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arxiv: 1307.3992 · v1 · submitted 2013-07-15 · 🌌 astro-ph.IM

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Towards the ASTRI mini-array

F. Di Pierro , C. Bigongiari , C. Morello , A. Stamerra , P. Vallania , G. Agnetta , L.A. Antonelli , D. Bastieri
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G. Bellassai M. Belluso S. Billotta B. Biondo G. Bonanno G. Bonnoli P. Bruno A. Bulgarelli R. Canestrari M. Capalbi P. Caraveo A. Carosi E. Cascone O. Catalano M. Cereda P. Conconi V. Conforti G. Cusumano V. De Caprio A. De Luca A. Di Paola D. Fantinel M. Fiorini D. Fugazza D. Gardiol M. Ghigo F. Gianotti S. Giarrusso E. Giro A. Grillo D. Impiombato S. Incorvaia A. La Barbera N. La Palombara V. La Parola G. la Rosa L. Lessio G. Leto S. Lombardi F. Lucarelli M.C. Maccarone G. Malaguti G. Malaspina V. Mangano D. Marano E. Martinetti R. Millul T. Mineo A. Misto G. Morlino M.R. Panzera G. Pareschi G. Rodeghiero P. Romano F. Russo B. Sacco N. Sartore J. Schwarz A. Segreto G. Sironi G. Sottile E. Strazzeri L. Stringhetti G. Tagliaferri V. Testa M.C. Timpanaro G. Toso G. Tosti M. Trifoglio S. Vercellone V. Zitelli (The Astri Collaboration) The CTA Consortium
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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 section (> 3 TeV) will be covered by the Small Size Telescopes (SST). ASTRI (Astrofisica con Specchi a Tecnologia Replicante Italiana) is a flagship project of the Italian Ministry of Research and Education led by INAF, aiming at the design and construction of a prototype of the Dual Mirror SST. In a second phase the ASTRI project foresees the installation of the first elements of the SST array at the CTA southern site, a mini-array of 5-7 telescopes. The optimization of the layout of this mini-array embedded in the SST array of the CTA Observatory has been the object of an intense simulation effort. In this work we present the expected mini-array performance in terms of energy threshold, angular and energy resolution and sensitivity.

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