We will describe the current status of the ASTRI Mini-Array, under construction at the Teide Astronomical Observatory in Tenerife, Spain. The final layout of the array will include nine small Cherenkov telescopes covering an area of about 650 x 270 square meters. The ASTRI telescopes adopt a dual-mirror Schwarzchild-Couder aplanatic optical design. In the focal plane, the ASTRI camera, based on silicon photon-multiplier detectors, will cover a large field-of-view ( $\geqslant$ 10 deg in diameter).
This system also provides good gamma-ray sensitivity at very high energies (VHE, above 10 TeV)
combined with a good angular resolution.
The scientific goals of the ASTRI Mini-Array include spectral and morphological characterization of the LHAASO sources and other Pevatron candidates, studies of PWNe and TeV halos, Blazar monitoring at VHE, fundamental physics and follow-up of transient events.
The beginning of the scientific operations is planned for mid 2025. The first three years will be dedicated to the core science and the ASTRI Mini-Array will be run as an experiment.
It will gradually move towards an observatory model in the following years, open to the community.
Volume 417 -
7th Heidelberg International Symposium on High-Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy (Gamma2022) -
Invited talks
The Astri Mini-Array of Cherenkov Telescopes
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.22323/1.417.0027
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