The ASTRI SST-2M prototype and mini-array for the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA)

0553627 - FZÚ 2022 RIV US eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Pareschi, G.
The ASTRI SST-2M prototype and mini-array for the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA).
Proceedings of SPIE. Vol. 9906. Bellingham: SPIE, 2016 - (Hall, H.; Gilmozzi, R.; Marshall, H.), s. 1-13, č. článku 99065T. ISBN 9781510601918. ISSN 0277-786X. E-ISSN 1996-756X.
[SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2016. Edinburgh (GB), 26.06.2016-01.07.2016]
Research Infrastructure: CTA-CZ - 90046
Keywords : Cherenkov Telescope Array * Small Size Telescopes for CTA * Schwarzschild-Couder telescopes
OECD category: Particles and field physics
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232275

In the framework of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) Observatory, the Italian National Institute of Astrophysics (INAF) has recently inaugurated in Sicily (Italy), at the Serra La Nave astronomical site (on the slopes of Mount Etna), a dual-mirror prototype (ASTRI SST-2M) of the CTA small size class of telescopes. It is planned to install up to 70 small size telescopes in the southern CTA site, in order to allow the study of the gamma rays from a few TeV up to hundreds of TeV. The ASTRI SST-2M telescope prototype has been developed following an end-to-end approach. According to this philosophy, the telescope includes structure, primary and secondary mirrors, camera, software and hardware for control/acquisition and data handling. The camera, almost completed, has been designed to cover a field of view of 9.6 degrees.
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