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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

Observation of GRBs with AGILE

Since its early phases of operation, the AGILE satellite is observing Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) over an energy range potentially spanning six orders of magnitude. In the hard X-ray band the SuperAGILE imager provides localization of about one…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-06-09 M. Marisaldi , G. Barbiellini , E. Costa , S. Cutini , E. Del Monte , I. Donnarumma , Y. Evangelista , M. Feroci , F. Fuschino , M. Galli , A. Giuliani , C. Labanti , I. Lapshov , F. Lazzarotto , P. Lipari , F. Longo , S. Mereghetti , E. Moretti , L. Pacciani , M. Rapisarda , P. Soffitta , M. Tavani , M. Trifoglio , S. Vercellone

AGILE detection of variable gamma-ray activity from the blazar S5 0716+714 during September-October 2007

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…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-04-14 F. D'Ammando , A. W. Chen , M. Villata , C. M. Raiteri , V. Vittorini , A. Bulgarelli , I. Donnarumma , A. Giuliani , F. Longo , L. Pacciani , G. Pucella , M. Tavani , S. Vercellone

AGILE detection of a strong gamma-ray flare from the blazar 3C 454.3

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…

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

First results about on-ground calibration of the Silicon Tracker for the AGILE satellite

The AGILE scientific instrument has been calibrated with a tagged $\gamma$-ray beam at the Beam Test Facility (BTF) of the INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (LNF). The goal of the calibration was the measure of the Point Spread Function…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2011-12-13 AGILE Collaboration , P. W. Cattaneo , A. Argan , F. Boffelli , A. Bulgarelli , B. Buonomo , A. W. Chen , F. D'Ammando , T. Froysland , F. Fuschino , M. Galli , F. Gianotti , A. Giuliani , F. Longo , M. Marisaldi , G. Mazzitelli , A. Pellizzoni , M. Prest , G. Pucella , L. Quintieri , A. Rappoldi , M. Tavani , M. Trifoglio , A. Trois , P. Valente , E. Vallazza , S. Vercellone , A. Zambra , G. Barbiellini , P. Caraveo , V. Cocco , E. Costa , G. De Paris , E. Del Monte , G. Di Cocco , I. Donnarumma , Y. Evangelista , M. Feroci , A. Ferrari , M. Fiorini , C. Labanti , I. Lapshov , F. Lazzarotto , P. Lipari , M. Mastropietro , S. Mereghetti , E. Morelli , E. Moretti , A. Morselli , L. Pacciani , F. Perotti , G. Piano , P. Picozza , M. Pilia , G. Porrovecchio , M. Rapisarda , A. Rubini , S. Sabatini , P. Soffitta , E. Striani , V. Vittorini , D. Zanello , S. Colafrancesco , P. Giommi , C. Pittori , P. Santolamazza , F. Verrecchia , L. Salotti

Evaluating the Maximum Likelihood Method for Detecting Short-Term Variability of AGILE gamma-ray Sources

The AGILE space mission (whose instrument is sensitive in the energy ranges 18-60 keV, and 30 MeV - 50 GeV) has been operating since 2007. Assessing the statistical significance of time variability of gamma-ray sources above 100 MeV is a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 A. Bulgarelli , A. W. Chen , M. Tavani , F. Gianotti , M. Trifoglio , T. Contessi

AGILE Observations of the Gravitational Wave Event GW150914

We report the results of an extensive search in the AGILE data for a gamma-ray counterpart of the LIGO gravitational wave event GW150914. Currently in spinning mode, AGILE has the potential of covering with its gamma-ray instrument 80 % of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-06-29 M. Tavani , C. Pittori , F. Verrecchia , A. Bulgarelli , A. Giuliani , I. Donnarumma , A. Argan , A. Trois , F. Lucarelli , M. Marisaldi , E. Del Monte , Y. Evangelista , V. Fioretti , A. Zoli , G. Piano , P. Munar-Adrover , L. A. Antonelli , G. Barbiellini , P. Caraveo , P. W. Cattaneo , E. Costa , M. Feroci , A. Ferrari , F. Longo , S. Mereghetti , G. Minervini , A. Morselli , L. Pacciani , A. Pellizzoni , P. Picozza , M. Pilia , A. Rappoldi , S. Sabatini , S. Vercellone , V. Vittorini , P. Giommi , S. Colafrancesco , M. Cardillo

A variability study of the AGILE first catalog of \gamma-ray sources on 2.3 years of AGILE pointed observations

AGILE pointed observations performed from July 9, 2007 to October 30, 2009 cover a very large time interval, with a \gamma-ray dataset useful to perform studies of medium to high brightness galactic sources in the 30 MeV -- 50 GeV energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 F. Verrecchia , C. Pittori , A. Bulgarelli , A. W. Chen , M. Tavani , F. Lucarelli , P. Giommi

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

An updated list of AGILE bright gamma-ray sources and their variability in pointing mode

We present a variability study of a sample of bright gamma-ray (30 MeV -- 50 GeV) sources. This sample is an extension of the first AGILE catalogue of gamma-ray sources (1AGL), obtained using the complete set of AGILE observations in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-10-25 F. Verrecchia , C. Pittori , A. W. Chen , A. Bulgarelli , M. Tavani , F. Lucarelli , P. Giommi , S. Vercellone , A. Pellizzoni , A. Giuliani , F. Longo , G. Barbiellini , M. Trifoglio , F. Gianotti , A. Argan , L. A. Antonelli , P. Caraveo , M. Cardillo , P. W. Cattaneo , V. Cocco , S. Colafrancesco , T. Contessi , E. Costa , E. Del Monte , G. De Paris , G. Di Cocco , G. Di Persio , I. Donnarumma , Y. Evangelista , G. Fanari , M. Feroci , A. Ferrari , M. Fiorini , F. Fornari , F. Fuschino , T. Froysland , M. Frutti , M. Galli , C. Labanti , I. Lapshov , F. Lazzarotto , F. Liello , P. Lipari , E. Mattaini , M. Marisaldi , M. Mastropietro , A. Mauri , F. Mauri , S. Mereghetti , E. Morelli , E. Moretti , A. Morselli , L. Pacciani , F. Perotti , G. Piano , P. Picozza , M. Pilia , C. Pontoni , G. Porrovecchio , M. Prest , R. Primavera , G. Pucella , M. Rapisarda , A. Rappoldi , E. Rossi , A. Rubini , S. Sabatini , P. Santolamazza , P. Soffitta , S. Stellato , E. Striani , F. Tamburelli , A. Traci , A. Trois , E. Vallazza , V. Vittorini , D. Zanello , L. Salotti , G. Valentini

Active Galaxy Science with the Line Emission Mapper: The Case for High-Resolution Soft X-ray Spectroscopy

This white paper discusses the breadth of science related to active galactic nuclei (AGN) and associated phenomena to be enabled by a mission with microcalorimeter energy resolution in the soft X-ray band, a large collecting area, and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-06-28 Kimberly A. Weaver , Jenna M. Cann , Ryan W. Pfeifle , Malgorzata Sobolewska , Ciro Pinto , Mojegan Azadi , Delphine Porquet , Priyanka Chakraborty , Daniele Rogantini , Gerrit Schellenberger , Ryan Tanner , Simona Mei , Akos Bogdan , Dustin Nguyen

The Second AGILE Catalog of Gamma-Ray Sources

Aims. We present the second AGILE-GRID Catalog (2AGL) of {\gamma}-ray sources in the 100 MeV-10 GeV energy range. Methods. With respect to previous AGILE-GRID catalogs, the current 2AGL Catalog is based on the first 2.3 years of science…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-06-26 A. Bulgarelli , V. Fioretti , N. Parmiggiani , F. Verrecchia , C. Pittori , F. Lucarelli , M. Tavani , A. Aboudan , M. Cardillo , A. Giuliani , P. W. Cattaneo , A. W. Chen , G. Piano , A. Rappoldi , L. Baroncelli , A. Argan , L. A. Antonelli , I. Donnarumma , F. Gianotti , P. Giommi , M. Giusti , F. Longo , A. Pellizzoni , M. Pilia , M. Trifoglio , A. Trois , S. Vercellone , A. Zoli

INTEGRAL: The Current Status

The International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory (INTEGRAL) is dedicated to the fine spectroscopy (Delta-E: 2 keV FWHM @ 1.3 MeV) and fine imaging (angular resolution: 12 arcmin FWHM) of celestial gamma-ray sources in the energy range 15…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 C. Winkler

Preliminary Results of a New Deep Learning Method to Detect and Localize GRBs in the AGILE/GRID Sky Maps

AGILE is an ASI space mission launched in 2007 to study X-ray and gamma-ray phenomena in the energy range from $\sim20$ keV to $\sim10$ GeV. The AGILE Team developed a real-time analysis pipeline for the fast detection of transient sources,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-02-22 N. Parmiggiani , A. Bulgarelli , A. Macaluso , V. Fioretti , A. Di Piano , L. Baroncelli , A. Addis , M. Landoni , C. Pittori , F. Verrecchia , F. Lucarelli , A. Giuliani , F. Longo , D. Beneventano , M. Tavani

CIGALE: Code Investigating GALaxy Emission

We present CIGALE (Burgarella et al. 2005; Noll et al. 2009), a software developed at the Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille to fit galaxy spectral energy distributions from the rest-frame far-UV to far-IR wavelength range, and to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-11-07 Yannick Roehlly , Denis Burgarella , Véronique Buat , Élodie Giovannoli , Stefan Noll , Paolo Serra

AGILE detection of gamma-ray sources coincident with cosmic neutrino events

The origin of cosmic neutrinos is still largely unknown. Using data obtained by the gamma-ray imager on board of the AGILE satellite, we systematically searched for transient gamma-ray sources above 100 MeV that are temporally and spatially…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-01-23 F. Lucarelli , M. Tavani , G. Piano , A. Bulgarelli , I. Donnarumma , F. Verrecchia , C. Pittori , L. A. Antonelli , A. Argan , G. Barbiellini , P. Caraveo , M. Cardillo , P. W. Cattaneo , A. Chen , S. Colafrancesco , E. Costa , E. Del Monte , G. Di Cocco , A. Ferrari , V. Fioretti , M. Galli , P. Giommi , A. Giuliani , P. Lipari , F. Longo , S. Mereghetti , A. Morselli , F. Paoletti , N. Parmiggiani , A. Pellizzoni , P. Picozza , M. Pilia , A. Rappoldi , A. Trois , A. Ursi , S. Vercellone , V. Vittorini

SAGE: A Proposal for a Space Atomic Gravity Explorer

The proposed mission "Space Atomic Gravity Explorer" (SAGE) has the scientific objective to investigate gravitational waves, dark matter, and other fundamental aspects of gravity as well as the connection between gravitational physics and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-18 G. M. Tino , A. Bassi , G. Bianco , K. Bongs , P. Bouyer , L. Cacciapuoti , S. Capozziello , X. Chen , M. L. Chiofalo , A. Derevianko , W. Ertmer , N. Gaaloul , P. Gill , P. W. Graham , J. M. Hogan , L. Iess , M. A. Kasevich , H. Katori , C. Klempt , X. Lu , L. -S. Ma , H. Müller , N. R. Newbury , C. Oates , A. Peters , N. Poli , E. Rasel , G. Rosi , A. Roura , C. Salomon , S. Schiller , W. Schleich , D. Schlippert , F. Schreck , C. Schubert , F. Sorrentino , U. Sterr , J. W. Thomsen , G. Vallone , F. Vetrano , P. Villoresi , W. von Klitzing , D. Wilkowski , P. Wolf , J. Ye , N. Yu , M. S. Zhan

AGILE detection of a rapid gamma-ray flare from the blazar PKS 1510-089 during the GASP-WEBT monitoring

We report the detection by the AGILE satellite of a rapid gamma-ray flare from the powerful gamma-ray quasar PKS 1510-089, during a pointing centered on the Galactic Center region from 1 March to 30 March 2008. This source has been…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-20 F. D'Ammando , G. Pucella , C. M. Raiteri , M. Villata , V. Vittorini , S. Vercellone , I. Donnarumma , F. Longo , M. Tavani , 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 , Y. Evangelista , M. Feroci , A. Ferrari , M. Fiorini , T. Froysland , F. Fuschino , M. Galli , F. Gianotti , A. Giuliani , C. Labanti , I. Lapshov , F. Lazzarotto , P. Lipari , M. Marisaldi , S. Mereghetti , A. Morselli , L. Pacciani , A. Pellizzoni , F. Perotti , G. Piano , P. Picozza , M. Pilia , M. Prest , M. Rapisarda , A. Rappoldi , S. Sabatini , P. Soffitta , M. Trifoglio , A. Trois , E. Vallazza , A. Zambra , D. Zanello , I. Agudo , M. F. Aller , H. D. Aller , A. A. Arkharov , U. Bach , E. Benitez , A. Berdyugin , D. A. Blinov , C. S. Buemi , W. P. Chen , A. Di Paola , G. Di Rico , D. Dultzin , L. Fuhrmann , J. L. Gomez , M. A. Gurwell , S. G. Jorstad , J. Heidt , D. Hiriart , H. Y. Hsiao , G. Kimeridze , T. S. Konstantinova , E. N. Kopatskaya , E. Koptelova , O. Kurtanidze , V. M. Larionov , P. Leto , E. Lindfors , J. M. Lopez , A. P. Marscher , I. M. McHardy , D. A. Melnichuk , M. Mommert , R. Mujica , K. Nilsson , M. Pasanen , M. Roca-Sogorb , M. Sorcia , L. O. Takalo , B. Taylor , C. Trigilio , I. S. Troitsky , G. Umana , L. A. Antonelli , S. Colafrancesco , S. Cutini , D. Gasparrini , C. Pittori , B. Preger , P. Santolamazza , F. Verrecchia , P. Giommi , L. Salotti

AGILE detection of Cygnus X-3 {\gamma}-ray active states during the period mid-2009/mid-2010

Cygnus X-3 (Cyg X-3) is a well-known microquasar producing variable emission at all wavelengths. Cyg X-3 is a prominent X-ray binary producing relativistic jets, and studying its high energy emission is crucial for the understanding of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-11-22 A. Bulgarelli , M. Tavani , A. W. Chen , Y. Evangelista , M. Trifoglio , F. Gianotti , G. Piano , S. Sabatini , E. Striani , G. Pooley , S. Trushkin , N. A. Nizhelskij , M. McCollough , K. I. I. Koljonen , D. Hannikainen , A. Lähteenmäki , J. Tammi , N. Lavonen , D. Steeghs , A. Aboudan , A. Argan , G. Barbiellini , R. Campana , P. Caraveo , P. W. Cattaneo , V. Cocco , T. Contessi , E. Costa , F. D'Ammando , E. Del Monte , G. De Paris , G. Di Cocco , I. Donnarumma , M. Feroci , M. Fiorini , F. Fuschino , M. Galli , A. Giuliani , M. Giusti , C. Labanti , I. Lapshov , F. Lazzarotto , P. Lipari , F. Longo , M. Marisaldi , S. Mereghetti , E. Morelli , E. Moretti , A. Morselli , L. Pacciani , A. Pellizzoni , F. Perotti , P. Picozza , M. Pilia , M. Prest , G. Pucella , M. Rapisarda , A. Rappoldi , A. Rubini , P. Soffitta , A. Trois , E. Vallazza , S. Vercellone , V. Vittorini , A. Zambra , D. Zanello , P. Giommi , C. Pittori , F. Verrecchia , P. Santolamazza , F. Lucarelli , S. Colafrancesco , L. Salotti

Gamma-Ray Pulsar Studies with GLAST

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