Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes

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IACTs Complement HAWC

• HAWC scans the sky

• IACTs (like CTA) point at a source

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Gamma Ray

Bursts

Pulsar Wind Nebulae

Massive Star Collapse (Artist)

Crab Nebula (Hubble)

Active Galaxies

M87 (Hubble)

Current Generation of IACTs

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H.E.S.S.

MAGIC

VERITAS

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A New Telescope Design

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Davies-Cotton Schwarzschild-Couder

CTA is International

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Summary

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•The Cherenkov Telescope Array is the next generation Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescope •Prototype coming soon to a desert near you!