Abstract
The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) Observatory must be capable of issuing fast alerts on variable and transient sources to maximize the scientific return. This will be accomplished by means of a Real-Time Analysis (RTA) pipeline, a key system of the CTA observatory. The latency and sensitivity requirements of the alarm system impose a challenge because of the large foreseen data flow rate, between 0.5 and 8 GB/s. As a consequence, substantial efforts toward the optimization of this high-throughput computing service are envisaged, with the additional constraint that the RTA should be performed on-site (as part of the auxiliary infrastructure of the telescopes). In this work, the functional design of the RTA pipeline is presented.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 33rd International Cosmic Rays Conference, ICRC 2013 |
| Publisher | Sociedade Brasileira de Fisica |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9788589064293 |
| State | Published - 2013 |
| Event | 33rd International Cosmic Rays Conference, ICRC 2013 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Duration: Jul 2 2013 → Jul 9 2013 |
Publication series
| Name | Proceedings of the 33rd International Cosmic Rays Conference, ICRC 2013 |
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| Volume | 2013-October |
Other
| Other | 33rd International Cosmic Rays Conference, ICRC 2013 |
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| Country/Territory | Brazil |
| City | Rio de Janeiro |
| Period | 7/2/13 → 7/9/13 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Listed among the priority projects on the roadmaps of several European networks (ESFRI, ASPERA/ApPEC, ASTRONET) and by the US 2010 Decadal Survey, CTA has received funding from the FP7 program. Currently in the preparatory phase (2011-2014), at the time of writing the international CTA consortium counts more than 1000 scientists from 27 countries.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2013 Sociedade Brasileira de Fisica. All Rights Reserved.
Keywords
- Cherenkov telescopes
- Gamma-ray flares
- Real-time analysis
- Science alert system
- VHE gamma-ray astronomy