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The AGILE space mission

M. Tavani
(
- INAF, Rome and
- Rome U., Tor Vergata
)
,
G. Barbiellini
(
- INFN, Trieste and
- Trieste U.
)
,
A. Argan
(
- INAF, Rome
)
,
A. Bulgarelli
(
- IASF, Bologna
)
,
P. Caraveo
(
- IASF, Milan
)

2008

11 pages

Part of Astroparticle physics. Proceedings, 1st Roma International Conference, RICAP'07, Rome, Italy, June 20-22, 2007

Published in:

Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A 588 (2008) 52-62

Contribution to:

- RICAP 07

DOI:

10.1016/j.nima.2008.01.023

Experiments:

AGILE

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AGILE is an Italian Space Agency mission dedicated to the exploration of the gamma-ray Universe. The AGILE, very innovative instrument, combines for the first time a gamma-ray imager (sensitive in the range 30 MeV–50 GeV) and a hard X-ray imager (sensitive in the range 18–60 keV). An optimal angular resolution and very large fields of view are obtained by the use of state-of-the-art Silicon detectors integrated in a very compact instrument. AGILE was successfully launched on April 23, 2007 from the Indian base of Sriharikota and was inserted in an optimal low-particle background equatorial orbit. AGILE will provide crucial data for the study of Active Galactic Nuclei, Gamma-Ray Bursts, unidentified gamma-ray sources, galactic compact objects, supernova remnants, TeV sources, and fundamental physics by microsecond timing. The AGILE Cycle-1 pointing program started on 2007 December 1, and is open to the international community through a Guest Observer Program.

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Astronomical and space-research instrumentation
Astronomical observations
X-ray and gamma-ray
gamma ray: cosmic radiation
galaxy
X-ray
supernova

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(
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)
,
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(
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- CIFS, Turin and
- Milan, Ist. Fis. Cosmica
)
,
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- Ferrara U. and
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- Milan, Ist. Fis. Cosmica
)
,
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(
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- INFN, Trieste and
- Ferrara U. and
- INFN, Ferrara and
- CIFS, Turin and
- Milan, Ist. Fis. Cosmica
)
,
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(
- Trieste U. and
- INFN, Trieste and
- Ferrara U. and
- INFN, Ferrara and
- CIFS, Turin and
- Milan, Ist. Fis. Cosmica
)

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,
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)
,
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(
- IASF, Milan and
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)
,
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(
- IAS, Rome and
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)

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)
,
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(
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)
,
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(
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)
,
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(
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)
,
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