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High-Resolution Timing Observations of Spin-Powered Pulsars with the AGILE Gamma-Ray Telescope

AGILE is a small gamma-ray astronomy satellite mission of the Italian Space Agency dedicated to high-energy astrophysics launched in 2007 April. Its 1 microsecond absolute time tagging capability coupled with a good sensitivity in the 30…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 A. Pellizzoni , M. Pilia , A. Possenti , F. Fornari , P. Caraveo , E. Del Monte , S. Mereghetti , M. Tavani , A. Argan , A. Trois , M. Burgay , A. Chen , I. Cognard , E. Costa , N. D'Amico , P. Esposito , Y. Evangelista , M. Feroci , F. Fuschino , A. Giuliani , J. Halpern , G. Hobbs , A. Hotan , S. Johnston , M. Kramer , F. Longo , R. N. Manchester , M. Marisaldi , J. Palfreyman , P. Weltevrede , G. Barbiellini , F. Boffelli , A. Bulgarelli , P. W. Cattaneo , V. Cocco , F. D'Ammando , G. De Paris , G. Di Cocco , I. Donnarumma , M. Fiorini , T. Froysland , M. Galli , F. Gianotti , A. Harding , C. Labanti , I. Lapshov , F. Lazzarotto , P. Lipari , F. Mauri , A. Morselli , L. Pacciani , F. Perotti , P. Picozza , M. Prest , G. Pucella , M. Rapisarda , A. Rappoldi , P. Soffitta , M. Trifoglio , E. Vallazza , S. Vercellone , V. Vittorini , A. Zambra , D. Zanello , C. Pittori , F. Verrecchia , B. Preger , P. Santolamazza , P. Giommi , L. Salotti

Calibration of AGILE-GRID with In-Flight Data and Monte Carlo Simulations

Context: AGILE is a gamma-ray astrophysics mission which has been in orbit since 23 April 2007 and continues to operate reliably. The gamma-ray detector, AGILE-GRID, has observed Galactic and extragalactic sources, many of which were…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-10-08 Andrew W. Chen , A. Argan , A. Bulgarelli , P. W. Cattaneo , T. Contessi , A. Giuliani , C. Pittori , G. Pucella , M. Tavani , A. Trois , F. Verrecchia , G. Barbiellini , P. Caraveo , S. Colafrancesco , E. Costa , G. De Paris , E. Del Monte , G. Di Cocco , I. Donnarumma , Y. Evangelista , A. Ferrari , M. Feroci , V. Fioretti , M. Fiorini , F. Fuschino , M. Galli , F. Gianotti , P. Giommi , M. Giusti , C. Labanti , I. Lapshov , F. Lazzarotto , P. Lipari , F. Longo , F. Lucarelli , M. Marisaldi , S. Mereghetti , E. Morelli , E. Moretti , A. Morselli , L. Pacciani , A. Pellizzoni , F. Perotti , G. Piano , P. Picozza , M. Pilia , M. Prest , M. Rapisarda , A. Rappoldi , A. Rubini , S. Sabatini , P. Santolamazza , P. Soffitta , E. Striani , M. Trifoglio , G. Valentini , E. Vallazza , S. Vercellone , V. Vittorini , D. Zanello

The AGILE gamma-ray detector

The gamma-ray detector AGILE, operating in the energy range from 30 MeV to 50 GeV, is composed by a tracking part, a light calorimeter and an anticoincidence system. Here we describe the detector and its capabilities to determine the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Morselli , A. Perrino , P. Picozza , S. Severoni , P. Caraveo , S. Mereghetti , M. Tavani , G. Barbiellini , A. Vacchi

AGILE detection of transient {\gamma}-ray emission from the region of the supergiant fast X-ray transient source IGR J17354-3255

Context. On April 14, 2009, the AGILE satellite detected a {\gamma}-ray flare from an unknown transient source. Subsequent X-ray follow-up observations with Swift and INTEGRAL identified the supergiant fast X-ray transient (SFXT) IGR…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-07 Andrea Bulgarelli , Gabriele Panebianco , Vito Sguera , Marco Tavani , Valentina Fioretti , Ambra di Piano , Nicolò Parmiggiani , Patrizia Romano , Stefano Vercellone , Alessio Aboudan , Francesco Longo , Giacomo Principe , Francesco De Palma , Emanuele Dolera , Carlotta Pittori , Fabrizio Lucarelli , Francesco Verrecchia , Andrew W. Chen , Angela Bazzano

Gamma-ray blazars: the view from AGILE

During the first 3 years of operation the Gamma-Ray Imaging Detector onboard the AGILE satellite detected several blazars in a high gamma-ray activity: 3C 279, 3C 454.3, PKS 1510-089, S5 0716+714, 3C 273, W Comae, Mrk 421, PKS 0537-441 and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-15 F. D'Ammando , A. Bulgarelli , A. W. Chen , I. Donnarumma , A. Giuliani , F. Longo , L. Pacciani , G. Pucella , E. Striani , M. Tavani , S. Vercellone , V. Vittorini , S. Covino , H. A. Krimm , C. M. Raiteri , P. Romano , M. Villata

Simulation of the AGILE gamma-ray imaging detector performance: Part II

In this paper (Paper II) we complete our discussion on the results of a comprehensive GEANT simulation of the scientific performance of the AGILE Gamma-Ray Imaging Detector (GRID), operating in the 30 MeV - 50 GeV energy range in an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Veronica Cocco , Francesco Longo , Marco Tavani

A Deep Learning Method for AGILE-GRID GRB Detection

The follow-up of external science alerts received from Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRB) and Gravitational Waves (GW) detectors is one of the AGILE Team's current major activities. The AGILE team developed an automated real-time analysis pipeline to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-06-23 N. Parmiggiani , A. Bulgarelli , V. Fioretti , A. Di Piano , A. Giuliani , F. Longo , F. Verrecchia , M. Tavani , D. Beneventano , A. Macaluso

AGILE results on relativistic outflows above 100 MeV

We give an overview of the AGILE gamma-ray satellite scientific highlights. AGILE is an Italian Space Agency (ASI) mission devoted to observations in the 30 MeV - 50 GeV gamma-ray energy range, with simultaneous X-ray imaging in the 18-60…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-12-02 Carlotta Pittori

Detection of terrestrial gamma-ray flashes with the AGILE/MCAL

AGILE is one of the satellites currently detecting terrestrial gamma-ray flashes (TGFs). In particular, the AGILE Mini-CALorimeter detected more than 2000 events in 8 years activity, by exploiting a unique sub-millisecond timescale trigger…

Space Physics · Physics 2021-08-26 Alessandro Ursi , Martino Marisaldi , Marco Tavani

The AGILE Gamma-ray Astronomy Mission

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…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-17 S. Mereghetti , G. Barbiellini , G. Budini , P. Caraveo , E. Costa , V. Cocco , G. Di Cocco , M. Feroci , C. Labanti , F. Longo , E. Morelli , A. Morselli , A. Pellizzoni , F. Perotti , P. Picozza , M. Prest , P. Soffitta , L. Soli , M. Tavani , E. Vallazza , S. Vercellone

AGILE detection of a candidate gamma-ray precursor to the ICECUBE-160731 neutrino event

On July 31st, 2016, the ICECUBE collaboration reported the detection of a high-energy starting event induced by an astrophysical neutrino. We report here about the search for a gamma-ray counterpart of the ICECUBE-160731 event made with the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-09-15 F. Lucarelli , C. Pittori , F. Verrecchia , I. Donnarumma , M. Tavani , A. Bulgarelli , A. Giuliani , L. A. Antonelli , P. Caraveo , P. W. Cattaneo , S. Colafrancesco , F. Longo , S. Mereghetti , A. Morselli , L. Pacciani , G. Piano , A. Pellizzoni , M. Pilia , A. Rappoldi , A. Trois , S. Vercellone

AGILE detection of intense gamma-ray emission from the blazar PKS 1510-089

We report the detection by the AGILE (Astro-rivelatore Gamma a Immagini LEggero) satellite of an intense gamma-ray flare from the source AGL J1511-0909, associated with the powerful quasar PKS 1510-089, during ten days of observations from…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 G. Pucella , V. Vittorini , F. D'Ammando , M. Tavani , C. M. Raiteri , M. Villata , A. Argan , G. Barbiellini , F. Boffelli , A. Bulgarelli , P. Caraveo , P. W. Cattaneo , A. W. Chen , V. Cocco , E. Costa , E. Del Monte , G. De Paris , G. Di Cocco , I. Donnarumma , Y. Evangelista , M. Feroci , M. Fiorini , T. Froysland , F. Fuschino , M. Galli , F. Gianotti , A. Giuliani , C. Labanti , I. Lapshov , F. Lazzarotto , P. Lipari , F. Longo , M. Marisaldi , S. Mereghetti , A. Morselli , L. Pacciani , A. Pellizzoni , F. Perotti , P. Picozza , M. Prest , M. Rapisarda , A. Rappoldi , P. Soffitta , M. Trifoglio , A. Trois , E. Vallazza , S. Vercellone , A. Zambra , D. Zanello , L. A. Antonelli , S. Colafrancesco , S. Cutini , D. Gasparrini , P. Giommi , C. Pittori , F. Verrecchia , L. Salotti , M. F. Aller , H. D. Aller , D. Carosati , V. M. Larionov , R. Ligustri

Gamma-ray burst detection with the AGILE mini-calorimeter

The Mini-Calorimeter (MCAL) instrument on-board the AGILE satellite is a non-imaging gamma-ray scintillation detector sensitive in the 300keV-100MeV energy range with a total on-axis geometrical area of 1400cm^2. Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-08-31 M. Marisaldi , C. Labanti , F. Fuschino , M. Galli , A. Argan , G. Barbiellini , M. Basset , F. Boffelli , A. Bulgarelli , P. Caraveo , P. W. Cattaneo , A. Chen , V. Cocco , E. Costa , F. D'Ammando , E. Del Monte , G. De Paris , G. Di Cocco , G. Di Persio , I. Donnarumma , Y. Evangelista , M. Feroci , A. Ferrari , M. Fiorini , L. Foggetta , T. Froysland , M. Frutti , F. Gianotti , A. Giuliani , I. Lapshov , F. Lazzarotto , F. Liello , P. Lipari , F. Longo , M. Mastropietro , E. Mattaini , A. Mauri , F. Mauri , S. Mereghetti , E. Morelli , A. Morselli , L. Pacciani , A. Pellizzoni , F. Perotti , P. Picozza , C. Pontoni , G. Porrovecchio , M. Prest , G. Pucella , M. Rapisarda , A. Rappoldi , E. Rossi , A. Rubini , P. Soffitta , M. Tavani , A. Traci , M. Trifoglio , A. Trois , E. Vallazza , S. Vercellone , V. Vittorini , A. Zambra , D. Zanello , C. Pittori , F. Verrecchia , S. Cutini , D. Gasparrini , B. Preger , P. Santolamazza , P. Giommi , L. A. Antonelli , S. Colafrancesco , L. Salotti

GRID: a Student Project to Monitor the Transient Gamma-Ray Sky in the Multi-Messenger Astronomy Era

The Gamma-Ray Integrated Detectors (GRID) is a space mission concept dedicated to monitoring the transient gamma-ray sky in the energy range from 10 keV to 2 MeV using scintillation detectors onboard CubeSats in low Earth orbits. The…

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AGILE observation of a gamma-ray flare from the blazar 3C 279

Context. We report the detection by the AGILE satellite of an intense gamma-ray flare from the gamma-ray source 3EG J1255-0549, associated to the Flat Spectrum Radio Quasar 3C 279, during the AGILE pointings towards the Virgo Region on 2007…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-08-31 A. Giuliani , F. D'Ammando , S. Vercellone , V. Vittorini , A. W. Chen , I. Donnarumma , L. Pacciani , G. Pucella , A. Trois , A. Bulgarelli , F. Longo , M. Tavani , G. Tosti , D. Impiombato , A. Argan , G. Barbiellini , F. Boelli , P. A. Caraveo , P. W. Cattaneo , V. Cocco , E. Costa , E. Del Monte , G. De Paris , G. Di Cocco , Y. Evangelista , M. Feroci , M. Fiorini , F. Fornari , T. Froysland , F. Fuschino , M. Galli , F. Gianotti , C. Labanti , Y. Lapshov , F. Lazzarotto , P. Lipari , M. Marisaldi , S. Mereghetti , A. Morselli , A. Pellizzoni , F. Perotti , P. Picozza , M. Prest , M. Rapisarda , A. Rappoldi , P. Soffitta , M. Trifoglio , E. Vallazza , A. Zambra , D. Zanello , S. Cutini , D. Gasparrini , C. Pittori , B. Preger , P. Santolamazza , F. Verrecchia , P. Giommi , S. Colafrancesco , L. Salotti

Observing peculiar gamma-ray pulsars with AGILE

The AGILE gamma-ray satellite provides large sky exposure levels ($\geq 10^9$ cm$^2$ s per year on the Galactic Plane) with sensitivity peaking at $E\sim$100 MeV where the bulk of pulsar energy output is typically released. Its $\sim$1…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Maura Pilia , Alberto Pellizzoni

Observations of Gamma Ray Bursts with AGILE

The AGILE satellite, in orbit since 2007, localized up to October 2009 about 1 Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) per month with the hard X-ray imager SuperAGILE (18 - 60 keV) (with a rate reduced by a factor 2-3 in spinning mode) and is detecting…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 F. Longo , G. Barbiellini , E. Del Monte , M. Marisaldi , F. Fuschino , A. Giuliani

The AGILE Data Center and its Legacy

We present an overview of the main AGILE Data Center activities and architecture. AGILE is a space mission of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) in joint collaboration with INAF, INFN, CIFS, and with the participation of several Italian space…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-11-28 Carlotta Pittori

The AGILE Archive and Data Processing at the ASI Science Data Center

AGILE (Astro-rivelatore Gamma ad Immagini LEggero) is a Small Scientific Mission of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) with a Science Program open to the national and international community. Its main goal is to develop and operate a scientific…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Elisabetta Memola , Paolo Giommi

Design of a CZT Gamma-Camera for GRB and Fast Transient Follow-up: a Wide-Field-Monitor for the EDGE Mission

The success of the SWIFT/BAT and INTEGRAL missions has definitely opened a new window for follow-up and deep study of the transient gamma-ray sky. This now appears as the access key to important progresses in the area of cosmological…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-25 L. Natalucci , M. Feroci , E. Quadrini , P. Ubertini , L. Piro , J. W. den Herder , D. Barret , L. Amati , C. Budtz-Jorgensen , E. Caroli , S. Di Cosimo , M. Frutti , C. Labanti , F. Monzani , J. M. Poulsen , L. Nicolini , A. Stevoli