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Electronics and Detectors for the Stellar Intensity Interferometer of the ASTRI Mini-Array Telescopes

Published:2023-12-15 Issue:24 Volume:23 Page:9840
ISSN:1424-8220
Container-title:Sensors
language:en
Short-container-title:Sensors

Author:

Bonanno Giovanni¹^ORCID,Zampieri Luca²^ORCID,Naletto Giampiero²³^ORCID,Paoletti Lorenzo²,Romeo Giuseppe¹^ORCID,Bruno Pietro¹^ORCID,Grillo Alessandro¹^ORCID,Occhipinti Gianfranco¹,Timpanaro Maria Cristina¹,Gargano Carmelo⁴,Fiori Michele²^ORCID,Rodeghiero Gabriele⁵^ORCID,Pareschi Giovanni⁶,Scuderi Salvatore⁷,Tosti Gino⁸

Affiliation:

1. INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania, Via Santa Sofia, 78, 95123 Catania, Italy

2. INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Vicolo dell’Osservatorio, 5, 35122 Padova, Italy

3. Department of Physics and Astronomy “Galileo Galilei”, University of Padova, Via F. Marzolo, 8, 35131 Padova, Italy

4. INAF-Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Via Ugo La Malfa 153, 90146 Palermo, Italy

5. INAF-Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio di Bologna, Via Gobetti 93/3, 40129 Bologna, Italy

6. INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera-Merate, Via Brera 28, 20121 Milano, Italy

7. INAF-Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Via Alfonso Corti 12, 20133 Milano, Italy

8. Dipartimento di Fisica e Geologia, Università di Perugia, Via Alessandro Pascoli, 06123 Perugia, Italy

Abstract

The ASTRI Mini-Array is an international collaboration led by the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) that will operate nine telescopes to perform Cherenkov and optical stellar intensity interferometry (SII) observations. At the focal plane of these telescopes, we are planning to install a stellar intensity interferometry instrument. Here we present the selected design, based on Silicon Photomultiplier (SiPM) detectors matching the telescope point spread function together with dedicated front-end electronics.

Funder

Italian Ministry University and Research

Ministry for Economic Development

European Union–“NextGenerationEU”

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Biochemistry,Instrumentation,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics,Analytical Chemistry

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/23/24/9840/pdf

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