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HERMES Pathfinder & SpIRIT: a progress report
F. Fiore, M. Trenti, Y. Evangelista +87
HERMES Pathfinder is an in-orbit demonstration consisting of a constellation of six 3U cubesats hosting simple but innovative X-ray/gamma-ray detectors for the monitoring of cosmic…
The ground calibration of the HERMES-Pathfinder payload flight models
G. Dilillo, E. J. Marchesini, G. Baroni +37
HERMES-Pathfinder is a space-borne mission based on a constellation of six nano-satellites flying in a low-Earth orbit. The 3U CubeSats, to be launched in early 2025, host miniatur…
The HERMES (High Energy Rapid Modular Ensemble of Satellites) Pathfinder mission
Y. Evangelista, F. Fiore, R. Campana +68
HERMES (High Energy Rapid Modular Ensemble of Satellites) Pathfinder is a space-borne mission based on a constellation of six nano-satellites flying in a low-Earth orbit (LEO). The…
The ASTRI Cherenkov Camera: from the prototype to the industrial version for the Mini-Array
G. Sottile, P. Sangiorgi, C. Gargano +37
The observation of energetic astronomical sources emitting very high-energy gamma-rays in the TeV spectral range (as e.g. supernova remnants or blazars) is mainly based on detectin…
The power supply unit onboard the HERMES nano-satellite constellation
Paolo Nogara, Giuseppe Sottile, Francesco Russo +7
HERMES Pathfinder (High Energy Rapid Modular Ensemble of Satellites Pathfinder) is a space mission based on a constellation of nano-satellites in a low Earth Orbit, hosting new min…
INTEGRAL reloaded: spacecraft, instruments and ground system
Erik Kuulkers, Carlo Ferrigno, Peter Kretschmar +85
ESA's INTErnational Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory (INTEGRAL) was launched on 17 Oct 2002 at 06:41 CEST. Since then, it has been providing long, uninterrupted observations (up t…
UVscope and its application aboard the ASTRI-Horn telescope
M. C. Maccarone, G. La Rosa, O. Catalano +9
UVscope is an instrument, based on a multi-pixel photon detector, developed to support experimental activities for high-energy astrophysics and cosmic ray research. The instrument,…
The XGIS instrument on-board THESEUS: the detection plane and on-board electronics
Fabio Fuschino, Riccardo Campana, Claudio Labanti +32
The X and Gamma Imaging Spectrometer instrument on-board the THESEUS mission (selected by ESA in the framework of the Cosmic Vision M5 launch opportunity, currently in phase A) is…
The Payload Data Handling Unit (PDHU) on-board the HERMES-TP and HERMES-SP CubeSat Missions
A. Guzman, S. Pliego, J. Bayer +14
The High Energy Rapid Modular Ensemble of Satellites (HERMES) Technological and Scientific pathfinder is a space borne mission based on a constellation of LEO nanosatellites. The p…
An innovative architecture for a wide band transient monitor on board the HERMES nano-satellite constellation
F. Fuschino, R. Campana, C. Labanti +35
The HERMES-TP/SP mission, based on a nanosatellite constellation, has very stringent constraints of sensitivity and compactness, and requires an innovative wide energy range instru…
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.…
HERMES: An ultra-wide band X and gamma-ray transient monitor on board a nano-satellite constellation
F. Fuschino, R. Campana, C. Labanti +49
The High Energy Modular Ensemble of Satellites (HERMES) project is aimed to realize a modular X/gamma-ray monitor for transient events, to be placed on-board of a CubeSat bus. This…
Procedures for the relative calibration of the SiPM gain on ASTRI SST-2M camera
D. Impiombato, O. Catalano, S. Giarrusso +12
ASTRI SST-2M is one of the prototypes of the small size class of telescopes proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array. Its optical design is based on a dual-mirror Schwarzschild-C…
Origin of atmospheric aerosols at the Pierre Auger Observatory using studies of air mass trajectories in South America
Pierre Auger Collaboration, Gabriele Curci
The Pierre Auger Observatory is making significant contributions towards understanding the nature and origin of ultra-high energy cosmic rays. One of its main challenges is the mon…
AtmoHEAD 2013 workshop / Atmospheric Monitoring for High-Energy Astroparticle Detectors
K. Bernlöhr, G. Bellassai, O. Blanch +70
A 3-day international workshop on atmospheric monitoring and calibration for high-energy astroparticle detectors, with a view towards next-generation facilities. The atmosphere is…
The Site of the ASTRI SST-2M Telescope Prototype: Atmospheric Monitoring and Auxiliary Instrumentation
G. Leto, M. C. Maccarone, G. Bellassai +8
ASTRI is a Flagship Project led by the Italian National Institute of Astrophysics, INAF. The main objective of the ASTRI project is to develop a prototype of the Small Size class T…
The ASTRI SST-2M Prototype: Camera and Electronics
Osvaldo Catalano, Salvo Giarrusso, Giovanni La Rosa +15
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. The primary goa…
The Site of the ASTRI SST-2M Telescope Prototype
Maria Concetta Maccarone, Giuseppe Leto, Pietro Bruno +4
ASTRI is a Flagship Project financed by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research, and led by the Italian National Institute of Astrophysics, INAF. Primary goal of…
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…
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…
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…
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…
UVSiPM: a light detector instrument based on a SiPM sensor working in single photon counting
G. Sottile, F. Russo, G. Agnetta +16
UVSiPM is a light detector designed to measure the intensity of electromagnetic radiation in the 320-900 nm wavelength range. It has been developed in the framework of the ASTRI pr…
Trigger and Aperture of the Surface Detector Array of the Pierre Auger Observatory
J. Abraham, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta +469
The surface detector array of the Pierre Auger Observatory consists of 1600 water-Cherenkov detectors, for the study of extensive air showers (EAS) generated by ultra-high-energy c…