AIRUB Seminar - First Science Results from CTA LST-1 Telescope and status of LST2-4 (5/8)

by Daniel Mazin

Wednesday 7 Jun 2023, 10:15 → 11:15 Europe/Berlin

GAFO 03/252 (Ruhr University Bochum)

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The prototype Large-Sized Telescope (LST-1) of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

(CTA) was inaugurated on La Palma, Canary Islands, in 2018. Since then the

telescope is in the commissioning phase and takes regular gamma-ray data on astrophysical

sources while waiting for other CTA telescopes in La Palma to be constructed.

In this colloquium I present the status of the commissioning, lessons learned, the

telescope performance, and scientific highlights achieved in the last couple of

years. The science results include the detection of active galactic nuclei flares,

studies of pulsar wind nebulae and pulsars, the detection of a Nova, and searches for gamma-ray

emission from gamma-ray bursts. I will also present the status of the

construction of the three further LST telescopes (LST-2-4) in La Palma and plans for their commissioning.