Catania Astrophysical Observatory Laboratory for Detectors
Ongoing projects
| Project | Description | Sensor | Collabor. | |
|
|
 |
The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next generation ground-based observatory for gamma-ray astronomy at very-high energies. With more than 100 telescopes located in the northern and southern hemispheres, CTA will be the world’s largest and most sensitive high-energy gamma-ray observatory. | SiPM e PMT | Over 1500 researchers from 31 countries |
|
|
 |
ASTRI (Astrofisica con Specchi a Tecnologia replicante Italiana) - a Small Size Telescope (prototype & array) for the INAF project: Array of 9 telescopes positioned on Mount Teide at island of Tenerife. |
SiPM | Various INAF institutes and Italian and foreign universities |
|
|
 |
ASTRI (Astrofisica con Specchi a Tecnologia replicante Italiana) - a Small Size Telescope (prototype & array) for the INAF project: Telescope positioned on Mount Etna in Sicily |
SiPM | Various INAF institutes and Italian and foreign universities |
|
|
 |
Instrument capable of reconstructing the trace of muons within its field of view to make high-resolution muons radiography of the summit craters of Etna | Scintillators bars + MAPMT | DFA, UNICT, INAF, INFN, INGV, Parco dell'Etna |
| Trasferimento tecnologico |  |
The Distretto Tecnologico Sicilia Micro e Nano Sistemi is a consortium including Companies, Universities, Research organisations, and Associations representing manufacturing and service companies in Sicily. It represents an intergrated and coherent system of “research-training-innovation” which is meant to support the sustainable economic growth following specific strategic directions: sustainability, aggregation, enhancement and interpretation of the territory, attraction of talents, dexterity, control and monitoring. INAF is one of the founding members of this district. |
Various sensors |
Various collaborations |
|
|
 |
The Muon Portal Project is a joint initiative between research and industrial partners, aimed at the construction of a real size detector protoype (6 x 3 x 7 m3) for the inspection of containers by the muon scattering technique, devised to search for hidden high-Z fissile materials and provide a full 3D tomography of the interior of the container in a scanning time of the order of minutes. | Scintillators bars + SiPM | DFA, UNICT, INAF, INFN, STM, Meridionale Impianti |
|
|
 |
SENSE was a Horizon 2020 Coordination and Support Action aiming to coordinate research and development efforts in academia and industry in low light-level sensoring. | Different types of sensors | DESY, MPG, UNIGE, KIT, INAF, Nagoya UNI, CERN, ICCUBE |
| TOMOX |  |
X-ray tomograph for lunar and planetary exploration | CCD | Ud'A, INAF, UNIPV, UNICA, ASI |
|
High Time Resolution Astrophysics - Intensity Interferometry
|
 |
Very fast photon counting photometers for astronomical applications. One example: IquEYE for the ESO 3.5m New Technology Telescope. These instruments can be considered as precursors for the intensity interferometry technique | SPAD | UNIPD, INAF, ASI, UNI Slovenia |
