Scientific Motivation

Scientific Motivation

• Scientific Motivation

Project status

• Project status

Plans for construction and operation

• Plans for construction and operation

CTA Spain structure and contribution

• CTA Spain structure and contribution

Proposal for

• Proposal for

• CTA-North at Spain

Backup

• Backup

Preparing for CTA

• Preparing for CTA

• Organisation (Governance, Finance, Legal…)
• Construction (Finalise Design/Implementation plans, Site selection/development)
• Operation (Observatory, Data, …)

• Technical work

• Science-based optimisation of the observatory, detailed design work, down-selection of the many hardware options
• Monte-Carlo simulations, data analysis development, physics/astrophysics studies, mechanical and electronic engineering

3 Obs. Izaña, Tenerife:

• 3 Obs. Izaña, Tenerife:

• Ventajas: sitio astronómico consolidado, infraestructura astronómica ya existente, bien caracterizado, cercanía a sede del IAC en La Laguna.

• Desventajas: ?? Falta una cierta caracterización de los sitios concretos 1 & 2.