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

Scuderi S.; Giuliani A.; Pareschi G.; Tosti G.; Catalano O.; Amato E.,; Antonelli L. A.; Becerra Gonz\'ales J.; Bellassai G.; Bigongiari; C.; Biondo; B.; B\"ottcher 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'A\'i A.; de Gouveia Dal Pino E.; Della; Ceca R.; Escribano Rodriguez E. Falceta Gon\c{c}alves 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.; Miccich\'e 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

arXiv:2208.04571·astro-ph.IM·August 10, 2022

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

Scuderi S., Giuliani A., Pareschi G., Tosti G., Catalano O., Amato E.,, Antonelli L. A., Becerra Gonz\'ales J., Bellassai G., Bigongiari, C., Biondo, B., B\"ottcher M., Bonanno G., Bonnoli G., Bruno P., Bulgarelli A.,, Canestrari R., Capalbi M., Caraveo P., Cardillo M.

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TL;DR

The ASTRI Mini-Array is a new set of nine Cherenkov telescopes at Teide Observatory designed to study very high-energy gamma-ray sources, offering improved performance over existing arrays for energies above 5 TeV.

Contribution

This paper introduces the design and expected capabilities of the ASTRI Mini-Array, a novel Cherenkov telescope array for high-energy astrophysics.

Findings

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Expected performance surpasses current arrays above 5 TeV

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Installation at Teide Observatory enables deep Galactic and extragalactic observations

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Array will operate in the 5-100 TeV energy range

Abstract

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 Cherenkov telescopes. The telescopes will be installed at the Teide Astronomical Observatory of the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC) in Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) on the basis of a host agreement with INAF. Thanks to its expected overall performance, better than those of current Cherenkov telescopes' arrays for energies above \sim 5 TeV and up to 100 TeV and beyond, the ASTRI MA will represent an important instrument to perform deep observations of the Galactic and extra-Galactic sky at these energies.

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