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20182025
most citedThe ASTRI Mini-Array of Cherenkov Telescopes at the Observatorio del Teide

58 citations · 153 across the 13 of their papers we have counts for

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14 papers

astro-ph.HE2025

To cut or not to cut: Data-quality evaluation for the ASTRI Mini-Array

E. Molina, L. Foffano, S. Crestan +4

The ASTRI Mini-Array consists of nine Cherenkov telescopes under construction at the Observatorio del Teide, with one of them already performing observations since November 2024. G…

astro-ph.IM2025

Learning from ASTRI-Horn: products and applications of Variance data

Simone Iovenitti, Silvia Crestan, Teresa Mineo +3

In the context of the ASTRI MiniArray project (9 dual-mirror air Cherenkov telescopes being installed at the Observatorio del Teide in the Canary Islands), the ASTRI- Horn prototyp…

astro-ph.IM2025

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…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 5 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 58 cited

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

Scuderi S., Giuliani A., Pareschi G. +95

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 consi…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 56 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 14 cited

Mirror production for the Cherenkov telescopes of the ASTRI Mini-Array and of the MST project for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

N. La Palombara, G. Sironi, E. Giro +14

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next ground-based -ray observatory in the TeV -ray spectral region operating with the Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Technique. It i…

astro-ph.IM2021

HOW TO (DIS-)ASSEMBLE A PLANETARY SYSTEM (by turning a video game into an educational game)

Simone Iovenitti, Luca Perri

Nowadays, computer simulations have reached amazing graphic results, providing awesome visual descriptions explaining the evolution of very complex physics phenomena, implementing…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 5 cited

Assessment of the Cherenkov camera alignment through Variance images for the ASTRI telescope

Simone Iovenitti, Giorgia Sironi, Enrico Giro +3

A peculiar aspect of Cherenkov telescopes is that they are designed to detect atmospheric light flashes on the time scale of nanoseconds, being almost blind to stellar sources. As…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 2 cited

Astro-photography as an effective tool for Outreach and Education: IACT in exposition

Simone Iovenitti, Chiara Righi, Stefano Orsenigo +1

In our epoch, images are a powerful way to convey a message to a large audience. Through the use of amazing astronomical photographs, science can be communicated effectively at dif…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 3 cited

Effective pointing of the ASTRI-Horn telescope using the Cherenkov camera with the Variance method

Simone Iovenitti, Giorgia Sironi, Alberto Segreto +2

Cherenkov telescope cameras are not suitable to perform astrometrical pointing calibration since they are not designed to produce images of the sky, but rather to detect nanosecond…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 2 cited

"Star coverage": a simple tool to schedule an observation when FOV rotation matters

Simone Iovenitti

During a tracking mode observation, every telescope with an alt-azimuthal mount shows a rotation in the field of view (FoV) due to the diurnal motion of the Earth. The angular exte…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 1 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 7 cited

The STRIP instrument of the Large Scale Polarization Explorer: microwave eyes to map the Galactic polarized foregrounds

C. Franceschet, S. Realini, A. Mennella +48

In this paper we discuss the latest developments of the STRIP instrument of the "Large Scale Polarization Explorer" (LSPE) experiment. LSPE is a novel project that combines ground-…