Transient sources in the high energy (HE, GeV) and very-high energy (VHE, TeV) gamma-ray domain have turned out to be excellent laboratories to test particle acceleration, emission, and absorption processes under extreme conditions, thanks to the multiple discoveries of transient phenomena at GeV and TeV energies reported during the last decade [1]. These transients can have either a Galactic origin (e.g., Novae explosions, flares from Pulsar Wind Nebulae, outbursts from binary systems like Microquasars, Gamma-ray Binaries, Magnetars or Accreting Millisecond Pulsars, or even Supernova explosions), or an extragalactic nature (e.g., flares from Active Galactic Nuclei, Gamma-ray Bursts, or electromagnetic counterparts to Gravitational Waves or Neutrino alerts reported by dedicated observatories).
For the follow-up of these short-lived events in gamma-rays, Cherenkov telescopes like MAGIC, H.E.S.S. and VERITAS operating in the VHE domain are particularly well suited given their large collection areas. In the near future, the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is being designed to be the next generation ground-based observatory for gamma-ray astronomy at VHEs [2]. It will be composed of telescopes of different sizes and will be installed in two sites, at Paranal (Chile) in the southern hemisphere and at the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos (ORM) in the Canary Island of La Palma in the northern hemisphere. The Large Size Telescopes (LSTs), featuring 23-m diameter dish reflectors, will be the largest telescope class of CTA. The first LST prototype, the LST-1 is finishing its commissioning phase and is already starting to produce relevant scientific data [2].
In this Master Thesis Project, we will make use of the Group’s affiliation to LST-CTA to analyze scientific data of a transient source observed with LST-CTA. On the other hand, the Thesis should also provide with a physical interpretation of the processes taking place in the observed transient source. We emphasize that acquiring expertise in the analysis and interpretation of LST-CTA in these first stages of its scientific operations will bring a unique opportunity to carry out future studies on gamma-ray sources with CTA.