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    The ASTRI Mini-Array Project: status and preliminary results

    by Stefano Vercellone (INAF/Brera)

    → Europe/Rome
    Sala Jappelli (Osservatorio astronomico di Padova)

    Sala Jappelli

    Osservatorio astronomico di Padova
    Description
    The Universe is populated by extreme particle accelerators and gamma-ray photons they are able to produce could be used as probes to investigate the laws of Nature at the highest energies. To this aim, INAF is leading the international ASTRI Mini-Array Project. INAF deployed and it is operating the first units of nine dual-mirror, imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) at the Teide Observatory at the Canary Island. The ASTRI Mini-Array energy range (1-200 TeV), wide field of view (10 degrees), angular resolution (3 arcmin at 10 TeV), and sensitivity (better than current IACTs above a few TeVs) are perfectly suited to investigate in depth ultra high-energy sources recently detected by LHAASO and HAWC up to a few PeVs, shedding light on their nature. I will review the ASTRI Mini-Array project status, in particular focussing on its Galactic and extra-galactic scientific goals and its synergies with multi-wavelength facilities.

     

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