Speaker
Jamie Holder
(University of Delaware)
Description
With broader energy coverage, better angular and energy resolution, and an order of magnitude improvement in sensitivity with respect to existing instruments, the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will revolutionize the study of the Universe at the highest energies. Here we summarize some of the scientific goals of the Observatory, with a focus on the core programme of Key Science Projects proposed by the CTA Consortium. These range from studies of individual objects with unprecedented detail to surveys covering large fractions of the Galactic and extragalactic sky, and address questions including the nature of dark matter, and the mechanisms and impact of relativistic particle acceleration in the Universe.
Primary author
Jamie Holder
(University of Delaware)
