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Extragalactic Observatory Science with the ASTRI Mini-Array at the Observatorio del Teide

The ASTRI Mini-Array is a next-generation system of nine imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes that is going to be built at the Observatorio del Teide site. After a first phase, in which the instrument will be operated as an experiment…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-08-08 F. G. Saturni , C. H. E. Arcaro , B. Balmaverde , J. Becerra González , A. Caccianiga , M. Capalbi , A. Lamastra , S. Lombardi , F. Lucarelli , R. Alves Batista , L. A. Antonelli , E. M. de Gouveia Dal Pino , R. Della Ceca , J. G. Green , A. Pagliaro , C. Righi , F. Tavecchio , S. Vercellone , A. Wolter , E. Amato , C. Bigongiari , M. Böttcher , G. Brunetti , P. Bruno , A. Bulgarelli , M. Cardillo , V. Conforti , A. Costa , G. Cusumano , V. Fioretti , S. Germani , A. Ghedina , F. Gianotti , V. Giordano , A. Giuliani , F. Incardona , A. La Barbera , G. Leto , F. Longo , G. Morlino , B. Olmi , N. Parmiggiani , P. Romano , G. Romeo , A. Stamerra , G. Tagliaferri , V. Testa , G. Tosti , P. A. Caraveo , G. Pareschi

ASTRI Mini-Array Core Science at the Observatorio del Teide

The ASTRI (Astrofisica con Specchi a Tecnologia Replicante Italiana) Project led by the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) is developing and will deploy at the Observatorio del Teide a mini-array (ASTRI Mini-Array) composed…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-08-08 S. Vercellone , C. Bigongiari , A. Burtovoi , M. Cardillo , O. Catalano , A. Franceschini , S. Lombardi , L. Nava , F. Pintore , A. Stamerra , F. Tavecchio , L. Zampieri , R. Alves Batista , E. Amato , L. A. Antonelli , C. Arcaro , J. Becerra Gonzalez , G. Bonnoli , M. Bottcher , G. Brunetti , A. A. Compagnino , S. Crestan , A. D Ai , M. Fiori , G. Galanti , A. Giuliani , E. M. de Gouveia Dal Pino , J. G. Green , A. Lamastra , M. Landoni , F. Lucarelli , G. Morlino , B. Olmi , E. Peretti , G. Piano , G. Ponti , E. Poretti , P. Romano , F. G. Saturni , S. Scuderi , A. Tutone , G. Umana , J. A. Acosta-Pulido , P. Barai , A. Bonanno , G. Bonanno , P. Bruno , A. Bulgarelli , V. Conforti , A. Costa , G. Cusumano , M. Del Santo , M. V. del Valle , R. Della Ceca , D. A. Falceta-Goncalves , V. Fioretti , S. Germani , R. J. Garcia-Lopez , A. Ghedina , V. Giordano , M. Kreter , F. Incardona , S. Iovenitti , A. La Barbera , N. La Palombara , V. La Parola , G. Leto , F. Longo , A. Lopez-Oramas , M. C. Maccarone , S. Mereghetti , R. Millul , G. Naletto , A. Pagliaro , N. Parmiggiani , C. Righi , J. C. Rodriguez-Ramirez , G. Romeo , P. Sangiorgi , R. Santos de Lima , G. Tagliaferri , V. Testa , G. Tosti , M. Vazquez Acosta , N. Zywucka , P. A. Caraveo , G. Pareschi

The Astri Mini-Array of Cherenkov Telescopes

We will describe the current status of the ASTRI Mini-Array, under construction at the Teide Astronomical Observatory in Tenerife, Spain. The final layout of the array will include nine small Cherenkov telescopes covering an area of about…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-27 Andrea Giuliani

The ASTRI Mini-Array of Cherenkov Telescopes at the Observatorio del Teide

The ASTRI Mini-Array (MA) is an INAF project to build and operate a facility to study astronomical sources emitting at very high-energy in the TeV spectral band. The ASTRI MA consists of a group of nine innovative Imaging Atmospheric…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-10 Scuderi S. , Giuliani A. , Pareschi G. , Tosti G. , Catalano O. , Amato E. , Antonelli L. A. , Becerra Gonzáles J. , Bellassai G. , Bigongiari , C. , Biondo B. , Böttcher M. , Bonanno G. , Bonnoli G. , Bruno P. , Bulgarelli A. , Canestrari R. , Capalbi M. , Caraveo P. , Cardillo M. , Conforti V. , Contino G. , Corpora M. , Costa A. , Cusumano G. , D'Aí A. , de Gouveia Dal Pino E. , Della Ceca R. , Escribano Rodriguez E. Falceta Gonçalves D. , Fermino C. , Fiori M. , Fioretti V. , Fiorini M. , Gallozzi S. , Gargano C. , Garozzo S. , Germani S. , Ghedina A. , Gianotti F. , Giarrusso S. , Gimenes R. , Giordano V. , Grillo A. , Grivel Gelly C. , Impiombato D. , Incardona F. , Incorvaia S. , Iovenitti S. , La Barbera A. , La Palombara N. , La Parola V. , Lamastra A. , Lessio L. , Leto G. , Lo Gerfo F. , Lodi M. , Lombardi S. , Longo F. , Lucarelli F. , Maccarone M. C. , Marano D. , Martinetti E. , Mereghetti S. , Micciché A. , Millul R. , Mineo T. , Mollica D. , Morlino G. , Morselli A. , Naletto G. , Nicotra G. , Pagliaro A. , Parmiggiani N. , Piano G. , Pintore F. , Poretti E. , Olmi B. , Rodeghiero G. , Rodriguez Fernandez G. , Romano P. , Romeo G. , Russo F. , Sangiorgi P. , Saturni F. G. , Schwarz J. H. , Sciacca , E. , Sironi G. , Sottile G. , Stamerra A. , Tagliaferri G. , Testa V. , Umana G. , Uslenghi M. , Vercellone S. , Zampieri L. , Zanmar Sanchez R

The ASTRI Mini-Array Core Science Program

Celestial sources emitting at high-energy (HE, E > 100 MeV) and at very high-energy (VHE, E > 100 GeV) gamma-rays are of the order of a few thousands and a few hundreds, respectively. On the other hand, the number of sources emitting at…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-02-21 Stefano Vercellone

Scientific prospects for a mini-array of ASTRI telescopes: a gamma-ray TeV data challenge

ASTRI is a project aiming at the realization of a gamma-ray imaging Cherenkov telescope that observes the sky in the TeV band. Recently, the development of a mini-array (MA) of ASTRI telescopes has been funded by the Istituto Nazionale di…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-03-25 F. Pintore , A. Giuliani , A. Belfiore , A. Paizis , S. Mereghetti , N. La Palombara , S. Crestan , L. Sidoli , S. Lombardi , A. D'Aì , F. G. Saturni , P. Caraveo , A. Burtovoi , M. Fiori , C. Boccato , A. Caccianiga , A. Costa , G. Cusumano , S. Gallozzi , L. Zampieri , B. Balmaverde , L. Tibaldo

The ASTRI Cherenkov Camera: from the prototype to the industrial version for the Mini-Array

The observation of energetic astronomical sources emitting very high-energy gamma-rays in the TeV spectral range (as e.g. supernova remnants or blazars) is mainly based on detecting the Cherenkov light induced by relativistic particles in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-25 G. Sottile , P. Sangiorgi , C. Gargano , F. Lo Gerfo , M. Corpora , O. Catalano , D. Impiombato , D. Mollica , M. Capalbi , T. Mineo , G. Contino , B. Biondo , F. Russo , M. C. Maccarone , G. La Rosa , S. Giarrusso , G. Leto , A. Grillo , G. Bonanno , G. Romeo , S. Garozzo , D. Marano , V. Conforti , F. Gianotti , S. Scuderi , G. Pareschi , G. Tosti , A. Abba , A. Cusimano , F. Caponio , C. Tintori , M. Lippi , F. Vivaldi , G. Marchiori , M. Spinola , A. Colovini , F. Perez , S. Ahmad , J. B. Cizel , J. Fluery

The ASTRI mini-array within the future Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a large collaborative effort aimed at the design and operation of an observatory dedicated to very high-energy gamma-ray astrophysics in the energy range from a few tens of GeV to above 100 TeV, which…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-17 Stefano Vercellone

ASTRI for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the largest ground-based observatory operating in the very-high-energy gamma-ray (20 GeV - 300 TeV) range. It will be based on more than one hundred telescopes, located at two sites (northern and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-22 Maria Concetta Maccarone

Science with the ASTRI prototype

ASTRI (Astrofisica a Specchi con Tecnologia Replicante Italiana) is a "Flagship Project" financed by the Italian Ministry of Instruction, University and Research and led by the Italian National Institute of Astrophysics. It represents the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 N. Sartore

The ASTRI Mini-Array Science Case

ASTRI is a Flagship Project financed by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research, and led by INAF, the Italian National Institute of Astrophysics. Within this framework, INAF is currently developing an end-to-end prototype…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-07-23 S. Vercellone , G. Agnetta , L. A. Antonelli , D. Bastieri , G. Bellassai , M. Belluso , C. Bigongiari , S. Billotta , B. Biondo , G. Bonanno , G. Bonnoli , P. Bruno , A. Bulgarelli , R. Canestrari , M. Capalbi , P. Caraveo , A. Carosi , E. Cascone , O. Catalano , M. Cereda , P. Conconi , V. Conforti , G. Cusumano , V. De Caprio , A. De Luca , A. Di Paola , F. Di Pierro , D. Fantinel , M. Fiorini , D. Fugazza , D. Gardiol , M. Ghigo , F. Gianotti , S. Giarrusso , E. Giro , A. Grillo , D. Impiombato , S. Incorvaia , A. La Barbera , N. La Palombara , V. La Parola , G. La Rosa , L. Lessio , G. Leto , S. Lombardi , F. Lucarelli , M. C. Maccarone , G. Malaguti , G. Malaspina , V. Mangano , D. Marano , E. Martinetti , R. Millul , T. Mineo , A. Misto' , C. Morello , G. Morlino , M. R. Panzera , G. Pareschi , G. Rodeghiero , P. Romano , F. Russo , B. Sacco , N. Sartore , J. Schwarz , A. Segreto , G. Sironi , G. Sottile , A. Stamerra , E. Strazzeri , L. Stringhetti , G. Tagliaferri , V. Testa , M. C. Timpanaro , G. Toso , G. Tosti , M. Trifoglio , P. Vallania , V. Zitelli , F. Tavecchio

Towards the ASTRI mini-array

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…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-07-16 F. Di Pierro , C. Bigongiari , C. Morello , A. Stamerra , P. Vallania , G. Agnetta , L. A. Antonelli , D. Bastieri , G. Bellassai , M. Belluso , S. Billotta , B. Biondo , G. Bonanno , G. Bonnoli , P. Bruno , A. Bulgarelli , R. Canestrari , M. Capalbi , P. Caraveo , A. Carosi , E. Cascone , O. Catalano , M. Cereda , P. Conconi , V. Conforti , G. Cusumano , V. De Caprio , A. De Luca , A. Di Paola , D. Fantinel , M. Fiorini , D. Fugazza , D. Gardiol , M. Ghigo , F. Gianotti , S. Giarrusso , E. Giro , A. Grillo , D. Impiombato , S. Incorvaia , A. La Barbera , N. La Palombara , V. La Parola , G. La Rosa , L. Lessio , G. Leto , S. Lombardi , F. Lucarelli , M. C. Maccarone , G. Malaguti , G. Malaspina , V. Mangano , D. Marano , E. Martinetti , R. Millul , T. Mineo , A. Misto , G. Morlino , M. R. Panzera , G. Pareschi , G. Rodeghiero , P. Romano , F. Russo , B. Sacco , N. Sartore , J. Schwarz , A. Segreto , G. Sironi , G. Sottile , E. Strazzeri , L. Stringhetti , G. Tagliaferri , V. Testa , M. C. Timpanaro , G. Toso , G. Tosti , M. Trifoglio , S. Vercellone , V. Zitelli , The Cta Consortium

The Monitoring Logging and Alarm System of the ASTRI Mini-Array gamma-ray air-Cherenkov experiment at the Observatorio del Teide

The ASTRI Mini-Array is a project for the Cherenkov astronomy in the TeV energy range. ASTRI Mini-Array consists of nine Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes located at the Teide Observatory (Canarias Islands). Large volumes of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-14 Federico Incardona , Alessandro Costa , Kevin Munari , Salvatore Gambadoro , Stefano Germani , Pietro Bruno , Andrea Bulgarelli , Vito Conforti , Fulvio Gianotti , Alessandro Grillo , Valerio Pastore , Federico Russo , Joseph Schwarz , Gino Tosti , Salvatore Cavalieri , for the ASTRI Project

The ASTRI Mini-Array Software System

ASTRI ("Astrofisica con Specchi a Tecnologia Replicante Italiana") is a Flagship Project financed by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research, and led by INAF, the Italian National Institute of Astrophysics. Main goals of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 G. Tosti , J. Schwarz , L. A. Antonelli , M. Trifoglio , G. Leto , F. Gianotti , R. Canestrari , O. Catalano , M. Fiorini , E. Giro , N. La Palombra , M. C. Maccarone , G. Pareschi , L. Stringhetti , S. Vercellone

The Online Observation Quality System Implementation for the ASTRI Mini-Array Project

The ASTRI Mini-Array project, led by the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics, aims to construct and operate nine Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes for high-energy gamma-ray source study and stellar intensity interferometry.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-03 L. Castaldini , N. Parmiggiani , A. Bulgarelli , L. Baroncelli , V. Fioretti , A. Di Piano , I. Abu , M. Capalbi , O. Catalano , V. Conforti , M. Fiori , F. Gianotti , F. Lucarelli , M. C. Maccarone , T. Mineo , S. Lombardi , V. Pastore , F. Russo , P. Sangiorgi , S. Scuderi , G. Tosti , M. Trifoglio , L. Zampieri

To cut or not to cut: Data-quality evaluation for the ASTRI Mini-Array

The ASTRI Mini-Array consists of nine Cherenkov telescopes under construction at the Observatorio del Teide, with one of them already performing observations since November 2024. Given the complexity of the analysis of gamma-ray data…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-30 E. Molina , L. Foffano , S. Crestan , S. Iovenitti , S. Lombardi , F. Lucarelli , T. Mineo

Prospects for PWNe and SNRs science with the ASTRI mini-array of pre-production small-sized telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The development and construction of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) opens up new opportunities for the study of very high energy (VHE, E>100 GeV) sources. As a part of CTA, the ASTRI project, led by INAF, has one of the main goals to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-09 A. Burtovoi , L. Zampieri , A. Giuliani , C. Bigongiari , F. Di Pierro , A. Stamerra , the ASTRI Collaboration , the CTA Consortium

LOgging UnifieD for ASTRI Mini Array

The ASTRI (Astrofisica con Specchi a Tecnologia Replicante Italiana) Mini-Array (MA) project is an international collaboration led by the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF). ASTRI MA is composed of nine Cherenkov telescopes…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-14 Federico Incardona , Alessandro Costa , Kevin Munari , Pietro Bruno , Andrea Bulgarelli , Stefano Germani , Alessandro Grillo , Joseph Schwarz , Eva Sciacca , Gino Tosti , Fabio Vitello , Giuseppe Tudisco

The ASTRI Project: prototype status and future plans for a Cherenkov dual-mirror small-telescope array

ASTRI ("Astrofisica con Specchi a Tecnologia Replicante Italiana") is a flagship project of the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research. Within this framework, INAF is currently developing a wide field of view (9.6 degrees in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-15 S. Vercellone , O. Catalano , M. C. Maccarone , F. Di Pierro , P. Vallania , G. Bonnoli , R. Canestrari , G. Pareschi , P. Caraveo , N. La Palombara , M. Fiorini , L. Stringhetti , E. Giro , G. Tosti

The INAF ASTRI Project in the framework of CTA

The ASTRI project aims to develop, in the framework of the Cherenkov Telescope Array, an end-to-end prototype of the small-size telescope, devoted to the investigation of the energy range ~ 1-100 TeV. The proposed design is characterized by…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-23 N. La Palombara , P. Caraveo , M. Fiorini , L. Stringhetti , R. Canestrari , R. Millul , G. Pareschi , O. Catalano , M. C. Maccarone , S. Vercellone , E. Giro , G. Tosti