A facility to evaluate the focusing performance of mirrors for Cherenkov Telescopes ⬇️

article by Rodolfo Canestrari et al published January 2016 in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research

A novel approach for the realization of thin glass substrates for optical mirrors

An innovative alt-alt telescope for small observatories and amateur astronomers

An x-ray polarimeter for hard x-ray optics

Characterization of multilayer stack parameters from x-ray reflectivity data using the PPM program: measurements and comparison with TEM results

Composite panels for optical mirrors for Cherenkov Telescopes: development of the cold glass slumping technology

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Design concepts for the Cherenkov Telescope Array CTA: an advanced facility for ground-based high-energy gamma-ray astronomy

article by Marcos Actis et al published 23 November 2011 in Experimental Astronomy

Detection of the Crab Nebula by the prototype Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope

scientific article published on 28 July 2021

Detection of the Crab Nebula with the 9.7 m prototype Schwarzschild-Couder telescope

scientific article published in March 2021

Development of hot slumping technique and last optical performances obtained on a 500mm diameter slumped segment prototype for adaptive optics

Development of lightweight optical segments for adaptive optics

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First optical validation of a Schwarzschild Couder telescope: the ASTRI SST-2M Cherenkov telescope

scientific article

Glass mirrors by cold slumping to cover 100 m2of the MAGIC II Cherenkov telescope reflecting surface

Hot slumping glass technology and integration process to manufacture a grazing incidence scaled prototype for the IXO telescope modules

Illumination technique for the relative calibration of the ASTRI SST-2M camera

Introducing the CTA concept

Investigation of a novel slumping technique for the manufacturing of stiff and lightweight optical mirrors

Lightweight optical segment prototype for adaptive optics manufactured by hot slumping

Mirror development for CTA

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Monte Carlo studies for the optimisation of the Cherenkov Telescope Array layout

Qualification and testing of a large hot slumped secondary mirror for Schwarzschild-Couder Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes

scientific article published in January 2016

Reflective and antireflective coatings for the optical chain of the ASTRI SST-2M prototype

Roughness tolerances for Cherenkov telescope mirrors ⬇️

SST dual-mirror telescopes for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Slumped glass option for making the XEUS mirrors: preliminary design and ongoing developments

Status of the technologies for the production of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) mirrors

Technical and scientific performance of the prototype Schwarzschild-Couder telescope for CTA

scientific article published on 24 August 2021

Techniques for the manufacturing of stiff and lightweight optical mirror panels based on slumping of glass sheets: concepts and results

Tests characterization and alignment for the optics of the ASTRI SST-2M telescope prototype for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The ASTRI SST-2M prototype for the Cherenkov Telescope Array: manufacturing of the structure and the mirrors

The ASTRI SST-2M prototype for the Cherenkov Telescope Array: opto-mechanical test results

The ASTRI SST-2M prototype for the Cherenkov Telescope Array: prototype technologies goals and strategies for the future SST

The ASTRI SST-2M prototype for the next generation of Cherenkov telescopes: a single framework approach from requirement analysis to integration and verification strategy definition

The ASTRI SST-2M prototype for the next generation of Cherenkov telescopes: structure and mirrors

The ASTRI SST-2M prototype: camera design

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

The ASTRI/CTA mini-array software system

The INAF ASTRI Project in the framework of CTA

The glass cold-shaping technology for the mirrors of the Cherenkov Telescope Array