The AGILE Gamma-ray Astronomy Mission
Astrophysics
2019-08-17 v1
Abstract
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.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9911256,
title = {The AGILE Gamma-ray Astronomy Mission},
author = {S. Mereghetti and G. Barbiellini and G. Budini and P. Caraveo and E. Costa and V. Cocco and G. Di Cocco and M. Feroci and C. Labanti and F. Longo and E. Morelli and A. Morselli and A. Pellizzoni and F. Perotti and P. Picozza and M. Prest and P. Soffitta and L. Soli and M. Tavani and E. Vallazza and S. Vercellone},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9911256},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
7 pages, latex, 4 figures, Invited paper presented at the GeV-TeV Gamma-ray Astrophysics Workshop "Towards a Major Atmospheric Cerenkov Detector VI'' - Snowbird, Utah - August 13-16, 1999