ASTRI SST-2M prototype and mini-array data reconstruction and scientific analysis software in the framework of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Saverio Lombardi; Lucio Angelo Antonelli; Denis Bastieri; Imma Donnarumma; Fabrizio Lucarelli; Alberto Madonna; Michele Mastropietro

doi:10.1117/12.2231656

26 July 2016 ASTRI SST-2M prototype and mini-array data reconstruction and scientific analysis software in the framework of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Saverio Lombardi, Lucio Angelo Antonelli, Denis Bastieri, Imma Donnarumma, Fabrizio Lucarelli, Alberto Madonna, Michele Mastropietro

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Proceedings Volume 9913, Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy IV; 991315 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231656
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2016, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Abstract

In the framework of the international Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) gamma-ray observatory, the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) is developing a dual-mirror, small-sized, end-to-end prototype (ASTRI SST-2M), inaugurated on September 2014 at Mt. Etna (Italy), and a mini-array composed of nine ASTRI telescopes, proposed to be installed at the southern CTA site. The ASTRI mini-array is a collaborative effort led by INAF and carried out by institutes from Italy, Brazil, and South-Africa. The project is also including the full data handling chain from raw data up to final scientific products. To this end, a dedicated software for the online/ on-site/off-site data reconstruction and scientific analysis is under development for both the ASTRI SST-2M prototype and mini-array. The software is designed following a modular approach in which each single component and the entire pipeline are developed in compliance with the CTA requirements. Data reduction is conceived to be run on parallel computing architectures, as multi-core CPUs and graphic accelerators (GPUs), and new hardware architectures based on low-power consumption processors (e.g. ARM). The software components are coded in C++/Python/CUDA and wrapped by efficient pipelines written in Python. The final scientific products are then achieved by means of either science tools currently being used in the CTA Consortium (e.g. ctools) or specifically developed ones. In this contribution, we present the framework and the main software components of the ASTRI SST-2M prototype and mini-array data reconstruction and scientific analysis software package, and report the status of its development.

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Saverio Lombardi, Lucio Angelo Antonelli, Denis Bastieri, Imma Donnarumma, Fabrizio Lucarelli, Alberto Madonna, and Michele Mastropietro "ASTRI SST-2M prototype and mini-array data reconstruction and scientific analysis software in the framework of the Cherenkov Telescope Array", Proc. SPIE 9913, Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy IV, 991315 (26 July 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231656

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