Cosmic Ray ACcelerators unveiled by High ENergy astrophysical observations
CRACHEN
Programma
Progetto
Programma
RSN4
RSN1
RSN2
Attività: In Itinere; Data inizio: 2016; Data fine: 2025
elena.amato elena.amato@inaf.it
Il presente programma di ricerca studia l'origine dei Raggi Cosmici (CR) e il loro impatto sul mezzo interstellare ed intergalattico. Negli ultimi 20 anni le osservazioni X e gamma hanno avuto impatto pari a quello delle misure dirette, sull’avanzamento della fisica dei CR, e il prossimo decennio promette risultati ancora più entusiasmanti, con ASTRI e CTA a scrutare il cielo alle più alte energie con prestazioni senza precedenti. Con questo programma si intende costruire un quadro teorico coerente entro cui interpretare i dati, così da sfruttare al meglio le potenzialità dei nuovi osservatori. La sinergia tra osservazioni e teoria permetterà ad INAF di giocare un ruolo di leadership mondiale nello svelare misteri come la natura dei PeVatroni e delle sorgenti prime di antimateria leptonica.
This long term research program focuses on the origin of Cosmic Rays and the impact of these particles on the interstellar and intergalactic medium. In the last 20 years discoveries in X-rays and gamma-rays have paralleled the importance of results from direct CR measurements. The next decade promises even more exciting news, with ASTRI and CTA observing the sky at the highest energies with unprecedented quality. This program is aimed at advancing theory so as to put the existing data in a coherent framework and prepare the tools for full exploitation of upcoming capabilities. The synergy between theory and observations will allow INAF to be a major player in unveiling outstanding mysteries in CR physics, such as the nature of PeVatrons and the main sources of leptonic anti-matter.
Struttura ed evoluzione stellare, incluse le fasi finali
Mezzo interstellare, formazione di stelle e sistemi planetari
Fisica degli oggetti compatti galattici ed extragalattici
Fenomeni non termici, raggi cosmici e astroparticelle
Infrastrutture da Terra (sviluppo/operazioni)
Infrastrutture dallo spazio per l’osservazione dell Universo (utilizzo)
Comunicazione, Didattica, Divulgazione
Struttura | Nfte | N0 | TI 2023 | TI 2024 | TI 2025 | TD 2023 | TD 2024 | TD 2025 | Nex | Extra |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
O.A. ARCETRI | 6 | 0 | 2.00 | 1.90 | 2.00 | 0.70 | 0.30 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
O.A. PALERMO | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
IRA BOLOGNA | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
O.A. BRERA | 1 | 0 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.30 |
Totali | 7 | 0 | 2.15 | 2.05 | 2.15 | 0.70 | 0.30 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.30 |
# | Struttura | TI 2023 | TI 2024 | TI 2025 | TD 2023 | TD 2024 | TD 2025 | Extra |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Università degli Studi di Firenze | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
2 | O.A. Palermo | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
3 | O.A. PADOVA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
4 | Uni Torino | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
5 | CTA Observatory | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Totali | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Certi 2023 | Certi 2024 | Certi 2025 | Presunti 2023 | Presunti 2024 | Presunti 2025 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
69.5 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 73.0 | 99.0 | 30.0 |
<p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(25, 28, 31);">The activities of this scheda are connected to those of PROGRESS (PI: A. Antonelli), PAMSUR (PI: S. Orlando) and PWNnumpol (PI: N. Bucciantini)</p><p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(25, 28, 31);"> Research lines: High energy astrophysics; Plasma astrophysics; Particle astrophysics; neutrino astrophysics; Interstellar medium; Interstellar dynamics; Interstellar plasma; nebulae; Supernova remnants Observational astronomy: computational astronomy; cosmic ray astronomy; gamma-ray astronomy; X-ray astronomy</p>
<p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">INAF fully holds the leadership of this multifaceted program. The majority of the funds so far received, including those obtained from competitive calls, come from projects with INAF PI-ship.</p><p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">The theoretical aspects of the research are primarily coordinated by INAF (with GSSI collaborating on a subset of the tasks). The expertise in computational astrophysics lies fully within INAF (in collaboration with two INAF associates, L. Del Zanna and A. Mignone). The interface with observations and upcoming facilities is managed by INAF team members actively involved in the Science Working Groups (SWGs) of CTA and ASTRI, and INAF associate R. Zanin, CTA project scientist.</p><p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">The team members have leading roles in the field also at the international level: G. Morlino and B. Olmi were the coordinators of the CTA SWGs on CRs and Galactic science respectively (2020-2022); E. Amato was coordinator of the CTA CR SWG (2018-2020) and has been a stable member since 2017 (chair in 2021 and 2023) of the CRD (galactic CRs) International Scientific Panel Committee of the ICRC; N. Bucciantini is the leader of the PWN topical working group of IXPE.</p>
<p>CTA; ASTRI;</p><p>MAGIC</p>
# | Nome | Struttura | TI | Qualifica | Ruolo nel Progetto | FTE Impegnate (2023/2024/2025) | FTE Presunte (2023/2024/2025) | Extra | ||
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1 | elena.amato | elena.amato@inaf.it | O.A. ARCETRI | Y | RICERCATORE | program coordinator; theoretical and numerical models | X X X | X X X | X | |
2 | rino.bandiera | rino.bandiera@inaf.it | O.A. ARCETRI | Y | ASTRONOMO ASSOCIATO | phenomenological models; data analysis | X X X | X X X | X | |
3 | niccolo.bucciantini | niccolo.bucciantini@inaf.it | O.A. ARCETRI | Y | RICERCATORE | numerical codes; numerical simulations | X X X | X X X | X | |
4 | giovanni.morlino | giovanni.morlino@inaf.it | O.A. ARCETRI | Y | RICERCATORE | theoretical models; comparison between models and data | X X X | X X X | X | |
5 | barbara.olmi | barbara.olmi@inaf.it | O.A. ARCETRI | Y | RICERCATORE | numerical codes; numerical simulations | X X X | X X X | X | |
6 | fabrizio.bocchino | fabrizio.bocchino@inaf.it | O.A. PALERMO | Y | RICERCATORE | data analysis; comparison between models and observations | X X X | X X X | X | |
7 | salvatore.orlando | salvatore.orlando@inaf.it | O.A. PALERMO | Y | PRIMO RICERCATORE | numerical codes; numerical simulations | X X X | X X X | X | |
8 | gianfranco.brunetti | gianfranco.brunetti@inaf.it | IRA BOLOGNA | Y | PRIMO RICERCATORE | theoretical models | X X X | X X X | X | |
9 | fabrizio.tavecchio | fabrizio.tavecchio@inaf.it | O.A. BRERA | Y | PRIMO RICERCATORE | non-thermal emission processes; gamma-rays; neutrinos | X X X | X X X | X | |
10 | lara.nava | lara.nava@inaf.it | O.A. BRERA | Y | RICERCATORE | theoretical and numerical models | X X X | X X X | X | |
11 | chiara.righi | chiara.righi@inaf.it | O.A. BRERA | N | ASSEGNISTA | gamma-ray astrophysics; neutrinos | X X X | X X X | X | |
12 | sabina.ustamujic | sabina.ustamujic@inaf.it | O.A. PALERMO | N | ASSEGNISTA | numerical simulations; comparison between theory and observations | X X X | X X X | X | |
13 | marco.padovani | marco.padovani@inaf.it | O.A. ARCETRI | Y | RICERCATORE | theoretical models for CRs in star forming environments | X X X | X X X | X | |
14 | stefano.menchiari | stefano.menchiari@inaf.it | O.A. ARCETRI | N | ASSEGNISTA | cosmic ray acceleration in young massive star clusters: diagnostics | X X X | X X X | X |
# | Nome | Struttura | TI | Qualifica | Ruolo nel Progetto | FTE Impegnate (2023/2024/2025) | FTE Presunte (2023/2024/2025) | Extra | |
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1 | luca.delzanna | luca.delzanna@unifi.it | Università degli Studi di Firenze | Y | Professore Associato | MHD simulations of PWNe and Bow shock PWNe; computational plasma physics | [0.2, 0.2, 0.2] | [0.2, 0.2, 0.2] | -1.0 |
2 | marco.miceli | marco.miceli@unipa.it | O.A. Palermo | Y | Professore Associato | data analysis; comparison between models and observations | [0, 0, 0] | [0.2, 0.2, 0.2] | -1.0 |
3 | michele.fiori | michele.fiori86@gmail.com | O.A. PADOVA | N | Assegnista di Ricerca, Università di Padova | PWN evolution; simulations for gamma-ray telescopes | [0, 0, 0] | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | -1.0 |
4 | andrea.mignone | mignone@to.infn.it | Uni Torino | Y | professore associato | numerical codes for plasma astrophysics | [0, 0, 0] | [0.1, 0.1, 0.1] | -1.0 |
5 | roberta.zanin | roberta.zanin@cta-observatory.org | CTA Observatory | TI | project scientist CTA | gamma-ray observations; upcoming gamma-ray facilities; PWN high energy phenomenology | [0.2, 0.2, 0.2] | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | -1.0 |
This program, throughout its development, has received funds from MUR, INAF and ASI. It is currently funded by INAF (PRIN INAF 2019 - PI: S. Orlando; Theory grant 2022 - PI: G. Morlino; Mini-grant RSN4 2022 - PI: N. Bucciantini) and a PhD position has been granted to the project within the PNRR program CTA+. Different parts of the planned research are currently being proposed for funding to INAF (Mini Grant RSN4 2023, PI: B. Olmi ; Mini RSN4 2023, PI: S. Menchiari) and to MUR (PRIN 22, PI: E. Amato).
# | Provenienza | Certi 2023 (k€) | Certi 2024 (k€) | Certi 2025 (k€) | Presun. 2023 (k€) | Presun. 2024 (k€) | Presun. 2025 (k€) | Totale Certi (k€) | Totale Presunti (k€) |
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1 | MIUR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 60 | 30 | 0 | 120 |
2 | INAF PRIN 2019 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
3 | PNRR CTA+ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
4 | INAF Mini Grant RSN4 (2022) | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
5 | INAF Mini grant RSN4 (2023) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
# | Provenienza | Fondi 2023 (€) | Fondi 2024 (€) | Fondi 2025 (€) |
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1 | INAF - Theory Grant | 49600.0 |