12–23 Jul 2021
Online
Europe/Berlin timezone

Physics Performance of the Large Size Telescope prototype of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

16 Jul 2021, 18:00
1h 30m
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Talk GAI | Gamma Ray Indirect Discussion

Speaker

Ruben Lopez-Coto (INFN Padova)

Description

The Large Size Telescope (LST) prototype of the future Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is located at the Northern site of CTA, on the Canary Island of La Palma. It is designed to provide optimal performance in the lowest part of the energy range covered by CTA, observing gamma rays down to energies of tens of GeV. The LST prototype started performing astronomical observations in November 2019 during the commissioning of the telescope and it has been taking data since then. In this contribution, we will present the tuning of the characteristics of the telescope in the Monte Carlo (MC) simulations to describe the data obtained, the estimation of its angular and energy resolution, and an evaluation of its sensitivity, both with simulations and with observations of the Crab Nebula.

Subcategory Experimental Results
Collaboration CTA

Primary author

Ruben Lopez-Coto (INFN Padova)

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