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[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_post_title title=”off” meta=”off” module_class=”ieec-img-container” _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” border_width_top=”10px” border_color_top=”#406fda” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text module_class=”ieec-img-footer” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”||||||||” text_font_size=”15px” text_line_height=”1.1em” background_color=”rgba(64,111,218,0.15)” custom_margin=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding=”30px|20px|30px|20px|true|true” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
The four Large-Sized Telescopes (LST) on La Palma, in a picture from March 2026. CTAO<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” link_font=”|700|||on||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n On 15 October 2026, the LST Collaboration of the <\/span>Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory<\/span><\/a> (CTAO) will celebrate the inauguration of the sub-array of four Large-Sized Telescopes (LSTs) that will operate at the CTAO-North site, located in La Palma, in the Canary Islands. These new infrastructures are driven by the CTAO LST Collaboration, an international consortium responsible for the design, construction, and operation of the observatory’s large telescopes\u2014a state-of-the-art facility intended to boost very high-energy gamma-ray astronomy and explore the most extreme phenomena in the universe.<\/span><\/p>\n The <\/span>Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia<\/span><\/a> (IEEC \u2014 Institut d\u2019Estudis Espacials de Catalunya) participates in the development of the CTAO and in the design of the Large-Sized Telescopes. <\/span>Four of its researchers\u2014Josep Maria Paredes, Marc Rib\u00f3, David Gasc\u00f3n and Pol Bordas\u2014all of them from the <\/span>Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona<\/span><\/a> (ICCUB), have been involved in documenting the process, from the initial design phase to technological deve<\/span>lopment and the scientific goals of the project. IEEC researchers at the <\/span>Institute of Space Sciences<\/span><\/a> (ICE-CSIC) and the <\/span>Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona<\/span><\/a> (UAB) are also participa<\/span>ting in the CTAO.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” link_font=”|700|||on||||” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The inauguration of the four telescopes marks a key milestone for the development of the CTAO observatory, as it signifies the completion of the construction of all LSTs planned for this site. The first of them, the LST-1, was inaugurated in 2018 and has since been undergoing commissioning under the responsibility of the LST Collaboration. Three new LSTs now join it, which will eventually be accompanied by the Medium-Sized Telescopes (MSTs).<\/span><\/p>\n However, the w<\/span>ork does not end with this milestone. The LSTs must undergo a thorough commissioning phase by the LST Collaboration before being formally accepted by the CTAO Central Organisation (CTAO ERIC) and begenning operations and the exploitation of so-called “early science”. LST-1 is expected to be the first to be accepted during 2027, bringing closer the start of the Observatory\u2019s major scientific output. The design and construction of these telescopes have been carried out by the LST Collaboration, acting as an in-kind contributor to CTAO ERIC and complying with stri<\/span>ct technical requirements.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text module_class=”section-title” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” header_2_font=”|700|||||||” header_2_font_size=”25px” header_2_font_size_tablet=”23px” header_2_font_size_phone=”23px” header_2_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” link_font=”|700|||on||||” hover_enabled=”0″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Spain plays a strategic and fundamental role in the CTAO. Together with Japan,<\/span> it is the country contributing the most to the development of the LSTs, <\/b>accounting for <\/b>32% of the project<\/b>. T<\/span>his, together with its role as host country of CTAO-North,<\/span> gives the Spanish scientific community privileged access to observation time at these facilities, generating an important hub for attracting talent and scientific production in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n Under the name CTAO-Spain, the group of institutions dedicated to hardware, software, and science development activities for the observatory are brought together. These groups, distributed across Andalusia, the Canary Islands, Catalonia, and Madrid, include (in alphabetical order):<\/span><\/p>\n In addition to this scientific-technological contribution from the aforementioned entities within the LST Collaboration, industry plays a critical part. <\/span>Spanish companies have manufactured essential components of the telescopes<\/b>, such as drive systems, camera mechanics, and infrastructure.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text module_class=”section-title” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” header_2_font=”|700|||||||” header_2_font_size=”25px” hover_enabled=”0″ header_2_font_size_tablet=”23px” header_2_font_size_phone=”23px” header_2_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” link_font=”|700|||on||||” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Josep Maria Paredes (ICCUB-IEEC) traces the origins of the CTAO project back more than twenty years. The initial need was<\/span> to overcome the sensitivity limitations present in previous instruments<\/b>, such as the H.E.S.S., <\/span>MAGIC<\/span><\/a>, and VERITAS Cherenkov telescopes, as well as the earlier HEGRA.<\/span><\/p>\n Paredes explains: \u201cThe scientific and technological expertise acquired by Spanish groups during their participation in these previous collaborations served as the foundation for their current technical contribution to the CTAO and, specifically, to the LST project.\u201d He also points out that \u201chosting CTAO-North in the Canary Islands guarantees the Spanish scientific community a 10% share of guaranteed observation time, a factor that will enable the execution of local projects and act as a driver for new generations of researchers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_divider color=”#406fda” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Cairo|700|||||||” text_text_color=”#406fda” text_font_size=”20px” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Discover the CTAO<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_video src=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aOiNkuIevp4″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_video][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding=”5px|||||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” link_font=”|700|||on||||” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Marc Rib\u00f3 (ICCUB-IEEC) took part in the first CTAO science-case meeting in 2006 and has formally led ICCUB’s contribution to the CTAO since 2010. CTAO represents a paradigm shift because, unlike previous instruments operating in the same energy range, it will function as an <\/span>observatory open to the scientific community<\/b>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Rib\u00f3 explains: \u201cPrevious Cherenkov telescopes have been used within the framework of large international collaborations that operated in a relatively closed manner with respect to the wider scientific community. The large number of scientific cases that CTAO will enable, as well as the major financial investment required, have led CTAO to be conceived as an observatory open to the international scientific community. While some observations of strategic scientific targets will be carried out by the CTAO Consortium, there will also be numerous projects led by independent teams that will likely address scientific questions not previously explored.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text module_class=”section-title” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” header_2_font=”|700|||||||” header_2_font_size=”25px” header_2_font_size_tablet=”23px” header_2_font_size_phone=”23px” header_2_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” link_font=”|700|||on||||” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n David Gasc\u00f3n, director of the <\/span>Technology Unit at ICCUB<\/span><\/a> and member of the IEEC, has worked in the engineering area of the LST since 2008. His work, along with that of his team, has focused on designing specific components for the telescope cameras, including three integrated circuits developed to measure high-speed photon signals.<\/span><\/p>\n In collaboration with other Spanish institutions, the team participated in developing the trigger system. This electronic system operates in real time, analysing millions of images per second to filter out background noise or spurious information (such as ambient light or light from other stars) and search for patterns corresponding to gamma rays. As Gasc\u00f3n explains, these electronics are what allow signals of interest to be isolated and identified in fractions of a nanosecond<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text module_class=”section-title” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” header_2_font=”|700|||||||” header_2_font_size=”25px” header_2_font_size_tablet=”23px” header_2_font_size_phone=”23px” header_2_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” link_font=”|700|||on||||” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Researcher Po<\/span>l Bordas (ICCUB-IEEC) who has co-led the scientific programme of LST-1 over the last two years, explains how these telescopes operate. Bordas describes how the LSTs use the Earth’s atmosphere a<\/span>s part of the detector: when high-energy photons hit the atmosphere, they generate particle cascades that produce Cherenkov light\u2014a very fast, bluish light captured by telescopes on the ground.<\/span><\/p>\n The LSTs, equipped with <\/span>23-metre-diameter mirrors<\/b>, are designed to capture these emissions at the Observatory’s lowest energy range. This capability will be dedicated to studying transient phenomena, defined as fast and not necessarily periodic events. Among the study targets mentioned by the researcher are: <\/span>gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), fast radio bursts (FRBs), an<\/span>d the potential electromagnetic gamma-ray counterpart associated with gravitational waves.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe future operational start of the LSTs as part of the CTAO will serve both to confirm current physical predictions and to potentially detect new astrophysical events undocumented to date,\u201d Bordas concludes.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”30px||||false|false” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_divider color=”#406fda” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text admin_label=”M\u00e9s informaci\u00f3” module_class=”ieec-sub-title” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Cairo|700|||||||” text_text_color=”#406fda” text_font_size=”20px” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n About the CTAO<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”ieec-sub-text” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”1.1em” link_font=”|700|||on||||” custom_margin=”20px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The CTAO (<\/span>Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory<\/span><\/a>) will be the world’s largest and most powerful gamma-ray astronomy observatory. The CTAO’s unprecedented precision and wide energy range (20 GeV \u2013 300 TeV) will help answer some of the most exciting questions in astrophysics, divided into three broad thematic areas: understanding the origin and role of relativistic cosmic particles; probing extreme environments, such as black holes and neutron stars; and exploring the frontiers of physics in search of dark matter or deviations from Einstein’s theory of relativity. Furthermore, the CTAO will play a key role in multi-messenger and multi-wavelength astronomy in the coming decades thanks to its enhanced performance, providing crucial insights into gamma rays in the most extreme scenarios.<\/span><\/p>\n To cover its broad energy range, the CTAO will use three types of telescopes: Large-Sized Telescopes (LSTs), Medium-Sized Telescopes (MSTs), and Small-Sized Telescopes (SSTs). More than 60 telescopes will be distributed between two sites (array sites): CTAO-North, in the Northern Hemisphere, located at the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos of the Instituto de Astrof\u00edsica de Canarias (IAC) in La Palma (Spain); and CTAO-South, in the Southern Hemisphere, at the Paranal Observatory of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in the Atacama Desert (Chile). The CTAO Headquarters is hosted by the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF) in Bologna (Italy), and the Science Data Management Centre (SDMC) is based on the campus of the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) in Zeuthen (Germany).<\/span><\/p>\n The CTAO is a Big Data project. The Observatory will generate hundreds of petabytes (PB) of data per year (approximately 12 PB after compression). Committed to Open Science, the CTAO will be the first ground-based gamma-ray observatory to operate as an open, proposal-driven observatory, providing public access to its high-level science data and software products.<\/span><\/p>\n The CTAO Central Organisation (legally, CTAO ERIC) is responsible for the construction and operation of the Observatory. It manages the four CTAO sites: the Headquarters in Bologna (Italy), the SDMC in Zeuthen (Germany), and the two telescope arrays in La Palma (Spain) and the Atacama Desert (Chile).<\/span><\/p>\n The Central Organisation works in close cooperation with partner groups around the world to develop the Observatory. Key partners include the In-Kind Contribution (IKC) Collaborations, which are developing essential hardware and software, as well as the CTAO Consortium, an international group of researchers working on the scientific exploitation of the Observatory. Among the IKCs is the CTAO LST Collaboration, responsible for developing the LSTs.<\/span><\/p>\n The members of CTAO ERIC are Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, and the European Southern Observatory (ESO). The Netherlands is also part of CTAO ERIC as an Observer. Other countries\u2014Australia, Brazil, Japan, South Africa, and the USA\u2014are involved in the process of joining CTAO ERIC as Strategic Partners or Third Parties.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”1px|auto||auto|false|false” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”M\u00e9s informaci\u00f3” module_class=”ieec-sub-title” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Cairo|700|||||||” text_text_color=”#406fda” text_font_size=”20px” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n About the LSTs<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”ieec-sub-text” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”1.1em” link_font=”|700|||on||||” custom_margin=”20px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The Large-Sized Telescopes (LSTs) are one of three telescope types that the CTAO will use to cover its broad energy range, from 20 GeV to 300 TeV. When gamma rays interact with the Earth’s atmosphere, they generate particle cascades that produce Cherenkov light. Because lower-energy gamma rays create very small amounts of Cherenkov light, telescopes with large light-collection areas are required to detect it. The LST, with its 23-metre-diameter reflector, will provide the CTAO’s unique sensitivity in the low-energy range (between 20 and 150 GeV).<\/span><\/p>\n Despite standing 45 metres tall and weighing 100 tonnes, each LST can reposition to point at any target in the sky in under 20 seconds. Both this rapid repositioning and the low energy threshold of the LSTs are critical for CTAO’s studies of galactic transients, high-redshift active galactic nuclei, and gamma-ray bursts.<\/span><\/p>\n The CTAO LST Collaboration is responsible for designing and building these telescopes. It consists of over 500 scientists and engineers from 25 institutions across 11 countries: Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Poland, Spain, and Switzerland.<\/span><\/p>\n The LST Collaboration is advancing rapidly at the CTAO-North site in La Palma, Spain. In 2018, the LST prototype, LST-1, was inaugurated and has been undergoing commissioning since. 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Project timeline and ICCUB \/ IEEC participation<\/h2>\n
Technological development: electronics and trigger system<\/h2>\n
Scientific objectives: the study of transient events<\/h2>\n
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IEEC Communication Office<\/h4>\n
E-mail: comunicacio@ieec.cat<\/a><\/p>\nLead Researcher at the IEEC<\/h4>\n
Marc Rib\u00f3<\/h4>\n
Institute of Cosmos Sciences (ICCUB)
E-mail: mribo@ieec.cat,<\/a> mribo@icc.ub.edu<\/a><\/p>\nPol Bordas<\/h4>\n
Institute of Cosmos Sciences (ICCUB)
E-mail: pbordas@ieec.cat,<\/a> pbordas@icc.ub.edu<\/a><\/p>\nAbout the IEEC<\/h2>\n