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In the context of the ASTRI MiniArray project (9 dual-mirror air Cherenkov telescopes being installed at the Observatorio del Teide in the Canary Islands), the ASTRI- Horn prototype was previously implemented in Italy (Sicily). It was a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-24 Simone Iovenitti , Silvia Crestan , Teresa Mineo , Giuseppe Leto , Andrea Giuliani , Saverio Lombardi

The ASTRI project is the INAF (Italian National Institute for Astrophysics) flagship project developed in the context of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) international project. ASTRI is dedicated to the realization of the prototype of a…

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

ASTRI (Astrofisica con Specchi a Tecnologia Replicante Italiana), is a flagship project of the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research whose main goal is the design and construction of an end-to-end prototype of the Small…

The Cherenkov Telescope Array will be the next generation ground-based gamma ray observatory in the energy range from a few tens of GeV to hundreds of TeV. It will be built on two sites, one for each hemisphere, to cover the entire sky. The…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-03 Davide Depaoli

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

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…

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. The primary goal of the ASTRI project is the realization of an end-to-end…

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…

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.…

The Cherenkov Telescope Array is an observatory dedicated to very high energy gamma rays with unprecedented sensitivity between 20 GeV and 300 TeV to be installed on two sites: Canary Island La Palma and Paranal Chile. Three telescope sizes…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-22 J-F. Glicenstein

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) observatory, will be deployed over two sites in the two hemispheres. Both sites will be equipped with four Large Size Telescopes (LSTs), which are crucial to achieve the science goals of CTA in the 20-200…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 J. Cortina , M. Teshima

ASTRI is a Flagship Project of the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research, led by the Italian National Institute of Astrophysics, INAF. One of the main aims of the ASTRI Project is the design, construction and verification…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-07-23 Giacomo Bonnoli , Rodolfo Canestrari , Osvaldo Catalano , Giovanni Pareschi , Luca Stringhetti , Luca Perri

The Cherenkov Telescope Array is a project that aims to exploring the highest energy region of electromagnetic spectrum. Two arrays, one for each hemisphere, will cover the full sky in a range from few tens of GeV to hundreds of TeV…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-28 M. Iori , P. Majumdar , F. De Persio , A. Chatterjee , F. Ferrarotto , B. K. Nagesh , L. Saha , B. B. Singh

ASTRI is a Flagship Project led by the Italian National Institute of Astrophysics, INAF. The main objective of the ASTRI project is to develop a prototype of the Small Size class Telescope for the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) in a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-15 G. Leto , M. C. Maccarone , G. Bellassai , P. Bruno , M. Fiorini , A. Grillo , E. Martinetti , G. La Rosa , A. Segreto , G. Sottile , L. Stringhetti

ASTRI is a Flagship Project financed by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research, and led by the Italian National Institute of Astrophysics, INAF. Primary goal of the ASTRI project is the design and production of an…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-17 Maria Concetta Maccarone , Giuseppe Leto , Pietro Bruno , Mauro Fiorini , Alessandro Grillo , Alberto Segreto , Luca Stringhetti

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) observatory will be deployed over two sites in the two hemispheres. Both sites will be equipped with four Large Size Telescopes (LSTs), which are crucial to achieve the science goals of CTA in the 20-200…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-09 D. Mazin , J. Cortina , M. Teshima , the CTA Consortium

The Compact High Energy Camera (CHEC) is a camera-development project involving UK, US, Japanese and Dutch institutes for the dual-mirror Small-Sized Telescopes (SST-2M) of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). Two CHEC prototypes, based on…

A peculiar aspect of Cherenkov telescopes is that they are designed to detect atmospheric light flashes on the time scale of nanoseconds, being almost blind to stellar sources. As a consequence, the pointing calibration of these instruments…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-05 Simone Iovenitti , Giorgia Sironi , Enrico Giro , Alberto Segreto , Osvaldo Catalano , Milvia Capalbi

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a worldwide project aimed at building the next-generation ground-based gamma-ray observatory. Within the CTA project, the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) is developing an end-to-end…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-22 S. Lombardi , C. Bigongiari , S. Gallozzi , L. A. Antonelli , D. Bastieri , I. Donnarumma , F. Lucarelli , M. Mastropietro , P. Munar , M. Perri , A. Stamerra , F. Visconti , M. C. Maccarone