Electronics and Detectors for the Stellar Intensity Interferometer of the ASTRI Mini-Array Telescopes.
Giovanni BonannoLuca ZampieriGiampiero NalettoLorenzo PaolettiGiuseppe RomeoPietro BrunoAlessandro GrilloGianfranco OcchipintiMaria Cristina TimpanaroCarmelo GarganoMichele FioriGabriele RodeghieroGiovanni PareschiSalvatore ScuderiGino TostiPublished in: Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) (2023)
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.