The transients handler system for the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory

Kathrin Egberts; Clemens Hoischen; Constantin Steppa; Matthias Füssling; Dominik Neise; Emma de Ona Wilhelmi; Igor Oya

doi:10.1117/12.2629372

25 August 2022 The transients handler system for the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory

Kathrin Egberts, Clemens Hoischen, Constantin Steppa, Matthias Füssling, Dominik Neise, Emma de Ona Wilhelmi, Igor Oya

Proceedings Volume 12186, Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems IX; 121860L (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629372
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2022, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Abstract

The Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) will be the largest and most advanced ground-based facility for γ-ray astronomy. Several dozens of telescopes will be operated at both the Northern and Southern Hemisphere. With the advent of multi-messenger astronomy, many new large science infrastructures will start science operations and target-of-opportunity observations will play an important role in the operation of the CTAO. The Array Control and Data Acquisition (ACADA) system deployed on each CTAO site will feature a dedicated sub-system to manage external and internal scientific alerts: the Transients Handler. It will receive, validate, and process science alerts in order to determine if target-of-opportunity observations can be triggered or need to be updated. Various tasks defined by proposal-based configurations are processed by the Transients Handler. These tasks include, among others, the evaluation of observability of targets and their correlation with known sources or objects. This contribution will discuss the concepts and design of the Transients Handler and its integration in the ACADA system.

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Kathrin Egberts, Clemens Hoischen, Constantin Steppa, Matthias Füssling, Dominik Neise, Emma de Ona Wilhelmi, and Igor Oya "The transients handler system for the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory", Proc. SPIE 12186, Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems IX, 121860L (25 August 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629372

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