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From 9 to 40: the SST Telescopes and Gamma-Ray Science with ASTRI and CTAO

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Congress House (Haus Sexten)

Congress House

Haus Sexten

Via Dolomiti 45, 39030, Sexten (BZ) - Alta Pusteria, Italy
Andreas Zech (LUTH, Observatoire de Paris - PSL, CNRS, 5 pl. Jules Janssen, 92195 Meudon), Francesco Longo, Giacomo Bonnoli (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)), Gianpiero Tagliaferri (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)), Giovanni Pareschi (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)), Jim Hinton, Josefa Becerra, Pierre Cristofari, Roberta Zanin (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)), Stefano Vercellone (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)), Stefen Funk
Description

Important dates:

Abstract submission  closed on Friday May the 15th

Participant registration still open on the section of the website of the Sexten Center for Astrophysics dedicated to our congress

Conference Fee:

300 € at the Registration Desk in the hall of the Sexten Center.

The Registration Desk opens on Monday at 8:30.

 

SOC
  • Monday 20 July
    • 09:00 → 10:30
      Introduction
      Convener: Giacomo Bonnoli (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
    • 10:30 → 11:00
      Coffee Break
    • 11:00 → 12:30
      The context of gamma-ray astronomy
      Convener: Prof. Markus Boettcher (North-West University)
    • 12:30 → 14:00
      Lunch
    • 14:00 → 15:30
      IACT observations towards CTAO
      Convener: David Green (CTAO)
      • 14:00
        First results from LST1 (Invited) 30m
        Speaker: Alessandro Carosi (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
        LSTatSESTO_v0.pdf
      • 14:30
        Early results from ASTRI (Invited) 30m
        Speaker: Dr Stefano Vercellone (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
        Vercellone_ASTRI_General_v2.pdf
      • 15:00
        An Overview of the SST-1M Telescopes: Design, Calibration and Results (Invited) 30m
        Speaker: Thomas Tavernier (FZU)
        sesto_sst1M_review_tavernier.pdf
    • 15:30 → 16:00
      Coffee Break
    • 16:00 → 17:35
      Multi-wavelength synergies
      Convener: Dr Pat Romano (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
      • 16:00
        Jetted AGN at TeV: slopes, peaks and valleys from Hz to PeV (Invited) 30m
        Speaker: Giulia Migliori (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
        migliorig_Sesto2026_v0.pdf
      • 16:30
        Towards a renewed view of compact radio sources in the galactic plane 20m
        Speaker: Marcello Giroletti (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
        Giroletti_SST_VLBI.pdf
      • 16:50
        ASTRI Mini-Array flying with Cygnus 20m
        Speaker: Camilla Quartiroli (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
        Sexten_quartiroli_200726.pdf
  • Tuesday 21 July
    • 09:00 → 10:30
      Galactic sources under the eyes of SSTs
      Convener: Michela Rigoselli (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
    • 10:30 → 11:00
      Coffee Break
    • 11:00 → 11:20
      Galactic sources under the eyes of SSTs
      Convener: Michela Rigoselli (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
    • 11:20 → 12:40
      Cameras, detectors and electronics
      Convener: Giovanni Ceribella (MPI Munich)
      • 11:20
        Status of the SST Camera (Invited) 30m
        Speaker: Richard White
      • 11:50
        Mass Production and On-Site Deployment of the 10.4° Wide-Field SiPM Cherenkov Cameras for the ASTRI Mini-Array (Invited) 30m
        Speaker: Giovanni Contino (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
        2026_sexten_presentazione_Contino_fin.pptx
      • 12:20
        QCAMi on Tenerife: Comparing Data to Simulations 20m
        Speaker: Simon Lee (The University of Adelaide)
        2026-07_Sexten_simon.pdf
    • 12:40 → 14:40
      Lunch
    • 14:40 → 19:40
      Free afternoon
  • Wednesday 22 July
    • 09:00 → 10:10
      Extragalactic sources and emission models
      Convener: Elisabete de Gouveia Dal Pino
    • 10:10 → 10:30
      Group picture
    • 10:30 → 11:00
      Coffee Break
    • 11:00 → 12:30
      Telescopes, optics and control
      Convener: Dr Salvatore Scuderi (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
      • 11:00
        The Schwarzschild–Couder Optical Design of ASTRI: Opportunities and Challenges (Invited) 30m
        Speaker: Giorgia Sironi (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
        2026-Sexten-v1.pdf
      • 11:30
        Quality control activities during the manufacturing of the mechanical structures of the Small Size Telescopes for CTAO 20m
        Speaker: Nicola La Palombara (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
        Sexten2026_La-Palombara_Slides_SST-structures.pdf
      • 11:50
        The SCADA Software System of the ASTRI Mini-Array: Architecture, Control Workflow, and Operational Integration 20m
        Speaker: Gabriele Panebianco (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
        20260722_ASTRI_SCADA_Panebianco.pdf
      • 12:10
        Beyond ASTRI: the CTA++/ASTRI10 and Wi-FI SuperCAT projects 20m
        Speaker: Giovanni Pareschi (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
        Sexten_2026_pareschi.pptx
    • 12:30 → 14:00
      Lunch
    • 14:00 → 15:00
      Highlight Talk
      Convener: ruizhi yang
      • 14:00
        The science of SSTs from ASTRI to CTAO-SST array (Highlight Talk) 1h
        Speaker: Jim Hinton
    • 15:00 → 15:30
      Discussion
      Conveners: Jim Hinton, ruizhi yang
    • 15:30 → 16:00
      Coffee Break
    • 16:00 → 17:30
      Cosmic Rays and their accelerators
      Convener: Silvia Celli (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
      • 16:00
        Key Processes in Cosmic-Ray and Gamma-Ray Acceleration and Propagation (Invited) 30m
        Speaker: Elisabete de Gouveia Dal Pino
        Elisabete_dGDP_CR-VHE.pdf
      • 16:30
        Probing Cosmic-Ray Diffusion Regimes and $\gamma$-ray emission in Young Massive Stellar Clusters with 3D MHD Simulations 20m
        Speaker: Lucas Barreto-Mota (Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas - Universidade de São Paulo)
        Barreto-Mota_Sexten.pdf
      • 16:50
        Cosmic ray acceleration by turbulent magnetic reconnection in relativistic jets 20m
        Speaker: Dr Petros Stefanou (IAG-USP)
        Stefanou_Sexten.pdf
  • Thursday 23 July
    • 09:00 → 10:30
      Transient phenomena at TeV energies
      Convener: Gianpiero Tagliaferri (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
      • 09:00
        Gamma-Ray Bursts at Very High Energies (VHE): entering a new era (Invited) 30m
        Speaker: Davide Miceli (University & INFN Padova)
        Miceli_GRB_Sexten_Summer26.pdf
      • 09:30
        The ASTRI Mini-Array follow-up of transient events in the TeV band 20m
        Speaker: Alessandro Carosi (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
        SESTO2026-ASTRITransients-AC-V2.pdf
      • 09:50
        Reassessing high-energy emission correlations in gamma-ray bursts using a large, homogeneous sample of X-ray afterglows 20m
        Speaker: Alessandro Armando Vigliano (University of Trieste - INFN Trieste)
        Sexten07-2026.pdf
      • 10:10
        Gamma-Ray Burst Pair Echoes as Probes of the Intergalactic Magnetic Field in the CTAO Era 20m
        Speaker: Paolo Da Vela (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
        IGMF_GRB_CTAO_v2.pdf
    • 10:30 → 11:00
      Coffee Break
    • 11:00 → 12:30
      Data Analysis
      Convener: Paolo Da Vela (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
      • 11:00
        Analysis of IACT data in the ML era. (Invited) 30m
        Speaker: Bruno Khelifi
        IACT_ML_BKhelifi.pdf
      • 11:30
        Recent developments in the ASTRI Project simulation system 20m
        Speaker: Fausto Casaburo (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
        ASTRI_simulations.pdf
      • 11:50
        New time-based parameters for the ASTRI Mini-Array gamma/hadron discrimination 20m
        Speaker: Valentina La Parola (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
        laparola_Sexten_220726.pdf
      • 12:10
        Optical calibration of ASTRI Mini Array telescopes with muon rings 20m
        Speaker: Teresa Mineo (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
        sexten_muoni.pdf
    • 12:30 → 14:00
      Lunch
    • 14:00 → 15:30
      Large SST arrays under new perspectives
      Convener: Silvia Crestan (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
      • 14:00
        Stellar Intensity Interferometry: Past, Present, and Future Prospects with Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes (Invited) 30m
        Speaker: Luca Zampieri (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
        SII_Sexten_Zampieri_20260723_v2_red.pdf
      • 14:30
        Implementing very narrow-band, sub-nanosecond Intensity Interferometry on the ASTRI Mini-Array 20m
        Speakers: Michele Fiori (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)), Michele Fiori (Università degli studi di Padova)
        ASTRI-SI3_Sexten_Fiori_20260723_v4.pdf
      • 14:50
        Divergent Subarray Pointing for Wide-Field VHE Multi-Messenger follow-up with CTAO-SST and ASTRI 20m
        Speaker: Samanta Morales (INFN - Trieste)
        Subarray_Divergent_Pointing_9_to_40.pdf
      • 15:10
        The Color of Cherenkov Light - What can INDACO do for your TeV Universe? 20m
        Speaker: Anna Wolter (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
        AWOLTER_INAF - INDACO presentation - final.pdf
    • 15:30 → 16:00
      Coffee Break
    • 16:00 → 17:30
      Multi-messenger synergies
      Convener: Francesco Longo
  • Friday 24 July
    • 09:00 → 10:30
      Fundamental physics at TeV energies
      Convener: Andreas Zech (LUTH, Observatoire de Paris - PSL, CNRS, 5 pl. Jules Janssen, 92195 Meudon)
      • 09:00
        Searching for LIV effects with SSTs (Invited) 30m
        Speaker: Tomislav Terzić (University of Rijeka, Faculty of Physics)
        TTerzic_LIVwithSSTs_Sexten_2026.pdf
      • 09:30
        Gamma-gamma interactions, the EBL & cosmological studies with SSTs 30m
        Speaker: Alberto Franceschini (UNIPD)
        Sesto SST 2026.pdf
    • 10:30 → 11:00
      Coffee Break
    • 11:00 → 12:00
      Wrap up and Discussion
      • 11:00
        Wrap-up talk & Discussion 1h
        Speaker: TBD