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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
  • Tuesday 21 July
    • Galactic sources under the eyes of SSTs
      Convener: Michela Rigoselli (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
    • Coffee Break
    • Galactic sources under the eyes of SSTs
      Convener: Michela Rigoselli (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
    • Cameras, detectors and electronics
      Convener: Giovanni Ceribella (MPI Munich)
      • 18
        Status of the SST Camera (Invited)
        Speaker: Richard White
      • 19
        Mass Production and On-Site Deployment of the 10.4° Wide-Field SiPM Cherenkov Cameras for the ASTRI Mini-Array (Invited)
        Speaker: Giovanni Contino (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
        2026_sexten_presentazione_Contino_fin.pptx
      • 20
        QCAMi on Tenerife: Comparing Data to Simulations
        Speaker: Simon Lee (The University of Adelaide)
        2026-07_Sexten_simon.pdf
    • Lunch
    • Free afternoon
  • Wednesday 22 July
    • Extragalactic sources and emission models
      Convener: Elisabete de Gouveia Dal Pino
    • Group picture
    • Coffee Break
    • Telescopes, optics and control
      Convener: Dr Salvatore Scuderi (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
      • 24
        The Schwarzschild–Couder Optical Design of ASTRI: Opportunities and Challenges (Invited)
        Speaker: Giorgia Sironi (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
        2026-Sexten-v1.pdf
      • 25
        Quality control activities during the manufacturing of the mechanical structures of the Small Size Telescopes for CTAO
        Speaker: Nicola La Palombara (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
        Sexten2026_La-Palombara_Slides_SST-structures.pdf
      • 26
        The SCADA Software System of the ASTRI Mini-Array: Architecture, Control Workflow, and Operational Integration
        Speaker: Gabriele Panebianco (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
        20260722_ASTRI_SCADA_Panebianco.pdf
      • 27
        Beyond ASTRI: the CTA++/ASTRI10 and Wi-FI SuperCAT projects
        Speaker: Giovanni Pareschi (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
        Sexten_2026_pareschi.pptx
    • Lunch
    • Highlight Talk
      Convener: ruizhi yang
      • 28
        The science of SSTs from ASTRI to CTAO-SST array (Highlight Talk)
        Speaker: Jim Hinton
    • Discussion
      Conveners: Jim Hinton, ruizhi yang
    • Coffee Break
    • Cosmic Rays and their accelerators
      Convener: Silvia Celli (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
      • 29
        Key Processes in Cosmic-Ray and Gamma-Ray Acceleration and Propagation (Invited)
        Speaker: Elisabete de Gouveia Dal Pino
        Elisabete_dGDP_CR-VHE.pdf
      • 30
        Probing Cosmic-Ray Diffusion Regimes and $\gamma$-ray emission in Young Massive Stellar Clusters with 3D MHD Simulations
        Speaker: Lucas Barreto-Mota (Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas - Universidade de São Paulo)
        Barreto-Mota_Sexten.pdf
      • 31
        Cosmic ray acceleration by turbulent magnetic reconnection in relativistic jets
        Speaker: Dr Petros Stefanou (IAG-USP)
        Stefanou_Sexten.pdf
  • Thursday 23 July
    • Transient phenomena at TeV energies
      Convener: Gianpiero Tagliaferri (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
      • 32
        Gamma-Ray Bursts at Very High Energies (VHE): entering a new era (Invited)
        Speaker: Davide Miceli (University & INFN Padova)
        Miceli_GRB_Sexten_Summer26.pdf
      • 33
        The ASTRI Mini-Array follow-up of transient events in the TeV band
        Speaker: Alessandro Carosi (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
        SESTO2026-ASTRITransients-AC-V2.pdf
      • 34
        Reassessing high-energy emission correlations in gamma-ray bursts using a large, homogeneous sample of X-ray afterglows
        Speaker: Alessandro Armando Vigliano (University of Trieste - INFN Trieste)
        Sexten07-2026.pdf
      • 35
        Gamma-Ray Burst Pair Echoes as Probes of the Intergalactic Magnetic Field in the CTAO Era
        Speaker: Paolo Da Vela (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
        IGMF_GRB_CTAO_v2.pdf
    • Coffee Break
    • Data Analysis
      Convener: Paolo Da Vela (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
      • 36
        Analysis of IACT data in the ML era. (Invited)
        Speaker: Bruno Khelifi
        IACT_ML_BKhelifi.pdf
      • 37
        Recent developments in the ASTRI Project simulation system
        Speaker: Fausto Casaburo (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
        ASTRI_simulations.pdf
      • 38
        New time-based parameters for the ASTRI Mini-Array gamma/hadron discrimination
        Speaker: Valentina La Parola (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
        laparola_Sexten_220726.pdf
      • 39
        Optical calibration of ASTRI Mini Array telescopes with muon rings
        Speaker: Teresa Mineo (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
        sexten_muoni.pdf
    • Lunch
    • Large SST arrays under new perspectives
      Convener: Silvia Crestan (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
      • 40
        Stellar Intensity Interferometry: Past, Present, and Future Prospects with Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes (Invited)
        Speaker: Luca Zampieri (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
        SII_Sexten_Zampieri_20260723_v2_red.pdf
      • 41
        Implementing very narrow-band, sub-nanosecond Intensity Interferometry on the ASTRI Mini-Array
        Speakers: Michele Fiori (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)), Michele Fiori (Università degli studi di Padova)
        ASTRI-SI3_Sexten_Fiori_20260723_v4.pdf
      • 42
        Divergent Subarray Pointing for Wide-Field VHE Multi-Messenger follow-up with CTAO-SST and ASTRI
        Speaker: Samanta Morales (INFN - Trieste)
        Subarray_Divergent_Pointing_9_to_40.pdf
      • 43
        The Color of Cherenkov Light - What can INDACO do for your TeV Universe?
        Speaker: Anna Wolter (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
        AWOLTER_INAF - INDACO presentation - final.pdf
    • Coffee Break
    • Multi-messenger synergies
      Convener: Francesco Longo
  • Friday 24 July
    • Fundamental physics at TeV energies
      Convener: Andreas Zech (LUTH, Observatoire de Paris - PSL, CNRS, 5 pl. Jules Janssen, 92195 Meudon)
      • 47
        Searching for LIV effects with SSTs (Invited)
        Speaker: Tomislav Terzić (University of Rijeka, Faculty of Physics)
        TTerzic_LIVwithSSTs_Sexten_2026.pdf
      • 48
        Gamma-gamma interactions, the EBL & cosmological studies with SSTs
        Speaker: Alberto Franceschini (UNIPD)
        Sesto SST 2026.pdf
    • Coffee Break
    • Wrap up and Discussion
      • 50
        Wrap-up talk & Discussion
        Speaker: TBD