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The ASTRI SST-2M prototype for the Cherenkov Telescope Array: status after the commissioning phase of the telescope

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Canestrari, Rodolfo ; Giro, Enrico ; Sironi, Giorgia ; Antolini, Elisa ; Fermino, Carlos Eduardo ; Fugazza, Dino ; Gargano, Carmelo ; Russo, Federico ; Scuderi, Salvatore ; Tosti, Gino ; Pareschi, Giovanni ; Marchiori, G. ; Busatta, A. ; Marcuzzi, E. ; Folla, I. ; CTA ASTRI Project ; ODell, SL ; Pareschi, G
Número total de Autores: 18
Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
Fonte: OPTICS FOR EUV, X-RAY, AND GAMMA-RAY ASTRONOMY VIII; v. 10399, p. 16-pg., 2017-01-01.
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ASTRI SST-2M is an imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope developed by the Italian National Institute of Astrophysics (INAF) in the framework of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) project as an end-to-end prototype for the Small Size array. Large-, medium-, and small-sized telescopes will compose the CTA observatory that represents the next generation of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes and will explore the very high-energy domain from a few tens of GeV up to few hundreds of TeV. The ASTRI SST-2M telescope has been installed at the INAF-Catania observing station at Serra La Nave, on Mt. Etna (Sicily, Italy) in September 2014. In these 3 years of open-air operations the telescope has been commissioned and its opto-mechanical performance is now well understood. The apparatus was made ready to host its main scientific instrument, the camera with Silicon-Photomultiplier based detectors. This contribution is a status report on the complete ASTRI SST-2M telescope assembly including the electro-mechanical structure and the optical system. (AU)

Processo FAPESP: 13/10559-5 - Investigação de fenômenos de altas energias e plasmas astrofísicos: teoria, simulações numéricas, observações e desenvolvimento de instrumentação para o Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA)
Beneficiário:Elisabete Maria de Gouveia Dal Pino
Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Projetos Especiais