Dr. Fulvio Gianotti Profile

Dr. Fulvio Gianotti

Researcher at INAF - Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio

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Publications (62)

Proceedings Article | 11 September 2024 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

Status of the small-sized telescopes programme for the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory

A. Trois, J. Douneaux, S. Scuderi, R. White, G. Tagliaferri, L. Proserpio, G. Tosti, P. Bruno, J. Cailleux, V. Conforti, A. El Mouden, F. De Frondat, C. Gargano, S. Germani, F. Gianotti, G. Giavitto, V. Giordano, L. Grassi, S. Iovenitti, P. Laporte, N. La Palombara, L. Lessio, G. Leto, A. Marchetti, R. Millul, C. Molfese, F. Russo, F. Saturni, G. Sironi, A. Antonelli, S. Funk, J. Hinton, G. Pareschi, H. Sol, M. Able, P. Attinà, M. Barcelo, A. Baryshev, P Chadwick, D. Depaoli, S. Einecke, J. Lapington, S. Lee, A. Okumura, E. Rol, G. Rowell, J. Schaefer, I. Sofia, H. Tajima, J. Watson, F. Wohlleben, R. Zanmar Sanchez, A. Zink, M. Balbo, S. Bang, M. Bekema, G. Bellassai, D. Berge, C. Bigongiari, G. Bonnoli, A. Brown, A. Bulgarelli, M. Cappi, P. Caraveo, G. Cotter, P. Cristofari, D. Falceta-Gonçalves, E. De Gouveia Dal Pino, N. De Simone, M. del Valle, C. Fermino, A. Giuliani, T. Greenshaw, G. Kowal, S. Lloyd, S. Lombardi, F. Lucarelli, E. Martinetti, T. Mineo, A. Nayak, W. Oughton, M. Penno, C. Righi, D. Ross, C. Rulten, R. Santos-Lima, B. Schwab, V. Sliusar, A. Stamerra, M. Takahashi, F. Tavecchio, M. Vecchi, S. Vercellone, J. Vink, R. Walter, L. Zampieri, A. Zech

Proceedings Volume 13094, 130943Y (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019790

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Cameras, Design, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Mirrors, Silicon photomultipliers, Control systems, Prototyping, Observatories, Imaging systems

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Proceedings Article | 5 September 2024 Presentation + Paper

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Performance of the image persistence model for Euclid infrared detectors

B. Kubik, R. Barbier, G. Smadja, S. Ferriol, Y. Conseil, Y. Copin, W. Gillard, S. Dusini, K. Jahnke, E. Prieto, N. Auricchio, E. Balbi, A. Balestra, P. Battaglia, V. Capobianco, R. Chary, L. Corcione, F. Cogato, G. Delucchi, E. Franceschi, L. Gabarra, F. Gianotti, F. Grupp, E. Lentini, S. Ligori, E. Medinaceli, G. Morgante, K. Paterson, E. Romelli, L. Sauniere, M. Schirmer, C. Sirignano, G. Testera, M. Trifoglio, A. Troja, L. Valenziano, M. Frailis, M. Scodeggio, J.-C. Barriere, M. Berthe, C. Bodendorf, A. Caillat, M. Carle, R. Casas, H. Cho, A. Costille, F. Ducret, B. Garilli, W. Holmes, F. Hormuth, A. Hornstrup, M. Jhabvala, R. Kohley, D. Le Mignant, P. Lilje, I. Lloro, C. Padilla, G. Polenta, J.-C. Salvignol, G. Seidel, B. Serra, A. Secroun, L. Stanco, R. Toledo-Moreo, S. Anselmi, E. Borsato, L. Caillat, C. Colodro-Conde, V. Conforti, J. Davies, A. Renzi, F. Dal Corso, S. Davini, A. Derosa, J. Diaz, S. Di Domizio, D. Di Ferdinando, R. Farinelli, A. Ferrari, F. Fornari, F. Giacomini, O. Krause, F. Laudisio, J. Macias-Perez, J. Marpaud, N. Mauri, R. da Silva, M. Niclas, F. Passalacqua, I. Risso, P. Lagier, A. Sorensen, P. Stassi, J. Steinwagner, M. Tenti, C. Thizy, S. Tosi, R. Travaglini, O. Tubio, C. Valieri, S. Ventura, C. Vescovi, J. Zoubian

Proceedings Volume 13103, 1310315 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3014312

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Signal detection, Data modeling, Staring arrays, Electrons, Astronomy, Superposition, Spectroscopy, Infrared detectors, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 28 August 2024 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

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

Luca Zampieri, Michele Fiori, Carmelo Gargano, Luigi Lessio, Gabriele Rodeghiero, Giovanni Bonanno, Pietro Bruno, Giampiero Naletto, Lorenzo Paoletti, Giuseppe Romeo, Alessia Spolon, Andrea Bulgarelli, Vito Conforti, Fulvio Gianotti, Alessandro Grillo, Marco Landoni, Saverio Lombardi, Fabrizio Lucarelli, Nicolò Parmiggiani, Claudio Pernechele, Maria Cristina Timpanaro, Valentina Giordano, Giovanni Pareschi, Salvatore Scuderi, Gino Tosti

Proceedings Volume 13095, 130950J (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019963

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Telescopes, Stars, Equipment, Silicon photomultipliers, Stellar interferometry, Optical fibers, Signal to noise ratio, Picosecond phenomena, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 24 August 2024 Presentation

Presentation

Euclid near infrared spectrometer and photometer instrument NISP in space

W. Gillard, S. Dusini, K. Jahnke, E. Prieto, N. Auricchio, R. Barbier, E. Balbi, A. Balestra, P. Battaglia, V. Capobianco, R. Chary, L. Corcione, F. Cogato, G. Delucchi, S. Ferriol, E. Franceschi, L. Gabarra, F. Gianotti, F. Grupp, E. Lentini, S. Ligori, E. Medinaceli, G. Morgante, K. Paterson, E. Romelli, L. Sauniere, M. Schirmer, C. Sirignano, G. Testera, M. Trifoglio, A. Troja, L. Valenziano, Y. Copin, M. Frailis, B. Kubik, M. Scodeggio

Proceedings Volume 13092, 130920O (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3017391

KEYWORDS: Equipment, Near infrared, Spectroscopy, Photometry, Infrared spectroscopy, Design and modelling, Spectroscopes, Spectrophotometry, Satellites, Near infrared spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 23 August 2024 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

Euclid commissioning results: the near infrared spectrometer and photometer (NISP) signal detection chain

F. Cogato, E. Medinaceli Villegas, R. Barbier, S. Dusini, W. Gillard, K. Jahnke, N. Auricchio, E. Balbi, A. Balestra, P. Battaglia, D. Bonino, V. Capobianco, R. Chary, S. Conseil, L. Corcione, G. Delucchi, R. Farinelli, S. Ferriol, E. Franceschi, L. Gabarra, F. Gianotti, F. Grupp, E. Lentini, S. Ligori, G. Morgante, K. Paterson, E. Romelli, L. Sauniere, M. Schirmer, C. Sirignaro, G. Sirri, G. Testera, M. Trifoglio, A. Troja, L. Valenziano, Y. Copin, M. Frailis, B. Kubik, M. Scodeggio, J.-C. Barriere, M. Berthe, C. Bodendorf, A. Caillat, M. Carle, R. Casas, H. Cho, A. Costille, F. Ducret, B. Garilli, W. Holmes, F. Hormuth, A. Hornstrup, M. Jhabvala, R. Kohley, D. Le Mignant, P. Lilje, I. Lloro, C. Padilla, G. Polenta, J.-C. Salvignol, G. Seidel, B. Serra, A. Secroun, G. Smadja, L. Stanco, P. Strada, R. Toledo-Moreo, S. Anselmi, E. Borsato, L. Caillat, C. Colodro-Conde, V. Conforti, J. Davies, A. Renzi, F. Dal Corso, S. Davini, A. De Rosa, J. Diaz, S. Di Domizio, D. Di Ferdinando, A. Ferrari, F. Fornari, F. Giacomini, O. Krause, F. Laudisio, J. Macias-Perez, J. Marpaud, N. Mauri, R. da Silva, M. Niclas, F. Passalacqua, I. Risso, P. Lagier, A. Sorensen, P. Stassi, J. Steinwagner, M. Tenti, C. Thizy, S. Tosi, R. Travaglini, O. Tubio, C. Valieri, S. Ventura, C. Vescovi, J. Zoubian

Proceedings Volume 13092, 130923G (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3017952

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Signal detection, Equipment, Calibration, Staring arrays, Data processing, Space operations, Spectroscopy, Galactic astronomy, Chromium

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Proceedings Article | 25 July 2024 Poster + Paper

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ASTRI Mini-Array on-site information and communication technology infrastructure

F. Gianotti, I. Abu, M. Lodi, A. Tacchini, G. Malaspina, M. De Benedetto, F. Fiordoliva, M. Costi, G. Mancini, D. Gregori, M. Pinetti, M. Sardo, D. Fuzzati, M. Rosi, D. Obbi, P. Bruno, A. Bulgarelli, L. Castaldini, V. Conforti, A. Costa, V. Fioretti, S. Gallozzi, C. Grivel, F. Incardona, G. Leto, F. Lucarelli, K. Munari, N. Parmiggiani, V. Pastore, F. Russo, S. Scuderi, G. Tosti, M. Trifoglio

Proceedings Volume 13101, 1310136 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018973

KEYWORDS: Printed circuit board testing, Telescopes, Switches, Connectors, Control systems, Internet, Data acquisition, Data centers, Cameras, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes

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The ASTRI ("Astrofisica con Specchi a Tecnologia Replicante Italiana") is a collaborative international effort led by the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) for developing an array of nine 4m-class dual-mirror Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) sensitive to gamma-ray radiation at energies above 1 TeV. The array is placed at the Teide Observatory in Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. In order to support the development, installation, and operations of the ASTRI Mini-Array, an on-site Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Infrastructure has been designed. This paper describes the design of this ICT infrastructure, which includes various subsystems dedicated primarily to host the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) software whose aim is to control and monitor the array of telescopes and to perform data acquisition and data quality control. For each subsystem, the best technology solutions were chosen. A dedicated Virtual System based on ProxMox for telescope control, to ensure the easy control and management combined with high reliability and continuity of service was implemented. To ensure the throughput of tens of MB/s the data acquisition and dispatch operations were realized bare metal from the camera and frontier server, combined with a dedicated BeeGFS-based storage system to ensure the necessary performance and provide a distributed, shared and concurrent filesystem. The high performances of the online data quality control and of the Monitoring System are guaranteed by a Kubernetes Technology approach, which also improves the automation, the scaling and deployment. These subsystems and ASTRI telescopes are interconnected by the high-performance network, so special attention has been focused on the network topology to ensure both reliability and data transfer throughput, both in the local network and for transmission to the remote archive facility in Rome where the data are transferred as soon as they are available. The entire ICT infrastructure was engineered to have no Single Point of Failure (SPOF) and to ensure high availability, because there will be no one dedicated to its maintenance on-site at Teide and during the night. Therefore, all the most critical systems have been designed in hot redundancy, that is, capable of supporting a failure without service interruption.

Proceedings Article | 25 July 2024 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

A reliable and automated orchestrator for the computing system of the ASTRI project

I. Abu, F. Gianotti, M. Lodi, G. Malaspina, M. De Benedetto, F. Fiordoliva, M. Costi, G. Mancini, M. Sardo, M. Rosi, A. Bulgarelli, L. Castaldini, A. Tacchini, V. Conforti, A. Costa, V. Fioretti, S. Gallozzi, F. Lucarelli, K. Munari, N. Parmiggiani, V. Pastore, F. Russo, S. Scuderi, G. Tosti, M. Trifoglio

Proceedings Volume 13101, 131013B (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018971

KEYWORDS: Printed circuit board testing, Telescopes, Data storage, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Data acquisition, Computing systems, Reliability, Observatories, Data transmission, Astronomy

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The ASTRI (”Astrofisica con Specchi a Tecnologia Replicante Italiana”) program, led by the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF), is an international collaboration focused on developing and operating an array of nine 4-meter class, dual-mirror Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs). These telescopes are designed to detect gamma-ray radiation at energies above 1 TeV. The ASTRI Mini-Array is being constructed at the Teide Observatory in Tenerife, Canary Islands. To support the development, installation, and operation of the ASTRI Mini-Array, a dedicated on-site Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Infrastructure has been designed. This ICT infrastructure hosts the Computing System for the SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) software, which monitors, controls, and acquires data from the ASTRI Mini-Array telescopes and associated auxiliary hardware. The deployment model for SCADA is based on a combination of containers, bare metal servers, and virtual machines, all of which communicate seamlessly. Containerization techniques, paired with advanced orchestration systems such as Kubernetes, enhance the system’s efficiency. In this paper, we detail the virtual and containerized environment system, which employs the concept of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) in conjunction with a container orchestration system. IaC enhances portability, automation, agility, and version control, while the orchestration system automates deployment, scalability, load balancing, resource management, recovery, and container version management. Together, IaC and container orchestration significantly simplify the infrastructure and application management. IaC automates the provisioning of basic infrastructure, while container orchestration ensures that containerized applications run efficiently and reliably. This architecture allows us to manage the entire SCADA system with ease, enabling rapid deployment of the entire system—both the environment and applications—at the Teide Observatory or other test sites.

SPIE Journal Paper | 23 January 2024 Open Access

Open Access

Software architecture and development approach for the ASTRI Mini-Array project at the Teide Observatory

Andrea Bulgarelli, Fabrizio Lucarelli, Gino Tosti, Vito Conforti, Nicolò Parmiggiani, Joseph Hillary Schwarz, Juan Guillermo Alvarez Gallardo, Lucio Angelo Antonelli, Mauricio Araya, Matteo Balbo, Leonardo Baroncelli, Ciro Bigongiari, Pietro Bruno, Milvia Capalbi, Martina Cardillo, Guillermo Andres Rodriguez Castillo, Osvaldo Catalano, Antonio Alessio Compagnino, Mattia Corpora, Alessandro Costa, Silvia Crestan, Giuseppe Cusumano, Antonino D’Aì, Valentina Fioretti, Stefano Gallozzi, Stefano Germani, Fulvio Gianotti, Valentina Giordano, Andrea Giuliani, Alessandro Grillo, Isaias Huerta, Federico Incardona, Simone Iovenitti, Nicola La Palombara, Valentina La Parola, Marco Landoni, Saverio Lombardi, Maria Cettina Maccarone, Rachele Millul, Teresa Mineo, Gabriela Montenegro, Davide Mollica, Kevin Munari, Antonio Pagliaro, Giovanni Pareschi, Valerio Pastore, Matteo Perri, Fabio Pintore, Patrizia Romano, Federico Russo, Ricardo Zanmar Sanchez, Pierluca Sangiorgi, Francesco Gabriele Saturni, Nestor Sayes, Eva Sciacca, Vitalii Sliusar, Salvatore Scuderi, Alessandro Tacchini, Vincenzo Testa, Massimo Trifoglio, Antonio Tutone, Stefano Vercellone, Roland Walter, for the ASTRI Project

JATIS, Vol. 10, Issue 01, 017001, (January 2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.10.1.017001

KEYWORDS: Software development, Telescopes, Data modeling, Computer architecture, Control systems, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Data acquisition, Data archive systems, Design, Cameras

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

The ASTRI-Horn Cherenkov camera: improvements on the hardware and software components

Giuseppe Sottile, Pierluca Sangiorgi, Carmelo Gargano, Fabio Paolo Lo Gerfo, Mattia Corpora, Osvaldo Catalano, Milvia Capalbi, Teresa Mineo, Giovanni Contino, Benedetto Biondo, Giuseppe Leto, Salvatore Garozzo, Davide Marano, Alessandro Grillo, Fabio D'Anca, Vito Conforti, Fulvio Gianotti, Giovanni Pareschi, Salvatore Scuderi

Proceedings Volume 12188, 1218830 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629634

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Calibration, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Field programmable gate arrays, Data acquisition, Electronics, Imaging systems, Photodetectors

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

The online observation quality system software architecture for the ASTRI Mini-Array project

N. Parmiggiani, A. Bulgarelli, L. Baroncelli, A. Addis, V. Fioretti, A. Di Piano, M. Capalbi, O. Catalano, V. Conforti, M. Fiori, F. Gianotti, S. Iovenitti, F. Lucarelli, M. C. Maccarone, T. Mineo, S. Lombardi, V. Pastore, F. Russo, P. Sangiorgi, S. Scuderi, G. Tosti, M. Trifoglio, L. Zampieri

Proceedings Volume 12189, 121892H (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629278

KEYWORDS: Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Data acquisition, Cameras, Control systems, Telescopes, Interferometry, Data centers, Software development, Computer architecture, Quality systems

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

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The Array Data Acquisition System software architecture of the ASTRI Mini-Array project

Vito Conforti, Fulvio Gianotti, Valerio Pastore, Massimo Trifoglio, Andrea Bulgarelli, Antonio Addis, Leonardo Baroncelli, Milvia Capalbi, Valentina Fioretti, Nicolò Parmiggiani, Pierluca Sangiorgi, Mattia Corpora, Osvaldo Catalano, Alessandro Costa, Federico Incardona, F. Russo

Proceedings Volume 12189, 121890N (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2626600

KEYWORDS: Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Cameras, Data acquisition, Telescopes, Computer architecture, Binary data, Double positive medium, Data storage, Data conversion, Control systems, Astronomical software, Software

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

Array data acquisition system interface for online distribution of acquired data in the ASTRI Mini-Array project

Valerio Pastore, Vito Conforti, Fulvio Gianotti, Andrea Bulgarelli, Nicolò Parmiggiani, Federico Incardona, Alessandro Costa, Federico Russo

Proceedings Volume 12189, 1218924 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629922

KEYWORDS: Data acquisition, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Cameras, Telescopes, Computer programming, Telecommunications, Quality systems, Prototyping

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

The telescope control system for the ASTRI Mini-Array of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes

Federico Russo, Gino Tosti, Pietro Bruno, Andrea Bulgarelli, Fulvio Gianotti, Nicoló Parmiggiani, Milvia Capalbi, Vito Conforti, Mattia Corpora, Alessandro Costa, Michele Fiori, Stefano Germani, Alessandro Grillo, Pierluca Sangiorgi, Joseph Schwarz, Salvatore Scuderi, Luca Zampieri, Federico Incardona, Kevin Munari, Valerio Pastore

Proceedings Volume 12189, 121892I (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629943

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Control systems, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Human-machine interfaces, Connectors, Safety, Cameras, Telecommunications, Imaging systems, Computer architecture

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

The monitoring, logging, and alarm system of the ASTRI mini-array gamma-ray air-Cherenkov experiment at the Observatorio del Teide

Federico Incardona, Alessandro Costa, Kevin Munari, Salvatore Gambadoro, Stefano Germani, Pietro Bruno, Andrea Bulgarelli, Vito Conforti, Fulvio Gianotti, Alessandro Grillo, Valerio Pastore, Federico Russo, Joseph Schwarz, Gino Tosti, Salvatore Cavalieri

Proceedings Volume 12189, 121891E (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629887

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Data modeling, Databases, Data acquisition, Information technology, Gamma radiation, Data archive systems, Control systems, Computer architecture

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

The Software Architecture and development approach for the ASTRI Mini-Array gamma-ray air-Cherenkov experiment at the Observatorio del Teide

A. Bulgarelli, F. Lucarelli, G. Tosti, V. Conforti, N. Parmiggiani, J. H. Schwarz, L. A. Antonelli, L. Baroncelli, C. Bigongiari, M. Capalbi, M. Cardillo, G. A. Rodriguez Castillo, O. Catalano, A. A. Compagnino, M. Corpora, A. Costa, S. Crestan, G. Cusumano, A. D'Ai', V. Fioretti, S. Gallozzi, S. Germani, F. Gianotti, V. Giordano, A. Giuliani, P. G. Bruno, J. G. Green, A. Grillo, F. Incardona, S. Iovenitti, N. La Palombara, V. La Parola, M. Landoni, S. Lombardi, M. C. Maccarone, R. Millul, T. Mineo, D. Mollica, A. Pagliaro, G. Pareschi, V. Pastore, M. Perri, F. Pintore, P. Romano, F. Russo, P. Sangiorgi, F. G. Saturni, E. Sciacca, S. Scuderi, A. Tacchini, V. Testa, M. Trifoglio, A. Tutone, S. Vercellone

Proceedings Volume 12189, 121890D (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629164

KEYWORDS: Data modeling, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Control systems, Software development, Telescopes, Data processing, Data archive systems, Data acquisition, Calibration, Computer architecture

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

ASTRI Mini-Array on-site Information and Communication Technology infrastructure

F. Gianotti, M. Lodi, V. Conforti, A. Tacchini, A. Bulgarelli, P. Bruno, A. Costa, A. De Rosa, S. Gallozzi, S. Germani, F. Incardona, G. Leto, F. Lucarelli, G. Malaspina, K. Munari, N. Parmiggiani, V. Pastore, F. Russo, S. Scuderi, G. Tosti

Proceedings Volume 12189, 121891D (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629831

KEYWORDS: Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Telescopes, Printed circuit board testing, Control systems, Internet, Switches, Observatories, Data centers, Cameras, Gamma radiation

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Proceedings Article | 27 August 2022 Paper

Paper

EUCLID's near infrared spectro-photometer ready for flight: review of final performances

E. Medinaceli, L. Valenziano, N. Auricchio, E. Franceschi, F. Gianotti, P. Battaglia, R. Farinelli, A. Balestra, S. Dusini, C. Sirignano, E. Borsato, L. Stanco, A. Renzi, A. Troja, L. Gabarra, S. Ligori, V. Capobianco, L. Corcione, D. Bonino, G. Sirri, L. Patrizii, M. Tenti, D. Di Ferdinando, C. Valieri, N. Mauri, F. Giacomini, D. Le Mignant, E. Prieto, M. Carle, F. Ducret, W. Gillard, A. Secroun, T. Maciaszek, S. Ferriol, R. Barbier, F. Grupp, W. Holmes, M. Pniel, A. Waczynski, S. Prado, M. Seiffert, M. Jhabvala, R. Laureijs, G. Racca, J. Salvignol, T. Boenke, P. Strada

Proceedings Volume 12180, 121801L (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629843

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Spectroscopy, Point spread functions, Galactic astronomy, Electronics, Visible radiation, Telescopes, Staring arrays, Optical filters, Near infrared

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ESA’s mission Euclid while undertaking its final integration stage is fully qualified. Euclid will perform an extra galactic survey (0<z<2) using visible and near-infrared light. To detect the infrared radiation is equipped with the Near Infrared Spectro-Photometer (NISP) instrument with a sensitivity in the 0.9-2 μm range. We present an illustration of the NISP Data Processing Unit’s Application Software, highlighting the experimental process to obtain the final parametrization of the on-board processing of data produced by an array of 16 Teledyne’s HAWAII-2RG (HgCdTe) - each of 2048×2048 px², 0.3 arcsec/px, 18 μm pixel pitch; using data from the latest test campaigns done with the flight configuration hardware - complete optical system (Korsh anastigmat telescope), detectors array (0.56 deg² firld of view) and readout systems (16 Digital Control Units and Sidecar ASICs). Also, we show the outstanding Spectrometric (using a Blue and two Red Grisms) and Photometric (using Y_E 0.92-1.15μm, J_E 1.15-1.37μm, and H_E 1.37-2.0 μm filters) performances of the NISP detector derived from the end-to-end payload module test campaign at FOCAL 5 - CSL; among them the Photometric Point Spread Function (PSF) determination, and the Spectroscopic dispersion verification. Also the performances of the onboard processing are presented. Then, we describe the solution of a major issue found during this final test phase that put NISP in the critical path. We will describe how the problem was eventually understood and solved thanks to an intensive coordinated effort of an independent review team (tiger team lead by ESA) and a team of NISP experts from the Euclid Consortium. An extended PLM level campaign in ambient in Liege and a dedicated test campaign conducted in Marseille on the NISP EQM model, with both industrial and managerial support, finally confirmed the correctness of the diagnosis of the problem. Finally, the Euclid’s survey is presented (14000 deg² wide survey, and ∼40 deg² deep-survey) as well as the global statistics for a mission lifetime of 6 years (∼1.5 billion Galaxy’s shapes, and ∼50 million Galaxy’s spectra).

Proceedings Article | 26 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

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

Proceedings Volume 12183, 121830F (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629270

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Stars, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Photons, Interferometry, Spatial resolution, Sensors, Photon counting, Optical filters, Electronics

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Presentation

Poster + Presentation

Architectural design and prototype for the logging, monitoring, and alarm system for the ASTRI mini-array

Alessandro Costa, Gino Tosti, Joseph Schwarz, Pietro Bruno, Andrea Bulgarelli, Antonio Calanducci, Vito Conforti, Stefano Germani, Fulvio Gianotti, Alessandro Grillo, Federico Incardona, Kevin Munari, Federico Russo, Eva Sciacca, Fabio Vitello

Proceedings Volume 11452, 1145229 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560697

KEYWORDS: Astrophysics

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Proceedings Article | 9 September 2019 Presentation + Paper

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The innovative Cherenkov camera based on SiPM sensors of the ASTRI-Horn telescope: from the T/M and electrical design to the full assembly and testing in a harsh environment

Rodolfo Canestrari, Carmelo Gargano, Giuseppe Sottile, Benedetto Biondo, Giovanni Bonanno, Pietro Bruno, Milvia Capalbi, Osvaldo Catalano, Vito Conforti, Salvatore Garozzo, Fulvio Gianotti, Salvatore Giarrusso, Enrico Giro, Alessandro Grillo, Domenico Impiombato, Giovanni La Rosa, Maria Concetta Maccarone, Davide Marano, Teresa Mineo, Giovanni Pareschi, Giuseppe Romeo, Francesco Russo, Pierluca Sangiorgi, Salvatore Scuderi, Alberto Segreto, Giorgia Sironi

Proceedings Volume 11114, 111140A (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2528153

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Sensors, Telescopes, Electronics, Field programmable gate arrays, Imaging systems, Observatories, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

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The DAQ system support to the AIV activities of the ASTRI camera proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

V. Conforti, F. Gianotti, M. Trifoglio, A. Bulgarelli, V. Fioretti, O. Catalano, M. Capalbi, P. Sangiorgi

Proceedings Volume 10707, 1070724 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312131

KEYWORDS: Data acquisition, Cameras, Telescopes

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The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), the next generation ground-based observatory for very high-energy gamma rays, is being built and will be operated by an international consortium. Two arrays will be located in the northern and southern hemispheres. Each telescope array will operate different numbers and types of telescopes. The Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) is leading the ASTRI (Astrofisica con Specchi a Tecnologia Replicante Italiana) project in the framework of the small size class of telescopes (SST). A first goal of the ASTRI project is the realization of an end-to-end prototype in dual-mirror configuration (SST-2M). The ASTRI camera focal plane is composed of a matrix of silicon photo-multiplier sensors managed by innovative front-end and back-end electronics. The ASTRI SST2M prototype is installed in Italy at the INAF “M.G. Fracastoro” observing station located at Serra La Nave, 1735 m a.s.l. on Mount Etna, Sicily. The ASTRI Data AcQuisition (DAQ) system acquires, packet by packet, the camera data from the back-end electronics. The packets are then stored locally in one raw file as soon as they arrive. During the acquisition, the DAQ system groups the packets by data type (scientific, calibration, engineering) before processing and storing the data in FITS format. All the files are then transferred to the on-site archive. In addition, we implemented a quick-look component the allows the operator to display the camera data during the acquisition. A graphical user interface enables the operator to configure, monitor and control the DAQ software. Furthermore, we implemented the control panel algorithms within the framework of the Alma Common Software, in order to integrate the DAQ software within the ASTRI control software. The ASTRI DAQ system supports the camera AIV activities and operations. We provide the instrument workstation to support the AIV activities in the laboratory, and the camera server on-site. In this paper, we assess the ASTRI DAQ system as it has performed the AIV tasks for the ASTRI SST-2M prototype.

Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

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The ASTRI camera for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Osvaldo Catalano, Milvia Capalbi, Carmelo Gargano, Salvo Giarrusso, Domenico Impiombato, Giovanni La Rosa, Maria Concetta Maccarone, Teresa Mineo, Francesco Russo, Pierluca Sangiorgi, Alberto Segreto, Giuseppe Sottile, Benedetto Biondo, Giovanni Bonanno, Salvatore Garozzo, Alessandro Grillo, Davide Marano, Giuseppe Romeo, Salvatore Scuderi, Rodolfo Canestrari, Paolo Conconi, Enrico Giro, Giovanni Pareschi, Giorgia Sironi, Vito Conforti, Fulvio Gianotti, Renato Gimenes

Proceedings Volume 10702, 1070237 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314984

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Telescopes, Calibration, Prototyping, Sensors, Electronics, Control systems, Mirrors, Signal detection

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

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The ACS/OPC-UA based ICT infrastructure monitoring system of the ASTRI SST-2M prototype proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

F. Gianotti, P. Bruno, A. Grillo, V. Conforti, M. Trifoglio, F. Russo, F. Fagioli, A. Tacchini, G. Tosti, G. Leto

Proceedings Volume 10707, 1070730 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314140

KEYWORDS: Printed circuit board testing, Telescopes, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Prototyping, Control systems, Astronomical telescopes, Human-machine interfaces, Systems engineering, Space telescopes, Telecommunications

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Proceedings Article | 9 August 2016 Paper

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The ASTRI mini-array software system (MASS) implementation: a proposal for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Claudio Tanci, Gino Tosti, Vito Conforti, Joseph Schwarz, Elisa Antolini, L. Antonelli, Andrea Bulgarelli, Ciro Bigongiari, Pietro Bruno, Rodolfo Canestrari, Milvia Capalbi, Enrico Cascone, Osvaldo Catalano, Andrea Di Paola, Federico Di Pierro, Valentina Fioretti, Stefano Gallozzi, Daniele Gardiol, Fulvio Gianotti, Enrico Giro, Alessandro Grillo, Nicola La Palombara, Giuseppe Leto, Saverio Lombardi, Maria Maccarone, Giovanni Pareschi, Federico Russo, Pierluca Sangiorgi, Salvo Scuderi, Luca Stringhetti, Vincenzo Testa, Massimo Trifoglio, Stefano Vercellone, Andrea Zoli

Proceedings Volume 9913, 99133L (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231294

KEYWORDS: Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Telescopes, Data acquisition, Prototyping, Control systems, Cameras, Imaging systems, Data archive systems, Human-machine interfaces, Lanthanum

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Proceedings Article | 8 August 2016 Paper

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The ICT monitoring system of the ASTRI SST-2M prototype proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

F. Gianotti, P. Bruno, A. Tacchini, V. Conforti, V. Fioretti, C. Tanci, A. Grillo, G. Leto, G. Malaguti, M. Trifoglio

Proceedings Volume 9913, 99132I (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231609

KEYWORDS: Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Telecommunications, Printed circuit board testing, Computing systems, Prototyping, Telescopes, Optical proximity correction, Human-machine interfaces, Telecommunications, Computing systems, Control systems, Astronomical telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 8 August 2016 Paper

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Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Infrastructure for the ASTRI SST-2M telescope prototype for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

F. Gianotti, A. Tacchini, G. Leto, E. Martinetti, P. Bruno, G. Bellassai, V. Conforti, S. Gallozzi, M. Mastropietro, C. Tanci, G. Malaguti, M. Trifoglio

Proceedings Volume 9913, 99132C (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2230150

KEYWORDS: Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Telescopes, Printed circuit board testing, Control systems, Control systems, Switches, Data acquisition, Cameras, Local area networks, Computing systems, Data archive systems

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The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) represents the next generation of ground-based observatories for very high energy gamma-ray astronomy. The CTA will consist of two arrays at two different sites, one in the northern and one in the southern hemisphere. The current CTA design foresees, in the southern site, the installation of many tens of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes of three different classes, namely large, medium and small, so defined in relation to their mirror area; the northern hemisphere array would consist of few tens of the two larger telescope types. The Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) is developing the Cherenkov Small Size Telescope ASTRI SST- 2M end-to-end prototype telescope within the framework of the International Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) project. The ASTRI prototype has been installed at the INAF observing station located in Serra La Nave on Mt. Etna, Italy. Furthermore a mini-array, composed of nine of ASTRI telescopes, has been proposed to be installed at the Southern CTA site. Among the several different infrastructures belonging the ASTRI project, the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) equipment is dedicated to operations of computing and data storage, as well as the control of the entire telescope, and it is designed to achieve the maximum efficiency for all performance requirements. Thus a complete and stand-alone computer centre has been designed and implemented. The goal is to obtain optimal ICT equipment, with an adequate level of redundancy, that might be scaled up for the ASTRI mini-array, taking into account the necessary control, monitor and alarm system requirements. In this contribution we present the ICT equipment currently installed at the Serra La Nave observing station where the ASTRI SST-2M prototype will be operated. The computer centre and the control room are described with particular emphasis on the Local Area Network scheme, the computing and data storage system, and the telescope control and monitoring.

Proceedings Article | 29 July 2016 Paper

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EGSE customization for the Euclid NISP Instrument AIV/AIT activities

E. Franceschi, M. Trifoglio, F. Gianotti, V. Conforti, J. Andersen, J. Stephen, L. Valenziano, N. Auricchio, A. Bulgarelli, A. De Rosa, V. Fioretti, E. Maiorano, G. Morgante, L. Nicastro, F. Sortino, A. Zoli, A. Balestra, D. Bonino, C. Bonoli, F. Bortoletto, V. Capobianco, L. Corcione, F. Dal Corso, S. Debei, D. Di Ferdinando, S. Dusini, R. Farinelli, F. Fornari, F. Giacomini, G. Guizzo, F. Laudisio, S. Ligori, N. Mauri, E. Medinaceli, L. Patrizii, C. Sirignano, G. Sirri, L. Stanco, M. Tenti, C. Valieri, S. Ventura

Proceedings Volume 9904, 99042T (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2234262

KEYWORDS: Space telescopes, Space operations, Telescopes, Space operations, Local area networks, Databases, Control systems, Fermium, Frequency modulation, Device simulation, Data modeling

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Proceedings Article | 29 July 2016 Paper

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Instrument workstation for the EGSE of the Near Infrared Spectro-Photometer instrument (NISP) of the EUCLID mission

M. Trifoglio, F. Gianotti, V. Conforti, E. Franceschi, J. Stephen, A. Bulgarelli, V. Fioretti, E. Maiorano, L. Nicastro, L. Valenziano, A. Zoli, N. Auricchio, A. Balestra, D. Bonino, C. Bonoli, F. Bortoletto, V. Capobianco, T. Chiarusi, L. Corcione, S. Debei, A. De Rosa, S. Dusini, F. Fornari, F. Giacomini, G. Guizzo, S. Ligori, A. Margiotta, N. Mauri, E. Medinaceli, G. Morgante, L. Patrizii, C. Sirignano, G. Sirri, F. Sortino, L. Stanco, M. Tenti

Proceedings Volume 9904, 990460 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2234219

KEYWORDS: Data storage, Near infrared, Computing systems, Data processing, Sensors, Data archive systems, Data modeling, Control systems, Databases, Data conversion

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Proceedings Article | 26 July 2016 Paper

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Software design of the ASTRI camera server proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Vito Conforti, Massimo Trifoglio, Fulvio Gianotti, Giuseppe Malaguti, Andrea Bulgarelli, Valentina Fioretti, Andrea Zoli, Osvaldo Catalano, Milvia Capalbi, Pierluca Sangiorgi

Proceedings Volume 9913, 99133G (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2230016

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Telescopes, Data acquisition, Optical instrument design, Prototyping, Optical instrument design, Receivers, Data processing, Muons, Calibration

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The Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) is leading the ASTRI project within the ambitious Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), the next generation of ground-based observatories for very high energy gamma-ray astronomy. In the framework of the small sized telescopes (SST), a first goal of the ASTRI project is the realization of an end-to-end prototype in dual-mirror configuration (2M) with the camera composed of a matrix of Silicon photo-multiplier sensors managed by innovative front-end and back-end electronics. The prototype, named ASTRI SST-2M, is installed in Italy at the INAF “M.G. Fracastoro” observing station located at Serra La Nave, 1735 m a.s.l. on Mount Etna, Sicily. As a second step, the ASTRI project is focused on the implementation of a mini-array composed at least of nine ASTRI telescopes and proposed to be placed at the CTA southern site. This paper outlines the design of the camera server software that will be installed on the ASTRI mini-array. The software is based on the version installed on the ASTRI SST-2M prototype operating in a single telescope configuration. The migration from single telescope to mini-array context has required additional interfaces in order to guarantee high interoperability with other software and hardware components. In the mini-array configuration each camera communicates with its own camera server via a dedicated high rate data link. The primary goal of the camera server is to acquire the bulk data, packet by packet, without any data loss and to timestamp each packet very precisely. During array operation, the camera server receives from the SoftWare Array Trigger (SWAT) the list of science events that participate in stereo triggered events. These science events, and all others that are flagged either by the camera as interleaved calibration or by the camera server as possible single-muon events, are sent to the Array DAQ. All remaining science events will be discarded. A suitable buffer is provided to perform this processing on all the incoming event packets. The camera server provides interfaces to the array control software to allow for monitoring and control during array operations. In this paper we present the design of the camera server software with particular emphasis on the external interfaces. In addition, we report the results of the first integration activities and performance tests.

Proceedings Article | 25 July 2014 Paper

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The ASTRI SST-2M telescope prototype for the Cherenkov Telescope Array: camera DAQ software architecture

Vito Conforti, Massimo Trifoglio, Andrea Bulgarelli, Fulvio Gianotti, Valentina Fioretti, Alessandro Tacchini, Andrea Zoli, Giuseppe Malaguti, Milvia Capalbi, Osvaldo Catalano

Proceedings Volume 9152, 91522D (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2054519

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Data acquisition, Data storage, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Prototyping, Telescopes, Computer architecture, Software development, Data archive systems, Data conversion

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Proceedings Article | 25 July 2014 Paper

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Monte Carlo simulations of gamma-ray space telescopes: a BoGEMMS multi-purpose application

Valentina Fioretti, Andrea Bulgarelli, Marco Tavani, Martino Marisaldi, Sabina Sabatini, Giuseppe Malaguti, Massimo Trifoglio, Fulvio Gianotti

Proceedings Volume 9144, 91443N (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056442

KEYWORDS: Gamma radiation, Space telescopes, Monte Carlo methods, Particles, Telescopes, Device simulation, Silicon, Physics, X-ray telescopes, Computer simulations

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2014 Paper

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A prototype for the real-time analysis of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Andrea Bulgarelli, Valentina Fioretti, Andrea Zoli, Alessio Aboudan, Juan José Rodríguez-Vázquez, Gernot Maier, Etienne Lyard, Denis Bastieri, Saverio Lombardi, Gino Tosti, Adriano De Rosa, Sonia Bergamaschi, Matteo Interlandi, Domenico Beneventano, Giovanni Lamanna, Jean Jacquemier, Karl Kosack, Lucio Angelo Antonelli, Catherine Boisson, Jerzy Burkowski, Sara Buson, Alessandro Carosi, Vito Conforti, Jose Luis Contreras, Giovanni De Cesare, Raquel de los Reyes, Jon Dumm, Phil Evans, Lucy Fortson, Matthias Fuessling, Ricardo Graciani, Fulvio Gianotti, Paola Grandi, Jim Hinton, Brian Humensky, Jürgen Knödlseder, Giuseppe Malaguti, Martino Marisaldi, Nadine Neyroud, Luciano Nicastro, Stefan Ohm, Julian Osborne, Simon Rosen, Alessandro Tacchini, Eleonora Torresi, Vincenzo Testa, Massimo Trifoglio, Amanda Weinstein

Proceedings Volume 9145, 91452X (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2054744

KEYWORDS: Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Telescopes, Data acquisition, Prototyping, Cameras, Observatories, Physics, Data communications, Monte Carlo methods, Data storage

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2014 Paper

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The control, monitor, and alarm system for the ICT equipment of the ASTRI SST-2M telescope prototype for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Fulvio Gianotti, Valentina Fioretti, Claudio Tanci, Vito Conforti, Alessandro Tacchini, Giuseppe Leto, Stefano Gallozzi, Andrea Bulgarelli, Massimo Trifoglio, Giuseppe Malaguti, Andrea Zoli

Proceedings Volume 9152, 91521U (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2054713

KEYWORDS: Optical proximity correction, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Telescopes, Prototyping, Printed circuit board testing, Control systems, OLE for process control, Standards development, Computing systems, Internet

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2014 Paper

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The ASTRI/CTA mini-array software system

Gino Tosti, Joseph Schwarz, Lucio Angelo Antonelli, Massimo Trifoglio, Osvaldo Catalano, Maria Concetta Maccarone, Giuseppe Leto, Fulvio Gianotti, Rodolfo Canestrari, Enrico Giro, Mauro Fiorini, Nicola La Palombara, Giovanni Pareschi, Luca Stringhetti, Stefano Vercellone, Vito Conforti, Claudio Tanci, Pietro Bruno, Alessandro Grillo, Vincenzo Testa, Andrea di Paola, Stefano Gallozzi

Proceedings Volume 9152, 915204 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055067

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Control systems, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Data acquisition, Cameras, Data archive systems, Calibration, Prototyping, Imaging systems, Data storage

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Proceedings Article | 27 September 2012 Paper

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On-ground calibration of AGILE-GRID with a photon beam: results and lessons for the future

P. Cattaneo, A. Rappoldi, A. Argan, B. Buonomo, A. Bulgarelli, A. Chen, F. D'Ammando, L. Foggetta, F. Fuschino, M. Galli, F. Gianotti, A. Giuliani, F. Longo, M. Marisaldi, G. Mazzitelli, A. Pellizzoni, M. Prest, G. Pucella, L. Quintieri, M. Tavani, M. Trifoglio, A. Trois, P. Valente, E. Vallazza, S. Vercellone, G. Barbiellini, P. Caraveo, E. Costa, G. De Paris, E. Del Monte, G. Di Cocco, I. Donnarumma, Y. Evangelista, A. Ferrari, M. Feroci, M. Fiorini, M. Giusti, C. Labanti, I. Lapshov, F. Lazzarotto, P. Lipari, F. Lucarelli, S. Mereghetti, E. Morelli, E. Moretti, A. Morselli, L. Pacciani, F. Perotti, G. Piano, P. Picozza, M. Pilia, M. Rapisarda, A. Rubini, S. Sabatini, P. Soffitta, E. Striani, V. Vittorini, D. Zanello, S. Colafrancesco, P. Giommi, C. Pittori, P. Santolamazza, F. Verrecchia, L. Salotti

Proceedings Volume 8443, 84434D (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926445

KEYWORDS: Monte Carlo methods, Calibration, Sensors, Target detection, Spectroscopy, Silicon, Optical simulations, Magnetic sensors, Photonics systems, Point spread functions

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Proceedings Article | 25 September 2012 Paper

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The low Earth orbit radiation environment and its impact on the prompt background of hard x-ray focusing telescopes

V. Fioretti, A. Bulgarelli, G. Malaguti, V. Bianchin, M. Trifoglio, F. Gianotti

Proceedings Volume 8453, 845331 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926248

KEYWORDS: Particles, X-rays, Light emitting diodes, Hard x-rays, Atmospheric particles, Scintillators, Photons, Electrons, Sensors, X-ray telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 25 September 2012 Paper

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BoGEMMS: the Bologna Geant4 multi-mission simulator

A. Bulgarelli, V. Fioretti, P. Malaguti, M. Trifoglio, F. Gianotti

Proceedings Volume 8453, 845335 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926065

KEYWORDS: Particles, Physics, Monte Carlo methods, Optical filters, Space operations, Space telescopes, Computer architecture, 3D modeling, Data modeling, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 21 September 2012 Paper

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Design concept of the electrical ground support equipment for the AIV and calibration of the Euclid NISP instrument

Massimo Trifoglio, Carlotta Bonoli, Favio Bortoletto, Andrea Bulgarelli, Chris. Butler, Carlos Colodro-Conde, Vito Conforti, Leonardo Corcione, Enrico Franceschi, Fulvio Gianotti, Sebastiano Ligori, Thierry Maciaszek, Gianluca Morgante, Jacinto Muñoz, Luciano Nicastro, Eric Prieto, Rafael Rebolo-López, Mario Riva, Paolo Spano, Rafael Toledo-Moreo, Luca Valenziano, Isidro Villó, Filippo Maria Zerbi

Proceedings Volume 8442, 844235 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925654

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Sensors, Interfaces, Data archive systems, Space operations, Satellites, Device simulation, Control systems, Data storage, Data acquisition

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Proceedings Article | 17 September 2012 Paper

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Calibration of AGILE-GRID with in-flight data and Monte Carlo simulations

Andrew Chen, A. Argan, A. Bulgarelli, P. Cattaneo, A. Giuliani, C. Pittori, G. Pucella, M. Tavani, A. Trois, G. Barbiellini, P. Caraveo, S. Colafrancesco, E. Costa, G. De Paris, E. Del Monte, G. Di Cocco, I. Donnarumma, Y. Evangelista, A. Ferrari, M. Feroci, M. Fiorini, F. Fuschino, M. Galli, F. Gianotti, P. Giommi, M. Giusti, C. Labanti, I. Lapshov, F. Lazzarotto, P. Lipari, F. Longo, F. Lucarelli, M. Marisaldi, S. Mereghetti, E. Morelli, E. Moretti, A. Morselli, L. Pacciani, A. Pellizzoni, F. Perotti, G. Piano, P. Picozza, M. Pilia, M. Prest, M. Rapisarda, A. Rappoldi, A. Rubini, S. Sabatini, P. Santolamazza, P. Soffitta, E. Striani, M. Trifoglio, L. Salotti, E. Vallazza, S. Vercellone, F. Verrecchia, V. Vittorini, D. Zanello

Proceedings Volume 8443, 84434E (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926195

KEYWORDS: Monte Carlo methods, Point spread functions, Dispersion, Calibration, Matrices, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Sensors, Photon transport, Particles

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Proceedings Article | 10 August 2010 Paper

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The ground support equipment for the E-NIS instrument on-board the ESA-Euclid Dark Energy Mission in the baseline configuration presented in phase A

Massimo Trifoglio, Fulvio Gianotti, Andrea Bulgarelli, Enrico Franceschi, Luciano Nicastro, Luca Valenziano, Filippo Maria Zerbi, Andrea Cimatti

Proceedings Volume 7731, 77312X (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.858016

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Data archive systems, Interfaces, Cameras, Staring arrays, Device simulation, Near infrared, Collimators, Data acquisition, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 6 August 2010 Paper

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The E-NIS instrument on-board the ESA Euclid Dark Energy Mission: a general view after positive conclusion of the assessment phase

L. Valenziano, F. M. Zerbi, A. Cimatti, A. Bianco, C. Bonoli, F. Bortoletto, A. Bulgarelli, R. C. Butler, R. Content, L. Corcione, A. De Rosa, P. Franzetti, B. Garilli, F. Gianotti, E. Giro, R. Grange, P. Leutenegger, S. Ligori, L. Martin, N. Mandolesi, G. Morgante, L. Nicastro, M. Riva, M. Robberto, R. Sharples, P. Spanò, G. Talbot, M. Trifoglio, R. Wink, F. Zamkotsian

Proceedings Volume 7731, 77311L (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857103

KEYWORDS: Digital micromirror devices, Sensors, Spectrographs, Mirrors, Near infrared, Micromirrors, Galactic astronomy, Space telescopes, Spectroscopy, Spectroscopes

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2008 Paper

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Architecture and performances of the AGILE Telemetry Preprocessing System (TMPPS)

M. Trifoglio, A. Bulgarelli, F. Gianotti, F. Lazzarotto, G. Di Cocco, F. Fuschino, M. Tavani

Proceedings Volume 7011, 70113E (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789338

KEYWORDS: Satellites, Visibility, Data centers, Space operations, Sensors, High energy astrophysics, Parallel computing, Data communications, Virtual colonoscopy, Data acquisition

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2008 Paper

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The MGSE software for the on-ground gamma-ray calibration of the AGILE payload

Fulvio Gianotti, Andrea Bulgarelli, Massimo Trifoglio, Guido Di Cocco, Marco Tavani, Claudio Labanti, Alessandro Traci

Proceedings Volume 7011, 70113D (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789330

KEYWORDS: Computer programming, Switches, Calibration, Light emitting diodes, Control systems, Gamma radiation, Sensors, LabVIEW, Brain-machine interfaces, Computing systems

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2008 Paper

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In-flight performance of the AGILE mini-calorimeter and its gamma-ray burst detection capabilities

Martino Marisaldi, Claudio Labanti, Fabio Fuschino, Marcello Galli, Andrea Argan, Andrea Bulgarelli, Guido Di Cocco, Fulvio Gianotti, Marco Tavani, Massimo Trifoglio, Alessio Trois

Proceedings Volume 7011, 70111P (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789182

KEYWORDS: Gamma radiation, Logic, Sensors, Space operations, Electronics, Particles, Scintillation, Astrophysics, Palladium, Gamma ray imaging

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2008 Paper

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The AIV quick look and health monitoring system of the AGILE payload

Andrea Bulgarelli, Fulvio Gianotti, Massimo Trifoglio, Guido Di Cocco, Marco Tavani, Martino Marisaldi

Proceedings Volume 7011, 70113C (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789325

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Software development, Gamma radiation, Silicon, Photons, Satellites, Data acquisition, Sensors, Data conversion, Particles

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Proceedings Article | 26 October 2007 Paper

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SuperAGILE ground calibrations and first in orbit observations

L. Pacciani, E. Costa, E. Del Monte, G. Di Persio, I. Donnarumma, Y. Evangelista, M. Feroci, F. Lazzarotto, I. Lapshov, M. Mastropietro, E. Morelli, M. Rapisarda, A. Rubini, P. Soffitta, A. Argan, A. Bulgarelli, F. Gianotti, A. Lo Bue, A. Morbidini, P. Rossi, L. Semeraro, M. Trifoglio, A. Trois

Proceedings Volume 6686, 668616 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.734550

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Calibration, Spatial resolution, Analog electronics, Satellites, Imaging systems, Hard x-rays, Silicon, Resistors, X-rays

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Proceedings Article | 15 June 2006 Paper

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The AGILE mission and its scientific instrument

M. Tavani, G. Barbiellini, A. Argan, M. Basset, F. Boffelli, A. Bulgarelli, P. Caraveo, A. Chen, E. Costa, G. De Paris, E. Del Monte, G. Di Cocco, I. Donnarumma, M. Feroci, M. Fiorini, L. Foggetta, T. Froysland, M. Frutti, F. Fuschino, M. Galli, F. Gianotti, A. Giuliani, C. Labanti, I. Lapshov, F. Lazzarotto, F. Liello, P. Lipari, F. Longo, M. Marisaldi, M. Mastropietro, E. Mattaini, F. Mauri, S. Mereghetti, E. Morelli, A. Morselli, L. Pacciani, A. Pellizzoni, F. Perotti, P. Picozza, C. Pittori, C. Pontoni, G. Porrovecchio, M. Prest, G. Pucella, M. Rapisarda, E. Rossi, A. Rubini, P. Soffitta, A. Traci, M. Trifoglio, A. Trois, E. Vallazza, S. Vercellone, A. Zambra, D. Zanello

Proceedings Volume 6266, 626603 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.673207

KEYWORDS: Gamma radiation, Sensors, Hard x-rays, Imaging systems, Satellites, Spatial resolution, Silicon, Particles, Space operations, Analog electronics

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Proceedings Article | 13 June 2006 Paper

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The mini-calorimeter of the AGILE satellite

C. Labanti, M. Marisaldi, F. Fuschino, M. Galli, A. Argan, A. Bulgarelli, E. Costa, G. Di Cocco, F. Gianotti, M. Tavani, M. Trifoglio

Proceedings Volume 6266, 62663Q (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.673294

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Gamma radiation, Palladium, Calibration, Electronics, Particles, Signal attenuation, Satellites, Photons, Scintillators

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Proceedings Article | 11 October 2004 Paper

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The mechanical ground support equipment for the AIV and calibration of the AGILE integrated payload

Massimo Trifoglio, Alessandro Traci, Fulvio Gianotti, Andrea Bulgarelli, Guido Di Cocco, Claudio Labanti, Enrico Celesti, Alessandro Mauri

Proceedings Volume 5488, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.557912

KEYWORDS: Computer programming, Calibration, Switches, Sensors, Control systems, Servomechanisms, Local area networks, Computing systems, Power supplies, Star sensors

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Proceedings Article | 11 October 2004 Paper

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Instrumentation for ground test of SuperAgile detectors and front-end electronics

Luigi Pacciani, Geiland Porrovecchio, Lidia Barbanera, Enrico Costa, Ettore Del Monte, Giuseppe Di Persio, Immacolata Donnarumma, Marco Feroci, F. Lazarotto, Olga Uberti, Alda Rubini, Paolo Soffitta, Andrea Bulgarelli, Fulvio Gianotti, Ennio Morelli, Massimo Trifoglio, Marcello Mastropietro

Proceedings Volume 5488, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.557896

KEYWORDS: Electronics, Data acquisition, Analog electronics, Calibration, Logic, Software development, X-rays, Clocks, Sensors, Data archive systems

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Proceedings Article | 11 October 2004 Paper

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The mini-calorimeter of the AGILE satellite

Claudio Labanti, A. Argan, Andrea Bulgarelli, Guido Di Cocco, Marcello Galli, Fulvio Gianotti, M. Marisaldi, A. Mauri, Elio Rossi, Marco Tavani, Alessandro Traci, Massimo Trifoglio

Proceedings Volume 5488, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.557900

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Gamma radiation, Silicon, Prototyping, Signal attenuation, Electronics, Particles, Palladium, Signal detection, Collimation

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Proceedings Article | 11 October 2004 Paper

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The MCAL science console software for the minicalorimeter of the AGILE mission

Andrea Bulgarelli, Fulvio Gianotti, Massimo Trifoglio, Claudio Labanti, Enrico Celesti

Proceedings Volume 5488, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.557908

KEYWORDS: Data acquisition, Scanning electron microscopy, Data archive systems, Sensors, Instrument modeling, Gamma radiation, Calibration, Silicon, Software development, Human-machine interfaces

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Proceedings Article | 11 March 2003 Paper

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The AGILE instrument

Marco Tavani, Guido Barbiellini, A. Argan, Natalia Auricchio, Alberto Bernabeo, A. Bulgarelli, Patricia Caraveo, Enrico Celesti, A. Chen, Valter Cocco, Enrico Costa, Ettore Del Monte, G. De Paris, Guido Di Cocco, Giulio Fedel, Marco Feroci, Mauro Fiorini, T. Froysland, Marcello Galli, Fulvio Gianotti, A. Giuliani, Claudio Labanti, Igor Lapshov, F. Lazzarotto, P. Lipari, Francesco Longo, Marcello Mastropietro, E. Mattaini, A. Mauri, Sandro Mereghetti, Ennio Morelli, Aldo Morselli, Luigi Pacciani, A. Pellizzoni, Francesco Perotti, Piergiorgio Picozza, C. Pittori, C. Pontoni, G. Porrovecchio, B. Preger, Michela Prest, Massimo Rapisarda, Elio Rossi, Alda Rubini, E. Sant' Ambrogio, Paolo Soffitta, L. Soli, Alessandro Traci, Massimo Trifoglio, Erik Vallazza, Stefano Vercellone, A. Zambra, D. Zanello

Proceedings Volume 4851, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461312

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Silicon, Gamma radiation, Spatial resolution, Gamma ray imaging, Image sensors, Tungsten, Imaging systems, Electronics, Particles

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Proceedings Article | 11 March 2003 Paper

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Data analysis software for the IBIS/PICsIT high-energy detector on INTEGRAL

Luigi Foschini, John Stephen, Fulvio Gianotti, Guido Di Cocco, Giuseppe Malaguti

Proceedings Volume 4851, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461340

KEYWORDS: Photons, Sensors, Spatial resolution, Image resolution, Deconvolution, Calibration, Satellites, Imaging spectroscopy, Data analysis, Gamma radiation

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Proceedings Article | 11 March 2003 Paper

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Experiment Check Out Equipment and quick-look software for the IBIS instrument onboard INTEGRAL

Alberto Segreto, Giovanni La Rosa, Maurizio Gabriele, Fulvio Gianotti, Massimo Trifoglio

Proceedings Volume 4851, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461464

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Data acquisition, Visualization, Data archive systems, Human-machine interfaces, Calibration, Data analysis, Gamma radiation, Telescopes, Visual analytics

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Proceedings Article | 25 January 2002 Paper

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MiniCalorimeter of the AGILE satellite

Natalia Auricchio, Enrico Celesti, Guido Di Cocco, Marcello Galli, Fulvio Gianotti, Marco Malaspina, Claudio Labanti, Alessandro Mauri, Elio Rossi, John Stephen, Alessandro Traci, Massimo Trifoglio

Proceedings Volume 4497, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.454223

KEYWORDS: Signal attenuation, Electronics, Sensors, Palladium, Gamma radiation, Particles, Prototyping, Spatial resolution, Silicon, Data acquisition

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2000 Paper

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On-line quick-look analysis and archiving system for the calibration of the PICsIT high-energy detector on the INTEGRAL satellite

John Stephen, Massimo Trifoglio, Fulvio Gianotti

Proceedings Volume 4140, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.409153

KEYWORDS: Data archive systems, Sensors, Molybdenum, Calibration, Satellites, Statistical analysis, Gamma radiation, Instrument modeling, Satellite imaging, Magnetism

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2000 Paper

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Scientific performance evaluation of the PICsIT qualification model of the IBIS telescope

Claudio Labanti, John Stephen, Ezio Caroli, Guido Di Cocco, Gianclaudio Ferro, Fulvio Gianotti, Giuseppe Malaguti, Alessandro Mauri, Elio Rossi, Filomena Schiavone, Aldo Spizzichino, Alessandro Traci, Massimo Trifoglio

Proceedings Volume 4140, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.409154

KEYWORDS: Crystals, Space telescopes, Cesium, Performance modeling, Telescopes, Gamma radiation, Electronics, Sensors, Image resolution, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2000 Paper

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Ground support equipment for scientific tests and calibration of the AGILE instrument

Massimo Trifoglio, Fulvio Gianotti, John Stephen, Enrico Celesti, Claudio Labanti, Alessandro Traci

Proceedings Volume 4140, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.409145

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Calibration, Data acquisition, Data archive systems, Prototyping, Electronics, Gamma radiation, Switches, Binary data, Local area networks

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Proceedings Article | 22 October 1999 Paper

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Science test equipment for the INTEGRAL PICsIT instrument

Massimo Trifoglio, Fulvio Gianotti, John Stephen, Gianclaudio Ferro, Daniele Visparelli

Proceedings Volume 3765, (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.366535

KEYWORDS: Data acquisition, Calibration, Signal processing, Solar thermal energy, Sensors, Receivers, Data archive systems, Structural health monitoring, Human-machine interfaces, Technetium

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Proceedings Article | 22 October 1999 Paper

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Test and performance of the engineering model of PICsIT: the high-energy detector plane on board the INTEGRAL satellite

Claudio Labanti, Elio Rossi, Fulvio Gianotti, Filomena Schiavone, Alessandro Traci, Alessandro Mauri, P. Bastia, E. Cavazzuti

Proceedings Volume 3765, (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.366534

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Electronics, Crystals, Gamma radiation, Performance modeling, Satellites, Imaging systems, Analog electronics, Imaging spectroscopy, Data conversion

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Proceedings Article | 10 November 1998 Paper

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Ground-calibration GSE for the XMM-EPIC instrument at the Orsay Synchrotron facility

Massimo Trifoglio, Fulvio Gianotti, John Stephen, M. Balasini, Jean-Francois Hochedez, Lucio Chiappetti, R. Glukhov, Olivier Hainaut, Erick Jourdain, Nicola La Palombara, Philippe Marty, T. Moreno, C. Musso

Proceedings Volume 3445, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.330287

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Cameras, Data archive systems, Synchrotrons, X-rays, Data acquisition, CCD cameras, Molybdenum, Optical filters, Charge-coupled devices

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