Publications (27)
Intensity Interferometry with Aqueye+ and Iqueye in Asiago
L. Zampieri, G. Naletto, C. Barbieri +6
Since a number of years our group is engaged in the design, construction and operation of instruments with very high time resolution in the optical band for applications to Quantum…
The ASTRI Project: a mini-array of dual-mirror small Cherenkov telescopes for CTA
N. La Palombara, G. Agnetta, L. A. Antonelli +76
ASTRI is a flagship project of the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research, which aims to develop an end-to-end prototype of the CTA small-size telescope. The propos…
CTA Contributions to the 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2015)
The CTA Consortium, :, A. Abchiche +1305
List of contributions from the CTA Consortium presented at the 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference, 30 July - 6 August 2015, The Hague, The Netherlands.
New spectro-photometric characterization of the substellar object HR 2562 B using SPHERE
D. Mesa, J. -L. Baudino, B. Charnay +32
HR2562 is an F5V star located at ~33 pc from the Sun hosting a substellar companion that was discovered using the GPI instrument. The main objective of the present paper is to prov…
Upper limits for Mass and Radius of objects around Proxima Cen from SPHERE/VLT
D. Mesa, A. Zurlo, J. Milli +36
The recent discovery of an earth-like planet around Proxima Centauri has drawn much attention to this star and its environment. We performed a series of observations of Proxima Cen…
Final Alignment and Image Quality Test for the Acquisition and Guiding System of SOXS
J. A. Araiza-Duran, G. Pignata, A. Brucalassi +50
SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter) will be the new medium-resolution (R 4500 for 1 slit), high-efficiency, wide-band spectrograph for the ESO NTT at La Silla Observatory, Chile. It will be de…
The dual-mirror Small Size Telescope for the Cherenkov Telescope Array
G. Pareschi, G. Agnetta, L. A. Antonelli +111
In this paper, the development of the dual mirror Small Size Telescopes (SST) for the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is reviewed. Up to 70 SST, with a primary mirror diameter of 4…
Expected performance of the ASTRI-SST-2M telescope prototype
C. Bigongiari, F. Di Pierro, C. Morello +81
ASTRI (Astrofisica con Specchi a Tecnologia Replicante Italiana) is an Italian flagship project pursued by INAF (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica) strictly linked to the developme…
Science Prospects for the Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory: SWGO
SWGO Collaboration, P. Abreu, R. Alfaro +303
Ground-based gamma-ray astronomy is now well established as a key observational approach to address critical topics at the frontiers of astroparticle physics and high-energy astrop…
High-Contrast study of the candidate planets and protoplanetary disk around HD~100546
E. Sissa, R. Gratton, A. Garufi +62
The nearby Herbig Be star HD100546 is known to be a laboratory for the study of protoplanets and their relation with the circumstellar disk that is carved by at least 2 gaps. We ob…
Orbiting a binary: SPHERE characterisation of the HD 284149 system
Mariangela Bonavita, V. D'Orazi, D. Mesa +52
In this paper we present the results of the SPHERE observation of the HD 284149 system, aimed at a more detailed characterisation of both the primary and its brown dwarf companion.…
Walking with SOXS towards the transient sky
P. Schipani, S. Campana, R. Claudi +59
SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter) is the new ESO instrument that is going to be installed on the 3.58-m New Technology Telescope at the La Silla Observatory. SOXS is a single object spectrog…
The internal alignment and validation of a powered ADC for SOXS
F. Battaini, K. Radhakrishnan, R. Claudi +47
The Son Of X-Shooter (SOXS) is a two-channel spectrograph along with imaging capabilities, characterized by a wide spectral coverage (350nm to 2000nm), designed for the NTT telesco…
Dynamical models to explain observations with SPHERE in planetary systems with double debris belts
C. Lazzoni, S. Desidera, F. Marzari +66
A large number of systems harboring a debris disk show evidence for a double belt architecture. One hypothesis for explaining the gap between the belts is the presence of one or mo…
From Assembly to the Complete Integration and Verification of the SOXS Common Path
Kalyan Kumar Radhakrishnan Santhakumari, Federico Battaini, Riccardo Claudi +50
The Son Of X-Shooter (SOXS) is a single object spectrograph offering simultaneous spectral coverage in UV-VIS (350-850 nm) and NIR (800-2000 nm) wavelength regimes with an average…
A testing facility for AO on-sky demonstrations at the Copernico's Telescope within the ADONI framework
S. Chinellato, R. Ragazzoni, J. Farinato +21
In the context of ADONI - the ADaptive Optics National laboratory of INAF - we are arranging for a facility, accessible to the AO community, in which visiting multi-purpose instrum…
Contributions of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) to the 6th International Symposium on High-Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy (Gamma 2016)
The CTA Consortium, :, A. Abchiche +1387
List of contributions from the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) Consortium presented at the 6th International Symposium on High-Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy (Gamma 2016), July 11-15,…
Towards the ASTRI mini-array
F. Di Pierro, C. Bigongiari, C. Morello +77
The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will consist of an array of three types of telescopes covering a wide energy range, from tens of GeV up to more than 100 TeV. The high energy se…
Mirror Development for the Cherenkov Telescope Array
A. Förster, T. Armstrong, H. Baba +53
The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a planned observatory for very-high energy gamma-ray astronomy. It will consist of several tens of telescopes of different sizes, with a tota…
(Very) Fast astronomical photometry for meter-class telescopes
L. Zampieri, G. Naletto, C. Barbieri +7
Our team at the INAF-Astronomical Observatory of Padova and the University of Padova is engaged in the design, construction and operations of instruments with very high time accura…
The ASTRI Mini-Array Science Case
S. Vercellone, G. Agnetta, L. A. Antonelli +77
ASTRI is a Flagship Project financed by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research, and led by INAF, the Italian National Institute of Astrophysics. Within this fra…
Progress on the SOXS transients chaser for the ESO-NTT
P. Schipani, S. Campana, R. Claudi +53
SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter) is a single object spectrograph offering a simultaneous spectral coverage from U- to H-band, built by an international consortium for the 3.58-m ESO New Tec…
First results of the two square meters multilayer glass composite mirror design proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array developed at INFN
C. Schultz, M. Doro, L. Lessio +2
The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a future ground-based gamma-ray astronomy detector that will consist of more than 100 Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes of different s…
Status of the technologies for the production of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) mirrors
G. Pareschi, T. Armstrong, H. Baba +54
The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next generation very high-energy gamma-ray observatory, with at least 10 times higher sensitivity than current instruments. CTA will comp…
Design of a SiPM-based cluster for the Large Size Telescope camera of CTA
M. Mallamaci, B. Baibussinov, G. Busetto +10
A Silicon Photomultiplier (SiPM)-based photodetector is being built to demonstrate its feasibility for an alternative silicon-based camera design for the Large Size Telescope (LST)…
CTA contributions to the 33rd International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2013)
The CTA Consortium, :, O. Abril +1102
Compilation of CTA contributions to the proceedings of the 33rd International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2013), which took place in 2-9 July, 2013, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
A multi-technique detection of an eccentric giant planet around accelerating star HD 57625
D. Barbato, D. Mesa, V. D'Orazi +42
The synergy between different detection methods is a key asset in exoplanetology, allowing for both precise characterization of detected exoplanets and robust constraints even in t…