Cherenkov Telescope Array: The next-generation ground-based gamma-ray observatory

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High energy gamma-ray astronomy is a newly emerging and very successful branch of astronomy and astrophysics.

• Exciting results have been obtained by the current generation Cherenkov telescope systems such as H.E.S.S., MAGIC, VERITAS and CANGAROO.
• The H.E.S.S.
• survey of the galactic plane has revealed a large number of sources and addresses issues such as the question about the origin of cosmic rays.