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First observations of the TeV gamma-ray sky with the NectarCAM camera for the CTA observatory


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Organisation

The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) is a key player in research, development and innovation in four main areas :
• defence and security,
• nuclear energy (fission and fusion),
• technological research for industry,
• fundamental research in the physical sciences and life sciences.

Drawing on its widely acknowledged expertise, and thanks to its 16000 technicians, engineers, researchers and staff, the CEA actively participates in collaborative projects with a large number of academic and industrial partners.

The CEA is established in ten centers spread throughout France
  

Reference

SL-DRF-24-0435  

Direction

DRF

Thesis topic details

Category

Corpuscular physics and outer space

Thesis topics

First observations of the TeV gamma-ray sky with the NectarCAM camera for the CTA observatory

Contract

Thèse

Job description

Very high energy gamma-ray astronomy is a relatively young part of astronomy (30 years), looking at the sky above 50 GeV. After the success of the H.E.S.S. array in the 2000s, an international observatory, the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), should start operating by 2025. This observatory will include a total of 50 telescopes, distributed on two sites. IRFU is involved in the construction of the NectarCAM, a camera intended to equip the 'medium' telescopes (MST) of CTA. The first NectarCAM (of the nine planned) is being integrated at IRFU and will be installed on the North site of CTA in 2025. Once the camera is installed, the first astronomical observations will take place, allowing to fully validate the functioning of the camera. The thesis aims at finalizing the darkroom tests at IRFU, preparing the installation and validating the operation of the camera on the CTA site with the first astronomical observations. It is also planned for the student to participate in H.E.S.S. data analysis on astroparticle topics (search for primordial black holes, constraints on Lorentz Invariance using distant AGN).

University / doctoral school

PHENIICS (PHENIICS)
Paris-Saclay

Thesis topic location

Site

Saclay

Requester

Position start date

01/10/2024

Person to be contacted by the applicant

BRUN Francois francois.brun@cea.fr
CEA
DRF/IRFU
DRF/IRFU/DPHP, Bat 141
CEA-Saclay
F91191 Gif-sur-Yvette

Tutor / Responsible thesis director

Glicenstein Jean-François glicens@cea.fr
CEA
DRF/IRFU/DPHP/HESS 2
DRF/IRFU/DPHP, Bat 141
CEA-Saclay
F91191 Gif-sur-Yvette
0169089814

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