Publications (64)
Prospects for -ray observations of the Perseus galaxy cluster with the Cherenkov Telescope Array
The Cherenkov Telescope Array Consortium, :, K. Abe +564
Galaxy clusters are expected to be dark matter (DM) reservoirs and storage rooms for the cosmic-ray protons (CRp) that accumulate along the cluster's formation history. Accordingly…
Cherenkov Telescope Array Data Management
G. Lamanna, L. A. Antonelli, J. L. Contreras +37
Very High Energy gamma-ray astronomy with the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is evolving towards the model of a public observatory. Handling, processing and archiving the large am…
Multi-messenger and transient astrophysics with the Cherenkov Telescope Array
Ž. Bošnjak, A. M. Brown, A. Carosi +142
The discovery of gravitational waves, high-energy neutrinos or the very-high-energy counterpart of gamma-ray bursts has revolutionized the high-energy and transient astrophysics co…
The Real-Time Data Processor Framework for Data Handling and Analysis of High-Energy Instruments
A. Bulgarelli, N. Parmiggiani, L. Castaldini +5
We implemented a real-time data processor (rta-dp) framework that can be used to develop real-time analysis pipelines and data handling systems to manage high-throughput data strea…
Science with the Cherenkov Telescope Array
The Cherenkov Telescope Array Consortium, :, B. S. Acharya +580
The Cherenkov Telescope Array, CTA, will be the major global observatory for very high energy gamma-ray astronomy over the next decade and beyond. The scientific potential of CTA i…
The RTApipe framework for the gamma-ray real-time analysis software development
N. Parmiggiani, A. Bulgarelli, D. Beneventano +7
In the multi-messenger era, coordinating observations between astronomical facilities is mandatory to study transient phenomena (e.g. Gamma-ray bursts) and is achieved by sharing i…
A Deep Learning Method for AGILE-GRID GRB Detection
N. Parmiggiani, A. Bulgarelli, V. Fioretti +7
The follow-up of external science alerts received from Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRB) and Gravitational Waves (GW) detectors is one of the AGILE Team's current major activities. The AGILE…
A magnetic diverter for charged particle background rejection in the SIMBOL-X telescope
D. Spiga, V. Fioretti, A. Bulgarelli +6
Minimization of charged particle background in X-ray telescopes is a well known issue. Charged particles (chiefly protons and electrons) naturally present in the cosmic environment…
The e-ASTROGAM gamma-ray space observatory for the multimessenger astronomy of the 2030s
V. Tatischeff, A. De Angelis, M. Tavani +74
e-ASTROGAM is a concept for a breakthrough observatory space mission carrying a gamma-ray telescope dedicated to the study of the non-thermal Universe in the photon energy range fr…
On the Angular Resolution of the AGILE gamma-ray imaging detector
S. Sabatini, I. Donnarumma, M. Tavani +16
We present a study of the Angular Resolution of the AGILE gamma-ray imaging detector (GRID) that is operational in space since April 2007. The AGILE instrument is made of an array…
Calibration of AGILE-GRID with on-ground data and Monte Carlo simulations
P. W. Cattaneo, A. Rappoldi, A. Argan +41
AGILE is a mission of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) Scientific Program dedicated to gamma-ray astrophysics, operating in a low Earth orbit since April 23, 2007. It is designed to…
Science with e-ASTROGAM (A space mission for MeV-GeV gamma-ray astrophysics)
A. De Angelis, V. Tatischeff, I. A. Grenier +248
e-ASTROGAM (enhanced ASTROGAM) is a breakthrough Observatory space mission, with a detector composed by a Silicon tracker, a calorimeter, and an anticoincidence system, dedicated t…
Gamma-Ray and X-Ray Observations of the Periodic-Repeater FRB 180916 During Active Phases
M. Tavani, F. Verrecchia, C. Casentini +33
FRB 180916 is a most intriguing source at 150 Mpc distance capable of producing repeating fast radio bursts with a periodic 16.35 day temporal pattern. We report on the X-ray and $…
The AGILE real-time analysis pipelines in the multi-messenger era
N. Parmiggiani, A. Bulgarelli, A. Ursi +9
In the multi-messenger era, space and ground-based observatories usually develop real-time analysis (RTA) pipelines to rapidly detect transient events and promptly share informatio…
AGILESim: Monte Carlo simulation of the AGILE gamma-ray telescope
V. Fioretti, A. Bulgarelli, M. Tavani +12
The accuracy of Monte Carlo simulations in reproducing the scientific performance of space telescopes (e.g. angular resolution) is mandatory for a correct design of the mission. A…
Extragalactic Observatory Science with the ASTRI Mini-Array at the Observatorio del Teide
F. G. Saturni, C. H. E. Arcaro, B. Balmaverde +47
The ASTRI Mini-Array is a next-generation system of nine imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes that is going to be built at the Observatorio del Teide site. After a first phase,…
Preliminary Results of a Deep Learning Anomaly Detection Method to Identify Gamma-Ray Bursts in the AGILE Anticoincidence System
N. Parmiggiani, A. Bulgarelli, A. Ursi +7
AGILE is a space mission launched in 2007 to study X-ray and gamma-ray astronomy. The AGILE team developed real-time analysis pipelines to detect transient phenomena such as Gamma-…
The New Architecture of the Online Observation Quality System for the ASTRI Mini-Array Project
N. Parmiggiani, A. Bulgarelli, L. Castaldini +23
The ASTRI Mini-Array is an international collaboration led by the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics. The project aims to construct and operate an array of nine Imaging At…
The Real-Time Analysis of the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory
A. Bulgarelli, V. Fioretti, J. L. Contreras +31
The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) Observatory must be capable of issuing fast alerts on variable and transient sources to maximize the scientific return. This will be accomplishe…
Calibration of AGILE-GRID with In-Flight Data and Monte Carlo Simulations
Andrew W. Chen, A. Argan, A. Bulgarelli +57
Context: AGILE is a gamma-ray astrophysics mission which has been in orbit since 23 April 2007 and continues to operate reliably. The gamma-ray detector, AGILE-GRID, has observed G…
Prospects for CTA observations of the young SNR RX J1713.7-3946
The CTA Consortium, :, F. Acero +381
We perform simulations for future Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) observations of RX~J1713.73946, a young supernova remnant (SNR) and one of the brightest sources ever discovere…
The Online Observation Quality System Implementation for the ASTRI Mini-Array Project
L. Castaldini, N. Parmiggiani, A. Bulgarelli +20
The ASTRI Mini-Array project, led by the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics, aims to construct and operate nine Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes for high-energy ga…
Cherenkov Telescope Array Contributions to the 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2017)
F. Acero, B. S. Acharya, V. AcÃn Portella +1137
List of contributions from the Cherenkov Telescope Array Consortium presented at the 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference, July 12-20 2017, Busan, Korea.
Study of the Gamma-ray performance of the GAMMA-400 Calorimeter
P. Cumani, A. M. Galper, V. Bonvicini +73
GAMMA-400 is a new space mission, designed as a dual experiment, capable to study both high energy gamma rays (from 100 MeV to few TeV) and cosmic rays (electrons up to 20 Te…
First detection of the Crab Nebula at TeV energies with a Cherenkov telescope in a dual-mirror Schwarzschild-Couder configuration: the ASTRI-Horn telescope
S. Lombardi, O. Catalano, S. Scuderi +89
We report on the first detection of very high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray emission from the Crab Nebula by a Cherenkov telescope in dual-mirror Schwarzschild-Couder (SC) configuration.…
AGILE gamma-ray detection of the exceptional GRB 221009A
M. Tavani, G. Piano, A. Bulgarelli +47
Gamma-ray emission in the MeV-GeV range from explosive cosmic events is of invaluable relevance to understanding physical processes related to the formation of neutron stars and bl…
Simulating Modulated X-ray calibration Sources for future X-ray missions, using GEANT4
C. P. de Vries, V. Fioretti, J. W. den Herder +2
The XIFU X-ray spectrometer instrument on the future Athena mission needs X-ray calibration sources to calibrate the gains of the individual detector pixels. For this purpose, elec…
Galactic Observatory Science with the ASTRI Mini-Array at the Observatorio del Teide
A. D'Aì, E. Amato, A. Burtovoi +52
The ASTRI (Astrofisica con Specchi a Tecnologia Replicante Italiana) Mini-Array will be composed of nine imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes at the Observatorio del Teide site…
The Online Observation Quality System for the ASTRI Mini-Array
N. Parmiggiani, A. Bulgarelli, L. Baroncelli +18
The ASTRI Mini-Array is an international collaboration led by the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF), aiming to construct and operate an array of nine Imaging Atmos…
AGILE Observations of Fast Radio Bursts
F. Verrecchia, C. Casentini, M. Tavani +22
We report on a systematic search for hard X-ray and gamma-ray emission in coincidence with fast radio bursts (FRBs) observed by the AGILE satellite. We used 13 years of AGILE archi…
AGILE Observations of the Gravitational-wave Source GW170817: Constraining Gamma-Ray Emission from a NS-NS Coalescence
F. Verrecchia, M. Tavani, I. Donnarumma +39
The LIGO-Virgo Collaboration (LVC) detected, on 2017 August 17, an exceptional gravitational-wave (GW) event temporally consistent within with the GRB 1708117A…
Chasing Gamma-Ray Signals from Binary Neutron Star Coalescences with the Cherenkov Telescope Array: Prospects and Observing Strategies
S. Abe, J. Abhir, A. Abhishek +457
The detection of gravitational waves (GWs) from a binary neutron star (BNS) merger by Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo (GW170817), together with its electromagnetic counterpart, th…
AGILE Observations of the Gravitational Wave Source GW170104
F. Verrecchia, M. Tavani, A. Ursi +36
The LIGO/Virgo Collaboration (LVC) detected on 2017 January 4, a significant gravitational-wave (GW) event (now named GW170104). We report in this Letter the main results obtained…
The Array Control and Data Acquisition software of the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory
I. Oya, B. López, P. Aubert +61
The Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) aims to advance knowledge of the gamma-ray sky as the largest gamma-ray observatory ever built. The CTAO will be deployed at two si…
AGILE detection of gamma-ray sources coincident with cosmic neutrino events
F. Lucarelli, M. Tavani, G. Piano +34
The origin of cosmic neutrinos is still largely unknown. Using data obtained by the gamma-ray imager on board of the AGILE satellite, we systematically searched for transient gamma…
Prospects for dark matter observations in dwarf spheroidal galaxies with the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory
K. Abe, S. Abe, J. Abhir +491
The dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs) orbiting the Milky Way are widely regarded as systems supported by velocity dispersion against self-gravity, and as prime targets for the sear…
An X-Ray Burst from a Magnetar Enlightening the Mechanism of Fast Radio Bursts
M. Tavani, C. Casentini, A. Ursi +60
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are short (millisecond) radio pulses originating from enigmatic sources at extragalactic distances so far lacking a detection in other energy bands. Magnet…
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.
X-ray view of four high-luminosity Swift/BAT AGN: Unveiling obscuration and reflection with Suzaku
V. Fioretti, L. Angelini, R. F. Mushotzky +2
The Swift/BAT nine-month survey observed 153 AGN, all with ultra-hard X-ray BAT fluxes in excess of 10^-11 erg cm^-2 s^-1 and an average redshift of 0.03. Among them, four of the m…
Agilepy: A Python framework for scientific analysis of AGILE data
A. Bulgarelli, L. Baroncelli, A. Addis +8
The Italian AGILE space mission, with its Gamma-Ray Imaging Detector (GRID) instrument sensitive in the 30 MeV-50 GeV gamma-ray energy band, has been operating since 2007. Agilepy…
The Science Alert Generation system of the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory
A. Bulgarelli, S. Caroff, A. Addis +11
The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) Observatory, with dozens of telescopes located in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, will be the largest ground-based gamma-ray observa…
All-Sky-ASTROGAM: The MeV Gamma-Ray Companion to Multimessenger Astronomy
V. Tatischeff, A. De Angelis, M. Tavani +33
All-Sky-ASTROGAM is a gamma-ray observatory operating in a broad energy range, 100 keV to a few hundred MeV, recently proposed as the "Fast" (F) mission of the European Space Agenc…
Sensitivity of the Cherenkov Telescope Array to a dark matter signal from the Galactic centre
The Cherenkov Telescope Array Consortium, :, A. Acharyya +449
We provide an updated assessment of the power of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) to search for thermally produced dark matter at the TeV scale, via the associated gamma-ray sig…
The e-ASTROGAM gamma-ray space mission
V. Tatischeff, M. Tavani, P. von Ballmoos +48
The e-ASTROGAM is a gamma-ray space mission to be proposed as the M5 Medium-size mission of the European Space Agency. It is dedicated to the observation of the Universe with unpre…
Sensitivity of the Cherenkov Telescope Array for probing cosmology and fundamental physics with gamma-ray propagation
The Cherenkov Telescope Array Consortium, :, H. Abdalla +496
The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), the new-generation ground-based observatory for -ray astronomy, provides unique capabilities to address significant open questions in astro…
Unveiling the origin of XMM-Newton soft proton flares II. Systematics in the proton spectral analysis
T. Mineo, V. Fioretti, S. Lotti +7
Low-energy protons entering the field of view of the XMM-Newton telescope scatter with the X-ray mirror surface and might reach the X-ray detectors on the focal plane. They manifes…
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,…
Simbol-X Background Minimization: Mirror Spacecraft Passive Shielding Trade-Off Study
V. Fioretti, G. Malaguti, A. Bulgarelli +3
The present work shows a quantitative trade-off analysis of the Simbol-X Mirror Spacecraft (MSC) passive shielding, in the phase space of the various parameters: mass budget, dimen…
Quantum Convolutional Neural Networks for the detection of Gamma-Ray Bursts in the AGILE space mission data
A. Rizzo, N. Parmiggiani, A. Bulgarelli +17
Quantum computing represents a cutting-edge frontier in artificial intelligence. It makes use of hybrid quantum-classical computation which tries to leverage quantum mechanic princ…
AGILE, Fermi, Swift, and GASP-WEBT multi-wavelength observations of the high-redshift blazar 4C 71.07 in outburst
S. Vercellone, P. Romano, G. Piano +56
The flat-spectrum radio quasar 4C 71.07 is a high-redshift (), -loud blazar whose optical emission is dominated by the thermal radiation from accretion disc. 4C …
The Agile Alert System For Gamma-Ray Transients
A. Bulgarelli, M. Trifoglio, F. Gianotti +26
In recent years, a new generation of space missions offered great opportunities of discovery in high-energy astrophysics. In this article we focus on the scientific operations of t…
Monte Carlo studies for the optimisation of the Cherenkov Telescope Array layout
A. Acharyya, I. Agudo, E. O. Angüner +467
The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the major next-generation observatory for ground-based very-high-energy gamma-ray astronomy. It will improve the sensitivity of current groun…
The Second AGILE Catalog of Gamma-Ray Sources
A. Bulgarelli, V. Fioretti, N. Parmiggiani +25
Aims. We present the second AGILE-GRID Catalog (2AGL) of γ-ray sources in the 100 MeV-10 GeV energy range. Methods. With respect to previous AGILE-GRID catalogs, the current 2AGL…
Deep Learning for AGILE Anticoincidence System's Background Prediction from Orbital and Attitude Parameters
N. Parmiggiani, A. Bulgarelli, A. Macaluso +8
AGILE is an Italian Space Agency (ASI) space mission launched in 2007 to study X-ray and gamma-ray phenomena in the energy range from 20 keV to 10 GeV. The AGILE AntiCo…
ASTRI Mini-Array Core Science at the Observatorio del Teide
S. Vercellone, C. Bigongiari, A. Burtovoi +84
The ASTRI (Astrofisica con Specchi a Tecnologia Replicante Italiana) Project led by the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) is developing and will deploy at the Obse…
Data model issues in the Cherenkov Telescope Array project
J. L. Contreras, K. Satalecka, K. Bernlöhr +16
The planned Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), a future ground-based Very-High-Energy (VHE) gamma-ray observatory, will be the largest project of its kind. It aims to provide an orde…
Dark Matter Line Searches with the Cherenkov Telescope Array
S. Abe, J. Abhir, A. Abhishek +562
Monochromatic gamma-ray signals constitute a potential smoking gun signature for annihilating or decaying dark matter particles that could relatively easily be distinguished from a…
Soft proton scattering at grazing incidence from X-ray mirrors: analysis of experimental data in the framework of the non-elastic approximation
R. Amato, T. Mineo, A. D'Aì +9
Astronomical X-ray observatories with grazing incidence optics face the problem of pseudo-focusing of low energy protons from the mirrors towards the focal plane. Those protons con…
Preliminary Results of a New Deep Learning Method to Detect and Localize GRBs in the AGILE/GRID Sky Maps
N. Parmiggiani, A. Bulgarelli, A. Macaluso +12
AGILE is an ASI space mission launched in 2007 to study X-ray and gamma-ray phenomena in the energy range from keV to GeV. The AGILE Team developed a real-time an…
The Online Observation Quality System Software Architecture for the ASTRI Mini-Array Project
N. Parmiggiani, A. Bulgarelli, L. Baroncelli +21
The ASTRI Mini-Array is an international collaboration led by the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics. This project aims to construct and operate an array of nine Imaging A…
Localization and Confidence Region Estimation of Short GRBs with the COSI BGO Shield Using a HEALPix-Based Deep Learning Approach
N. Parmiggiani, A. Bulgarelli, G. Panebianco +17
The Compton Spectrometer and Imager is a NASA satellite mission under development that will survey the entire sky in the 0.2-5 MeV range using a wide-field germanium detector array…
Sensitivity of the Cherenkov Telescope Array to spectral signatures of hadronic PeVatrons with application to Galactic Supernova Remnants
The Cherenkov Telescope Array Consortium, F. Acero, A. Acharyya +356
The local Cosmic Ray (CR) energy spectrum exhibits a spectral softening at energies around 3~PeV. Sources which are capable of accelerating hadrons to such energies are called hadr…
AGILE Observations of the Gravitational Wave Event GW150914
M. Tavani, C. Pittori, F. Verrecchia +35
We report the results of an extensive search in the AGILE data for a gamma-ray counterpart of the LIGO gravitational wave event GW150914. Currently in spinning mode, AGILE has the…
RTApipe, a framework to develop astronomical pipelines for the real-time analysis of scientific data
N. Parmiggiani, A. Bulgarelli, D. Beneventano +4
In the multi-messenger era, astronomical projects share information about transients phenomena issuing science alerts to the Scientific Community through different communications n…