Published June 2, 2000 | Version v1
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The AGILE gamma-ray astronomy mission

Creators

  • 1. Istituto di Fisica Cosmica G. Occhialini-CNR, Milan (Italy)
  • 2. Universita di Trieste and INFN, Trieste (Italy)
  • 3. Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale-CNR, Rome (Italy)
  • 4. Universita 'Tor Vergata' and INFN, Rome (Italy)
  • 5. Istituto TESRE-CNR, Bologna (Italy)

Description

We describe the AGILE gamma-ray astronomy satellite which has recently been selected as the first Small Scientific Mission of the Italian Space Agency. With a launch in 2002, AGILE will provide a unique tool for high-energy astrophysics in the 30 MeV-50 GeV range before GLAST. Despite the much smaller weight and dimensions, the scientific performances of AGILE are comparable to those of EGRET

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1063/1.1291412;
arXiv
arXiv:astro-ph/9911256v1;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
515
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 467-473
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
26. International cosmic ray conference
Acronym
ICRC 1999
Dates
17-25 Aug 1999
Place
Salt Lake City, UT (United States)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
34069054
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
COSMIC GAMMA SOURCES; GAMMA ASTRONOMY; GAMMA DETECTION; GAMMA SPECTRA; GAMMA SPECTROMETERS; SENSITIVITY; SPACE VEHICLES
Descriptors DEC
ASTRONOMY; COSMIC RAY SOURCES; DETECTION; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; RADIATION DETECTION; SPECTRA; SPECTROMETERS; VEHICLES

Optional Information

Notes
(c) 2000 American Institute of Physics.