The INAF ASTRI Project in the framework of CTA
  The ASTRI project aims to develop, in the framework of the Cherenkov Telescope Array, an end-to-end prototype of the small-size telescope, devoted to the investigation of the energy range ~ 1-100 TeV. The proposed design is characterized by two challenging but innovative technological solutions which will be adopted for the first time on a Cherenkov telescope: a dual-mirror Schwarzschild-Couder configuration and a modular, light and compact camera based on Silicon photo-multipliers. Here we describe the prototype design, the expected performance and the possibility to realize a mini array composed by a few such telescopes, which shall be placed at the final CTA Southern Site. 
N. La Palombara (1), P. Caraveo (1), M. Fiorini (1), L. Stringhetti   (1), R. Canestrari (2), R. Millul (2), G. Pareschi (2)...
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