A stellar intensity interferometry instrument for the ASTRI Mini-Array telescopes

Luca Zampieri; Giovanni Bonanno; Pietro Bruno; Carmelo Gargano; Luigi Lessio; Giampiero Naletto; Lorenzo Paoletti; Gabriele Rodeghiero; Giuseppe Romeo; Andrea Bulgarelli; Vito Conforti; Michele Fiori; Stefano Gallozzi; Fulvio Gianotti; Alessandro Grillo; Marco Landoni; Saverio Lombardi; Fabrizio Lucarelli; Aldo Morselli; Giovanni Occhipinti; Nicolò Parmiggiani; Claudio Pernechele; Gonzalo Rodriguez Fernandez; Federico Russo; Giorgia Sironi; Maria Cristina Timpanaro; Valentina Giordano; Giovanni Pareschi; Salvatore Scuderi; Gino Tosti

doi:10.1117/12.2629270

26 August 2022 A stellar intensity interferometry instrument for the ASTRI Mini-Array telescopes

Luca Zampieri, Giovanni Bonanno, Pietro Bruno, Carmelo Gargano, Luigi Lessio, Giampiero Naletto, Lorenzo Paoletti, Gabriele Rodeghiero, Giuseppe Romeo, Andrea Bulgarelli, Vito Conforti, Michele Fiori, Stefano Gallozzi, Fulvio Gianotti, Alessandro Grillo, Marco Landoni, Saverio Lombardi, Fabrizio Lucarelli, Aldo Morselli, Giovanni Occhipinti, Nicolò Parmiggiani, Claudio Pernechele, Gonzalo Rodriguez Fernandez, Federico Russo, Giorgia Sironi, Maria Cristina Timpanaro, Valentina Giordano, Giovanni Pareschi, Salvatore Scuderi, Gino Tosti

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Proceedings Volume 12183, Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging VIII; 121830F (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629270
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2022, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Abstract

The ASTRI Mini-Array is an International collaboration, led by the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics, that is constructing and operating an array of nine Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes to study gamma-ray sources at very high energy and perform optical stellar intensity interferometry (SII) observations. Angular resolutions below 100 microarcsec are achievable with stellar intensity interferometry, using telescopes separated by hundreds to thousands of meters baselines. At this level of resolution it turns out to be possible to reveal details on the surface and of the environment surrounding bright stars on the sky. The ASTRI Mini-Array will provide a suitable infrastructure for performing these measurements thanks to the capabilities offered by its 9 telescopes, which provide 36 simultaneous baselines over distances between 100 m and 700 m. After providing an overview of the scientific context and motivations for performing SII science with the ASTRI Mini-Array telescopes, we present the baseline design for the ASTRI Stellar Intensity Interferometry Instrument, a fast single photon counting instrument that will be mounted on the ASTRI telescopes and dedicated to performing SII observations of bright stars.

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Luca Zampieri, Giovanni Bonanno, Pietro Bruno, Carmelo Gargano, Luigi Lessio, Giampiero Naletto, Lorenzo Paoletti, Gabriele Rodeghiero, Giuseppe Romeo, Andrea Bulgarelli, Vito Conforti, Michele Fiori, Stefano Gallozzi, Fulvio Gianotti, Alessandro Grillo, Marco Landoni, Saverio Lombardi, Fabrizio Lucarelli, Aldo Morselli, Giovanni Occhipinti, Nicolò Parmiggiani, Claudio Pernechele, Gonzalo Rodriguez Fernandez, Federico Russo, Giorgia Sironi, Maria Cristina Timpanaro, Valentina Giordano, Giovanni Pareschi, Salvatore Scuderi, and Gino Tosti "A stellar intensity interferometry instrument for the ASTRI Mini-Array telescopes", Proc. SPIE 12183, Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging VIII, 121830F (26 August 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629270

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