SuperAGILE: the hard X-ray Imager for the AGILE space mission
Abstract
SuperAGILE is a coded mask experiment based on silicon microstrip detectors. It operates in the 15-45 keV nominal energy range, providing crossed one-dimensional images of the X-ray sky with an on-axis angular resolution of 6 arcmin, over a field of view in excess of 1 steradian. It was designed as the hard X-ray monitor of the AGILE space mission, a small satellite of the Italian Space Agency devoted to image the gamma-ray sky in the 30 MeV - 50 GeV energy band. The AGILE mission was launched in a low-earth orbit on 23^{rd} April 2007. In this paper we describe the SuperAGILE experiment, its construction and test processes, and its performance before flight, based on the on-ground test and calibrations.
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@article{arxiv.0708.0123,
title = {SuperAGILE: the hard X-ray Imager for the AGILE space mission},
author = {M. Feroci and E. Costa and P. Soffitta and E. Del Monte and G. Di Persio and I. Donnarumma and Y. Evangelista and M. Frutti and I. Lapshov and F. Lazzarotto and M. Mastropietro and E. Morelli and L. Pacciani and G. Porrovecchio and M. Rapisarda and A. Rubini and M. Tavani and A. Argan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0708.0123},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A, in press. Full version with figures included in the text, now available at: ftp://vesta.rm.iasf.cnr.it/pub/mferoci/ It will also be linked at the official AGILE web pages