The ASTRI SST-2M prototype for the Cherenkov Telescope Array: status after the commissioning phase of the telescope
Date Issued
2017
Author(s)
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GIRO, Enrico
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ANTOLINI, ELISA
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Fermino, Carlos Eduardo
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Marchiori, G.
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Busatta, A.
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Marcuzzi, E.
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Folla, I.
Abstract
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.
Coverage
Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy VIII
All editors
O'Dell, Stephen L.; Pareschi, Giovanni
Series
Volume
10399
Start page
1039904
Conferenece
Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy VIII
Conferenece place
San Diego, California, United States
Conferenece date
6-10 August, 2017
Issn Identifier
0277-786X
Ads BibCode
2017SPIE10399E..04C
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open.access
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