. Heller ; B. Idźkowski ; M. Janiak ; M. Jamrozy ; M. Karczewski ; J. Kasperek ; E. Lyard ; A. Marszałek ; J. Michałowski ; R. Mohamed ; T. Montaruli ; A. Neronov ; J. Nicolau-Kukliński ; J. Niemiec ; M. Ostrowski ; P. Paśko ; Ł. Płatos ; E. Prandini ; R. Pruchniewicz ; J. Rafalski ; P. J. Rajda ; M. Rataj ; M. Rupiński ; K. Rutkowski ; K. Seweryn ; M. Sidz ; L. Stawarz ; M. Stodulska ; M. Stodulski ; M. Tokarz ; S. Toscano ; I. Troyano Pujadas ; R. Walter ; P. Wawer ; R. Wawrzaszek ; L. Wiśniewski ; K. Ziętara ; P. Ziółkowski ; P. Żychowski
    Conference:
    Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes V (year: 2014, pages: 914530), Publisher: Proc. SPIE 9145
    Date:
    conference 41812
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    link to the publication
  7. Performance of the Cherenkov Telescope Array at energies above 10 TeV

    Authors:
    ANNA BARNACKA, LESZEK BOGACZ , MIRA GRUDZINSKA, ADAM FRANKOWSKI , MATEUSZ JANIAK , PIOTR LUBINSKI, RAFAŁ MODERSKI
    Conference:
    33RD INTERNATIONAL COSMIC RAY CONFERENCE, RIO DE JANEIRO 2013 (year: 2013, pages: nie podano), Publisher: ICRC 2013
    Date:
    conference 2-9 lipca
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    link to the publication
  8. Influence of clouds on the parameters of images measured by IACT at very high energies

    Authors:
    D. Sobczyńska, W. Bednarek,
    Conference:
    Atmohead Conference, 2014 (year: 2014, pages: 17 pages, 7 figures,), Publisher: published by EPD Science
    Date:
    conference 2014 Padova
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    link to the publication
  9. DigiCam: fully digital compact camera for SST-1M telescope

    Authors:
    J. A. Aguilar ; W. Bilnik ; L. Bogacz ; T. Bulik ; A. Christov ; D. della Volpe ; M. Dyrda ; A. Frankowski ; M. Grudzinska ; J. Grygorczuk ; M. Heller ; B. Idźkowski ; M. Janiak ; M. Jamrozy ; M. Karczewski ; J. Kasperek ; E. Lyard ; A. Marszałek ; J. Michałowski ; R. Moderski ; T. Montaruli ; A. Neronov ; J. Nicolau-Kukliński ; J. Niemiec ; M. Ostrowski ; P. Paśko ; Ł. Płatos ; E. Prandini ; R. Pruchniewicz ; J. Rafalski ; P. J. Rajda ; M. Rameez ; M. Rataj ; M. Rupiński ; K. Rutkowski ; K. Seweryn ; M. Sidz ; Ł. Stawarz ; M. Stodulska ; M. Stodulski ; M. Tokarz ; S. Toscano ; I. Troyano Pujadas ; R. Walter ; P. Wawer ; R. Wawrzaszek ; L. Wiśniewski ; K. Ziętara ; P. Ziółkowski ; P. Ży
    Conference:
    Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V (year: 2014, pages: 91475F), Publisher: SPIE 9147
    Date:
    conference 41828
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    link to the publication

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