The AGILE space mission
Creators
- 1. Dip. Fisica, Universita Tor Vergata, via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, I-00133 Roma (Italy)
- 2. INAF-IASF Roma, via del Fosso del Cavaliere 100, I-00133 Roma (Italy)
- 3. INFN Trieste, Padriciano 99, I-34012 Trieste (Italy)
- 4. INAF-IASF Bologna, via Gobetti 101, I-40129 Bologna (Italy)
- 5. INAF-IASF Milano, via E. Bassini 15, I-20133 Milano (Italy)
- 6. CIFS, villa Gualino - v.le Settimio Severo 63, I-10133 Torino (Italy)
- 7. INFN Roma 2, via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, I-00133 Roma (Italy)
- 8. ENEA Bologna, via don Fiammelli 2, I-40128 Bologna (Italy)
Description
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
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2008.01.023Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.nima.2008.01.023;
- PII
- S0168-9002(08)00040-5;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
- Journal Volume
- 588
- Journal Issue
- 1-2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 52-62
- ISSN
- 0168-9002
- CODEN
- NIMAER
Conference
- Title
- 1. international conference on astroparticle physics
- Acronym
- RICAP 07
- Dates
- 20-22 Jun 2007
- Place
- Rome (Italy)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 40015090
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- COSMIC GAMMA BURSTS; EXPLORATION; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SOURCES; GEV RANGE; HARD X RADIATION; KEV RANGE; MEV RANGE; SI SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; SPACE; SUPERNOVA REMNANTS; TEV RANGE; UNIVERSE
- Descriptors DEC
- COSMIC RADIATION; COSMIC RADIO SOURCES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENERGY RANGE; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; PRIMARY COSMIC RADIATION; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATION SOURCES; RADIATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; X RADIATION
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2008 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.