The CTAO School is a 10-day workshop aimed at students and postdoctoral researchers who want to begin or dive deeper into CTAO science and technology, as well as data analysis. As an international, enriching experience, the school will take place in La Palma, Spain.

During the 10-day school, participants will have the chance to develop hard and soft skills with experts in the field, including:

• Learning about current hot topics in Very High-Energy (VHE) Astrophysics from international experts.

• Hands on sessions on proposal writing, data analysis, instrumentation, and simulations.

• Performing real observations with the LST-1, the fully equipped prototype of the Large-Sized Telescope, and the MAGIC telescopes

• Presenting their current scientific projects to peers and lead the discussion.

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Additionally, students will also can attend science communication workshops on how to present their results to a general, non-expert audience, as well as visiting several facilities located on top of the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on the island of La Palma, site of the CTAO Northern Array.
 

For this third edition, the school will also be open to and promoted within astrophysics communities beyond the VHE gamma-ray field. The CTAO School is partnered with the MAGIC Collaboration through the framework of the ACME Project. ACME aims to strengthen multi-wavelength and multi-messenger studies in astrophysics. The MAGIC telescopes are a set of two very-high-energy gamma-ray telescopes currently in operated by the MAGIC Collaboration at the Observatory Roque de Los Muchachos. ACME (the Astrophysics Centre for Multi-messenger studies in Europe) is set up to realize an ambitious coordinated European-wide optimization of the accessibility and cohesion between multiple leading research infrastructures, offering access to instruments, data and expertise, focused on the new science of multi-messenger astrophysics.

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ACME project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No 101131928.

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