Publication Date:
2008
abstract:
The mini-calorimeter (MCAL) instrument on-board the AGILE satellite is a non-imaging gamma-ray scintillation detector sensitive in the 300 keV-100 MeV energy range with a total on-axis geometrical area of 1400 cm(2). Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are one of the main scientific targets of the AGILE mission and the MCAL design as an independent self-triggering detector makes it a valuable all-sky monitor for GRBs. Furthermore MCAL is one of the very few operative instruments with microsecond timing capabilities in the MeV range.
Iris type:
Articolo su Rivista
Keywords:
AGILE satellite; minicalorimeter
List of contributors:
Marisaldi, M; Labanti, C; Fuschino, F; Galli, M; Argan, A; Barbiellini, G; Basset, M; Boffelli, F; Bulgarelli, A; Caraveo, P; Cattaneo, Pw; Chen, A; Cocco, V; Costa, E; D'Ammando, F; Del Monte, E; De Paris, G; Di Cocco, G; Di Persio, G; Donnarumma, I; Evangelista, Y; Feroci, M; Ferrari, A; Fiorini, M; Foggetta, L; Froysland, T; Frutti, M; Gianotti, F; Giuliani, A; Lapshov, I; Lazzarotto, F; Liello, F; Lipari, P; Longo, F; Mastropietro, M; Mattaini, E; Mauri, A; Mauri, F; Mereghetti, S; Morelli, E; Morselli, A; Pacciani, L; Pellizzoni, A; Perotti, F; Picozza, P; Pontoni, C; Porrovecchio, G; Prest, Michela; Pucella, G; Rapisarda, M; Rappoldi, A; Rossi, E; Rubini, A; Soffitta, P; Tavani, M; Traci, A; Trifoglio, M; Trois, A; Vallazza, E; Vercellone, S; Vittorini, V; Zambra, A; Zanello, D; Pittori, C; Verrecchia, F; Cutini, S; Gasparrini, D; Preger, B; Santolamazza, P; Giommi, P; Antonelli, La; Colafrancesco, S; Salotti, L.
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