@article{56c953667d1c41bc864289d81f7b2d08,
title = "Monte Carlo studies for the optimisation of the Cherenkov Telescope Array layout",
abstract = "The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the major next-generation observatory for ground-based very-high-energy gamma-ray astronomy. It will improve the sensitivity of current ground-based instruments by a factor of five to twenty, depending on the energy, greatly improving both their angular and energy resolutions over four decades in energy (from 20 GeV to 300 TeV). This achievement will be possible by using tens of imaging Cherenkov telescopes of three successive sizes. They will be arranged into two arrays, one per hemisphere, located on the La Palma island (Spain) and in Paranal (Chile). We present here the optimised and final telescope arrays for both CTA sites, as well as their foreseen performance, resulting from the analysis of three different large-scale Monte Carlo productions.",
keywords = "Monte Carlo simulations, Cherenkov telescopes, IACT technique, Gamma rays, Cosmic rays",
author = "\{Cherenkov Telescope Array - CTA\} and A. Acharyya and I. Agudo and Ang{\"u}ner, \{E. O.\} and R. Alfaro and J. Alfaro and C. Alispach and R. Aloisio and \{Alves Batista\}, R. and J.-P. Amans and L. Amati and E. Amato and G. Ambrosi and Antonelli, \{L. A.\} and C. Aramo and T. Armstrong and F. Arqueros and L. Arrabito and K. Asano and H. Ashkar and C. Balazs and M. Balbo and B. Balmaverde and P. Barai and A. Barbano and M. Barkov and \{Barres de Almeida\}, U. and Barrio, \{J. A.\} and D. Bastieri and \{Becerra Gonz{\'a}lez\}, J. and \{Becker Tjus\}, J. and L. Bellizzi and W. Benbow and E. Bernardini and Bernardos, \{M. I.\} and K. Bernl{\"o}hr and M. Burton and O. Catalano and A. Chen and A. Costa and M. Fiori and M. Heller and M. H{\"u}tten and B. Koch and M. Krause and M. Meyer and H. Sol and M. Vecchi and J. Vink and Williams, \{D. A.\} and L. Yang",
year = "2019",
month = sep,
doi = "10.1016/j.astropartphys.2019.04.001",
language = "English",
volume = "111",
pages = "35--53",
journal = "Astroparticle Physics",
issn = "0927-6505",
publisher = "Elsevier",
}