CTA Chile group

Recent discoveries have revealed a Universe rich in objects producing the highest energy radiation and that the elusive dark matter dominates its matter-content. To try to understand how these immense particle accelerators work, to shed light on the dark matter nature, and explore the unknown, over 1000 scientists and engineers from around the world are working together to build a new observatory: the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA).

 

Two observatories (or arrays) will be built, one placed in each of the Hemispheres, so that the whole sky is covered. Chile will likely be the site for the Southern array, with about 100 telescopes to be deployed. It will open astroparticle physics as a new field for Chilean science.