https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201919702010
Atmospheric monitoring using the Cherenkov Transparency Coefficient for the Cherenkov Telescope Array
Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University,
V Holesovickach 2,
180 00
Prague 8,
Czech Republic
* e-mail: stefanik@ipnp.troja.mff.cuni.cz
** Full consortium author list at http://cta-observatory.org
Published online: 15 January 2019
The future ground-based gamma-ray observatory, the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will require reliable monitoring of the atmosphere which is an inherent part of the detector. We discuss here the implementation of the extended method of the Cherenkov Transparency Coeffcient for the atmospheric calibration for the CTA. The method estimates the atmospheric transmission of Cherenkov light, relying on the measurement of the rates of cosmic ray-induced air showers that trigger different pairs of telescopes. We examine the performance of our approach utilizing Monte Carlo simulations assuming various atmospheric conditions and CTA observation configurations.
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