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We report the gamma-ray activity from the Intermediate BL Lac S5 0716+714 during 2007 September-October observations by the AGILE satellite, coincident with a period of intense optical activity of the source monitored by GASP-WEBT. AGILE…

Some pulsars have their maximum observable energy output in the gamma-ray band, offering the possibility of using these high-energy photons as probes of the particle acceleration and interaction processes in pulsar magnetospheres. After an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 D. J. Thompson

The Gamma-Ray Integrated Detectors (GRID) are a space project to monitor the transient gamma-ray sky in the multi-messenger astronomy era using multiple detectors on-board CubeSats. The second GRID detector, GRID-02, was launched in 2020.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-21 Huaizhong Gao , Dongxin Yang , Jiaxing Wen , Xutao Zheng , Ming Zeng , Jirong Cang , Weihe Zeng , Xiaofan Pan , Qimin Zhou , Yihui Liu , Hua Feng , Binbin Zhang , Zhi Zeng , Yang Tian , GRID Collaboration

The Advanced Gamma-ray Imaging System (AGIS) is a next-generation ground-based gamma-ray observatory being planned in the U.S. The anticipated sensitivity of AGIS is about one order of magnitude better than the sensitivity of current…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 G. Maier

We report the first blazar detection by the AGILE satellite. AGILE detected 3C 454.3 during a period of strongly enhanced optical emission in July 2007. AGILE observed the source with a dedicated repointing during the period 2007 July 24-30…

Diffuse galactic gamma-ray emission is produced by the interaction of cosmic rays (CRs) with the interstellar environment. The study of gamma-ray emission is therefore a powerful tool to investigate the origin of CRs and the processes…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-07-18 N. Marchili , G. Piano , M. Cardillo , A. Giuliani , S. Molinari , M. Tavani

We present the Agile REconstruction Method (AREM) for gamma-ray (30 MeV - 50 GeV) direction reconstruction applicable to high-resolution Silicon Tracker detectors in space. It can be used in a "fast mode", independently of Kalman filters…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-07-19 Carlotta Pittori , Marco Tavani

The unique capabilities of Swift that make it ideal for discovery and follow-up of Gamma-Ray bursts also makes it the idea mission for discovery and monitoring of X-ray Transients in the Milky Way and the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-03-27 Jamie A. Kennea

The AGILE satellite discovered the transient source AGL J2241+4454 in 2010 which triggered the study of the associated field allowing for the discovery of the first Be/black hole binary system: MWC 656. This binary was suggested to be the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-10-05 P. Munar-Adrover , S. Sabatini , G. Piano , M. Tavani , L. H. Nguyen , F. Lucarelli , F. Verrecchia , C. Pittori

The observation of Very High Energy gamma rays (VHE, E > 100 GeV) led us to the identification of extremely energetic processes and particle acceleration sites both within our Galaxy and beyond. We expect that VHE facilities, like CTA, will…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-08 G. La Mura , G. Chiaro , R. Conceiçao , A. De Angelis , M. Pimenta , B. Tomé

The AGILE $\gamma$-ray telescope (Tavani et al. 1998) will have a relatively uniform sensitivity over a very wide field of view. This allows to simultaneously monitor several AGN's and to react quickly with multiwavelength observations in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Mereghetti

Since July 2014, the Gaia mission has been engaged in a high-spatial-resolution, time-resolved, precise, accurate astrometric, and photometric survey of the entire sky. Aims: We present the Gaia Science Alerts project, which has been in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-18 S. T. Hodgkin , D. L. Harrison , E. Breedt , T. Wevers , G. Rixon , A. Delgado , A. Yoldas , Z. Kostrzewa-Rutkowska , Ł. Wyrzykowski , M. van Leeuwen , N. Blagorodnova , H. Campbell , D. Eappachen , M. Fraser , N. Ihanec , S. E. Koposov , K. Kruszyńska , G. Marton , K. A. Rybicki , A. G. A. Brown , P. W. Burgess , G. Busso , S. Cowell , F. De Angeli , C. Diener , D. W. Evans , G. Gilmore , G. Holland , P. G. Jonker , F. van Leeuwen , F. Mignard , P. J. Osborne , J. Portell , T. Prusti , P. J. Richards , M. Riello , G. M. Seabroke , N. A. Walton , Péter Ábrahám , G. Altavilla , S. G. Baker , U. Bastian , P. O'Brien , J. de Bruijne , T. Butterley , J. M. Carrasco , J. Castañeda , J. S. Clark , G. Clementini , C. M. Copperwheat , M. Cropper , G. Damljanovic , M. Davidson , C. J. Davis , M. Dennefeld , V. S. Dhillon , C. Dolding , M. Dominik , P. Esquej , L. Eyer , C. Fabricius , M. Fridman , D. Froebrich , N. Garralda , A. Gomboc , J. J. González-Vidal , R. Guerra , N. C. Hambly , L. K. Hardy , B. Holl , A. Hourihane , J. Japelj , D. A. Kann , C. Kiss , C. Knigge , U. Kolb , S. Komossa , Á. Kóspál , G. Kovács , M. Kun , G. Leto , F. Lewis , S. P. Littlefair , A. A. Mahabal , C. G. Mundell , Z. Nagy , D. Padeletti , L. Palaversa , A. Pigulski , M. L. Pretorius , W. van Reeven , V. A. R. M. Ribeiro , M. Roelens , N. Rowell , N. Schartel , A. Scholz , A. Schwope , B. M. Sipőcz , S. J. Smartt , M. D. Smith , I. Serraller , D. Steeghs , M. Sullivan , L. Szabados , E. Szegedi-Elek , P. Tisserand , L. Tomasella , S. van Velzen , P. A Whitelock , R. W. Wilson , D. R. Young

HERMES (High Energy Rapid Modular Ensemble of Satellites) pathfinder is an in-orbit demonstration consisting of a constellation of six 3U nano-satellites hosting simple but innovative detectors for the monitoring of cosmic high-energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-09-06 Riccardo Crupi , Giuseppe Dilillo , Kester Ward , Elisabetta Bissaldi , Fabrizio Fiore , Andrea Vacchi

After the first nine years of INTEGRAL operational life, the discovery of new sources and source types, a large fraction of which are highly transient or highly absorbed, is certainly one of the most compelling results and legacies of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Mariateresa Fiocchi , Lorenzo Natalucci

In the multi-messenger era, coordinating observations between astronomical facilities is mandatory to study transient phenomena (e.g. Gamma-ray bursts) and is achieved by sharing information with the scientific community through networks…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-28 N. Parmiggiani , A. Bulgarelli , D. Beneventano , V. Fioretti , A. Di Piano , L. Baroncelli , A. Addis , M. Tavani , C. Pittori , I. Oya

The high spatial resolution and precise astrometry and photometry of the Gaia mission should make it particularly apt at discovering and resolving transients occurring in, or near, the centres of galaxies. Indeed, some nuclear transients…

The coincidental detection of the gravitational wave event GW 170817 and the associated gamma-ray burst GRB 170817A marked the advent of multi-messenger astronomy and represented a milestone in the study of GRBs. In this context, the launch…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-12-23 B. Arcier , JL. Atteia , O. Godet , S. Mate , S. Guillot , N. Dagoneau , J. Rodriguez , D. Gotz , S. Schanne , M. G. Bernardini

The AGILE satellite detected several episodes of transient gamma-ray emission from Cygnus X-3. Cross-correlating the AGILE light curve with both X-ray and radio monitoring data, we found that the main events of gamma-ray activity were…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 G. Piano , M. Tavani , V. Vittorini , A. Giuliani

AGILE is an Italian Space Agency (ASI) space mission launched in 2007 to study X-ray and gamma-ray phenomena in the energy range from $\sim$20 keV to $\sim$10 GeV. The AGILE AntiCoincidence System (ACS) detects hard-X photons in the 50 -…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-04-03 N. Parmiggiani , A. Bulgarelli , A. Macaluso , A. Ursi , L. Castaldini , A. Di Piano , R. Falco , V. Fioretti , G. Panebianco , C. Pittori , M. Tavani