ASTRI & Miniarray Archive System - AMAS
Something about ASTRI, SST-2M Miniarray & CTA
ASTRI (Astrofisica con Specchi a Tecnologia Replicante Italiana) is a flagship project of the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research related to the next generation IACT (Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope), within the framework of the CTA (Cherenkov Telescope Array) International Observatory.
In this context, INAF (Italian National Institute of Astrophysics) is currently developing a scientific and technological breakthrough to allow the study of the uppermost end of the VHE domain (a few TeV - hundreds of TeV).
The ASTRI project timeframe is of about 3 years, and foresees the full development, installation and calibration of a Small Size class Telescope prototype compliant with the requirements of the High Energy array of CTA.
The ASTRI prototype will adopt an aplanatic, wide field, double reflection optical layout in a Schwarzschild-Couder configuration. Moreover, the focal plane instrument will explore small pixelated detector sensors such as multi-anode PMTs or Silicon PM.
Among the number of technological challenges, this telescope will be the very first instrument implementing both the Schwarzschild-Couder optical configuration and the double reflection for air Cherenkov imaging.
The Astronomical Observatory of Rome and the ASI Science Data Center (involved team) partecipate to the project with key functions in different tematic areas:
Activities are formely finnaced by the realization of the ASTRI prototype, but they will evolve into the realization of the mini-array as pre-production facility of the whole CTA.
Links:
-ASTRI - home page
-CTA Observatory
In this context, INAF (Italian National Institute of Astrophysics) is currently developing a scientific and technological breakthrough to allow the study of the uppermost end of the VHE domain (a few TeV - hundreds of TeV).
The ASTRI project timeframe is of about 3 years, and foresees the full development, installation and calibration of a Small Size class Telescope prototype compliant with the requirements of the High Energy array of CTA.
The ASTRI prototype will adopt an aplanatic, wide field, double reflection optical layout in a Schwarzschild-Couder configuration. Moreover, the focal plane instrument will explore small pixelated detector sensors such as multi-anode PMTs or Silicon PM.
Among the number of technological challenges, this telescope will be the very first instrument implementing both the Schwarzschild-Couder optical configuration and the double reflection for air Cherenkov imaging.
The Astronomical Observatory of Rome and the ASI Science Data Center (involved team) partecipate to the project with key functions in different tematic areas:
- Development of the ASTRI Scientific Archive (AAS)
- Data Reduction and Scientific Analysis Software (A-SciSoft)
- Monitoring and Configuration Database (TMCDB)
Activities are formely finnaced by the realization of the ASTRI prototype, but they will evolve into the realization of the mini-array as pre-production facility of the whole CTA.
Links:
-ASTRI - home page
-CTA Observatory