Towards the ASTRI mini-array
Abstract
The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will consist of an array of three types of telescopes covering a wide energy range, from tens of GeV up to more than 100 TeV. The high energy section (> 3 TeV) will be covered by the Small Size Telescopes (SST). ASTRI (Astrofisica con Specchi a Tecnologia Replicante Italiana) is a flagship project of the Italian Ministry of Research and Education led by INAF, aiming at the design and construction of a prototype of the Dual Mirror SST. In a second phase the ASTRI project foresees the installation of the first elements of the SST array at the CTA southern site, a mini-array of 5-7 telescopes. The optimization of the layout of this mini-array embedded in the SST array of the CTA Observatory has been the object of an intense simulation effort. In this work we present the expected mini-array performance in terms of energy threshold, angular and energy resolution and sensitivity.
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@article{arxiv.1307.3992,
title = {Towards the ASTRI mini-array},
author = {F. Di Pierro and C. Bigongiari and C. Morello and A. Stamerra and P. Vallania and G. Agnetta and L. A. Antonelli and D. Bastieri and G. Bellassai and M. Belluso and S. Billotta and B. Biondo and G. Bonanno and G. Bonnoli and P. Bruno and A. Bulgarelli and R. Canestrari and M. Capalbi and P. Caraveo and A. Carosi and E. Cascone and O. Catalano and M. Cereda and P. Conconi and V. Conforti and G. Cusumano and V. De Caprio and A. De Luca and A. Di Paola and D. Fantinel and M. Fiorini and D. Fugazza and D. Gardiol and M. Ghigo and F. Gianotti and S. Giarrusso and E. Giro and A. Grillo and D. Impiombato and S. Incorvaia and A. La Barbera and N. La Palombara and V. La Parola and G. La Rosa and L. Lessio and G. Leto and S. Lombardi and F. Lucarelli and M. C. Maccarone and G. Malaguti and G. Malaspina and V. Mangano and D. Marano and E. Martinetti and R. Millul and T. Mineo and A. Misto and G. Morlino and M. R. Panzera and G. Pareschi and G. Rodeghiero and P. Romano and F. Russo and B. Sacco and N. Sartore and J. Schwarz and A. Segreto and G. Sironi and G. Sottile and E. Strazzeri and L. Stringhetti and G. Tagliaferri and V. Testa and M. C. Timpanaro and G. Toso and G. Tosti and M. Trifoglio and S. Vercellone and V. Zitelli and The Cta Consortium},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1307.3992},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
In Proceedings of the 33rd International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2013), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). All CTA contributions at arXiv:1307.2232