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1. The ground calibration of the HERMES-Pathfinder payload flight models

Author

Dilillo, G., Marchesini, E. J., Baroni, G., Della Casa, G., Campana, R., Evangelista, Y., Guzmán, A., Hedderman, P., Bellutti, P., Bertuccio, G., Ceraudo, F., Citossi, M., Cirrincione, D., Dedolli, I., Demenev, E., Feroci, M., Ficorella, F., Fiorini, M., Gandola, M., Grassi, M., Rosa, G. La, Lombardi, G., Malcovati, P., Mele, F., Nogara, P., Nuti, A., Perri, M., Pliego-Caballero, S., Pirrotta, S., Puccetti, S., Rashevskaya, I., Russo, F., Sottile, G., Tenzer, C., Trenti, M., Trevisan, S., Vacchi, A., Zampa, G., Zampa, N., and Fiore, F.

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2024
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2. The LOFT mission: new perspectives in the research field of (accreting) compact objects

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Bozzo E., Stella L., van der Klis M., Watts A., Barret D., Wilms J., Uttley P., den Herder J. W., and Feroci M.

Subjects
Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

LOFT, the Large Observatory For X-ray Timing, is one of five ESA M3 candidate missions. It will address the Cosmic Vision theme: “Matter under Extreme Conditions”. By coupling for the first time a huge collecting area for the detection of X-ray photons with CCD-quality spectral resolution (15 times bigger in area than any previously flown X-ray instrument and >100 times bigger for spectroscopy than any similar-resolution instrument), the instruments onboard LOFT have been designed to (i) determine the properties of ultradense matter by reconstructing its Equation of State through neutron star mass and radius measurements of unprecedented accuracy; (ii) measure General Relativity effects in the strong field regime in the stationary spacetimes of neutron stars and black holes of all masses down to a few gravitational radii. Besides the above two themes, LOFT’s observations will be devoted to “observatory science”, providing new insights in a number of research fields in high energy astrophysics (e.g. Gamma-ray Bursts). The assessment study phase of LOFT, which ended in September 2013, demonstrated that the mission is low risk and the required Technology Readiness Level can be easily reached in time for a launch by the end of 2022.

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2014
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4. Radiation-induced effects on the RIGEL ASIC

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Ceraudo, F., Dedolli, I., Cirrincione, D., Del Monte, E., Mele, F., Ambrosino, F., Bellutti, P., Bertuccio, G., Borghi, G., Campana, R., Caselle, M., Evangelista, Y., Feroci, M., Ficorella, F., Fiorini, M., Fuschino, F., Gandola, M., Grassi, M., Labanti, C., Loffredo, P., Malcovati, P., Picciotto, A., Rachevski, A., Rashevskaya, I., Tobia, A., Vacchi, A., Volpe, A., Zampa, G., Zampa, N., and Zorzi, N.

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2022
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5. GrailQuest: hunting for atoms of space and time hidden in the wrinkle of Space-Time: A swarm of nano/micro/small-satellites to probe the ultimate structure of Space-Time and to provide an all-sky monitor to study high-energy astrophysics phenomena

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Burderi, L., Sanna, A., Di Salvo, T., Amati, L., Amelino-Camelia, G., Branchesi, M., Capozziello, S., Coccia, E., Colpi, M., Costa, E., D’Amico, N., De Bernardis, P., De Laurentis, M., Valle, M. Della, Falcke, H., Feroci, M., Fiore, F., Frontera, F., Gambino, A. F., Ghisellini, G., Hurley, K. C., Iaria, R., Kataria, D., Labanti, C., Lodato, G., Negri, B., Papitto, A., Piran, T., Riggio, A., Rovelli, C., Santangelo, A., Vidotto, F., and Zane, S.

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2021
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6. Pixel Drift Detector (PixDD) – SIRIO: an X-ray spectroscopic system with high energy resolution at room temperature

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Sammartini, M., Gandola, M., Mele, F., Bertuccio, G., Ambrosino, F., Bellutti, P., Borghi, G., Campana, R., Caselle, M., Cirrincione, D., Evangelista, Y., Feroci, M., Ficorella, F., Fiorini, M., Fuschino, F., Grassi, M., Labanti, C., Malcovati, P., Picciotto, A., Rachevski, A., Rashevskaya, I., Zampa, G., Zampa, N., Zorzi, N., and Vacchi, A.

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2020
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7. An X-ray burst from a magnetar enlightening the mechanism of fast radio bursts

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Tavani, M., Casentini, C., Ursi, A., Verrecchia, F., Addis, A., Antonelli, L. A., Argan, A., Barbiellini, G., Baroncelli, L., Bernardi, G., Bianchi, G., Bulgarelli, A., Caraveo, P., Cardillo, M., Cattaneo, P. W., Chen, A. W., Costa, E., Del Monte, E., Di Cocco, G., Di Persio, G., Donnarumma, I., Evangelista, Y., Feroci, M., Ferrari, A., Fioretti, V., Fuschino, F., Galli, M., Gianotti, F., Giuliani, A., Labanti, C., Lazzarotto, F., Lipari, P., Longo, F., Lucarelli, F., Magro, A., Marisaldi, M., Mereghetti, S., Morelli, E., Morselli, A., Naldi, G., Pacciani, L., Parmiggiani, N., Paoletti, F., Pellizzoni, A., Perri, M., Perotti, F., Piano, G., Picozza, P., Pilia, M., Pittori, C., Puccetti, S., Pupillo, G., Rapisarda, M., Rappoldi, A., Rubini, A., Setti, G., Soffitta, P., Trifoglio, M., Trois, A., Vercellone, S., Vittorini, V., Giommi, P., and D’Amico, F.

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2021
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8. HERMES: An ultra-wide band X and gamma-ray transient monitor on board a nano-satellite constellation

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Fuschino, F., Campana, R., Labanti, C., Evangelista, Y., Feroci, M., Burderi, L., Fiore, F., Ambrosino, F., Baldazzi, G., Bellutti, P., Bertacin, R., Bertuccio, G., Borghi, G., Cirrincione, D., Cauz, D., Ficorella, F., Fiorini, M., Gandola, M., Grassi, M., Guzman, A., Rosa, G. La, Lavagna, M., Lunghi, P., Malcovati, P., Morgante, G., Negri, B., Pauletta, G., Piazzolla, R., Picciotto, A., Pirrotta, S., Pliego-Caballero, S., Puccetti, S., Rachevski, A., Rashevskaya, I., Rignanese, L., Salatti, M., Santangelo, A., Silvestrini, S., Sottile, G., Tenzer, C., Vacchi, A., Zampa, G., Zampa, N., and Zorzi, N.

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2019
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9. High precision mapping of single-pixel Silicon Drift Detector for applications in astrophysics and advanced light source

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Cirrincione, D., Ahangarianabhari, M., Ambrosino, F., Bajnati, I., Bellutti, P., Bertuccio, G., Borghi, G., Bufon, J., Cautero, G., Ceraudo, F., Evangelista, Y., Fabiani, S., Feroci, M., Ficorella, F., Gandola, M., Mele, F., Orzan, G., Picciotto, A., Sammartini, M., Rachevski, A., Rashevskaya, I., Schillani, S., Zampa, G., Zampa, N., Zorzi, N., and Vacchi, A.

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2019
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10. The THESEUS space mission concept: science case, design and expected performances

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Amati, L., O’Brien, P., Götz, D., Bozzo, E., Tenzer, C., Frontera, F., Ghirlanda, G., Labanti, C., Osborne, J.P., Stratta, G., Tanvir, N., Willingale, R., Attina, P., Campana, R., Castro-Tirado, A.J., Contini, C., Fuschino, F., Gomboc, A., Hudec, R., Orleanski, P., Renotte, E., Rodic, T., Bagoly, Z., Blain, A., Callanan, P., Covino, S., Ferrara, A., Le Floch, E., Marisaldi, M., Mereghetti, S., Rosati, P., Vacchi, A., D’Avanzo, P., Giommi, P., Piranomonte, S., Piro, L., Reglero, V., Rossi, A., Santangelo, A., Salvaterra, R., Tagliaferri, G., Vergani, S., Vinciguerra, S., Briggs, M., Campolongo, E., Ciolfi, R., Connaughton, V., Cordier, B., Morelli, B., Orlandini, M., Adami, C., Argan, A., Atteia, J.-L., Auricchio, N., Balazs, L., Baldazzi, G., Basa, S., Basak, R., Bellutti, P., Bernardini, M.G., Bertuccio, G., Braga, J., Branchesi, M., Brandt, S., Brocato, E., Budtz-Jorgensen, C., Bulgarelli, A., Burderi, L., Camp, J., Capozziello, S., Caruana, J., Casella, P., Cenko, B., Chardonnet, P., Ciardi, B., Colafrancesco, S., Dainotti, M.G., D’Elia, V., De Martino, D., De Pasquale, M., Del Monte, E., Della Valle, M., Drago, A., Evangelista, Y., Feroci, M., Finelli, F., Fiorini, M., Fynbo, J., Gal-Yam, A., Gendre, B., Ghisellini, G., Grado, A., Guidorzi, C., Hafizi, M., Hanlon, L., Hjorth, J., Izzo, L., Kiss, L., Kumar, P., Kuvvetli, I., Lavagna, M., Li, T., Longo, F., Lyutikov, M., Maio, U., Maiorano, E., Malcovati, P., Malesani, D., Margutti, R., Martin-Carrillo, A., Masetti, N., McBreen, S., Mignani, R., Morgante, G., Mundell, C., Nargaard-Nielsen, H.U., Nicastro, L., Palazzi, E., Paltani, S., Panessa, F., Pareschi, G., Pe’er, A., Penacchioni, A.V., Pian, E., Piedipalumbo, E., Piran, T., Rauw, G., Razzano, M., Read, A., Rezzolla, L., Romano, P., Ruffini, R., Savaglio, S., Sguera, V., Schady, P., Skidmore, W., Song, L., Stanway, E., Starling, R., Topinka, M., Troja, E., van Putten, M., Vanzella, E., Vercellone, S., Wilson-Hodge, C., Yonetoku, D., Zampa, G., Zampa, N., Zhang, B., Zhang, B.B., Zhang, S., Zhang, S.-N., Antonelli, A., Bianco, F., Boci, S., Boer, M., Botticella, M.T., Boulade, O., Butler, C., Campana, S., Capitanio, F., Celotti, A., Chen, Y., Colpi, M., Comastri, A., Cuby, J.-G., Dadina, M., De Luca, A., Dong, Y.-W., Ettori, S., Gandhi, P., Geza, E., Greiner, J., Guiriec, S., Harms, J., Hernanz, M., Hornstrup, A., Hutchinson, I., Israel, G., Jonker, P., Kaneko, Y., Kawai, N., Wiersema, K., Korpela, S., Lebrun, V., Lu, F., MacFadyen, A., Malaguti, G., Maraschi, L., Melandri, A., Modjaz, M., Morris, D., Omodei, N., Paizis, A., Páta, P., Petrosian, V., Rachevski, A., Rhoads, J., Ryde, F., Sabau-Graziati, L., Shigehiro, N., Sims, M., Soomin, J., Szécsi, D., Urata, Y., Uslenghi, M., Valenziano, L., Vianello, G., Vojtech, S., Watson, D., and Zicha, J.

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2018
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14. STROBE-X: X-ray Timing & Spectroscopy on Dynamical Timescales from Milliseconds to Years

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Wilson-Hodge, Colleen A, Ray, P.S, Maccarone, T, Chakrabarty, D, Gendreau, K, Arzoumanian, Z, Jenke, P, Ballantyne, D, Bozzo, E, Brenneman, L, Christophersen, M, DeRosa, A, Feroci, M, Goldstein, A, Hartmann, D, Hernanz, M, Kar, E, McDonald, M, Phlips, B, Remillard, R, Stevens, A, Tomsick, J, Watts, A, Wood, K, and Zane, S

Subjects
Astrophysics
Abstract

We describe a probe-class mission concept that provides an unprecedented view of the X-ray sky, performing timing and 0.2-30 keV spectroscopy over timescales from microseconds to years. The Spectroscopic Time-Resolving Observatory for Broadband Energy X-rays (STROBE-X) has three key science drivers: (1) measuring the spin distribution of accreting black holes, (2) understanding the equation of state of dense matter, and (3) exploring the properties of the precursors and electromagnetic counterparts of gravitational wave sources. To perform these science investigations, STROBE-X comprises three primary instruments. The first uses an array of lightweight optics (3-m focal length) that concentrate incident photons onto solid state detectors with CCD-level (85-130 eV) energy resolution, 100 ns time resolution, and low background rates to cover the 0.2-12 keV band. This technology is scaled up from NICER, with enhanced optics to take advantage of the longer focal length of STROBE-X. The second uses large-area collimated silicon drift detectors, developed for ESA's LOFT, to cover the 2-30 keV band. These two instruments each provide an order of magnitude improvement in effective area compared with its predecessor (NICER and RXTE, respectively). Finally, a sensitive sky monitor triggers pointed observations, provides high duty cycle, high time resolution, high spectral resolution monitoring of the X-ray sky with ~20 times the sensitivity of the RXTE ASM, and enables multi-wavelength and multi-messenger studies on a continuous, rather than scanning basis. The STROBE-X mission concept is a rapidly repointable observatory in low-Earth orbit, similar to RXTE or Swift, and will be presented to the 2020 Astrophysics Decadal Survey for consideration as a probe-class mission.

Published
2019

15. Science case study and scientific simulations for the enhanced X-ray Timing Polarimetry mission, eXTP

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De Rosa, A., Burgio, G. F., Di Salvo, T., Drago, A., La Placa, R. search by orcid, Serafinelli, R., Gambino, A., Gualtieri, L., Maselli, A., Feroci, M., Stella, L. search by orcid, Bombaci, I., Burderi, L., Campana, R., Capitanio, F., Casella, P., D'Aì, A., D'Ammando, F., De Martino, D., Evangelista, Y., Ferrari, V., Nardini, E., Orlandini, M. search by orcid, Pacciani, L., Pagliara, G., Pani, P., Riggio, A., Rodriguez, G., Sanna, A., Schulze, H. J., Taverna, R., Tombesi, F., Vercellone, S., ITA, De Rosa, A., Burgio, G. F., Di Salvo, T., Drago, A., La Placa, R. search by orcid, Serafinelli, R., Gambino, A., Gualtieri, L., Maselli, A., Feroci, M., Stella, L. search by orcid, Bombaci, I., Burderi, L., Campana, R., Capitanio, F., Casella, P., D'Aì, A., D'Ammando, F., De Martino, D., Evangelista, Y., Ferrari, V., Nardini, E., Orlandini, M. search by orcid, Pacciani, L., Pagliara, G., Pani, P., Riggio, A., Rodriguez, G., Sanna, A., Schulze, H. J., Taverna, R., Tombesi, F., and Vercellone, S.

Subjects
X-ray, methods and techniques, dense matter, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia E Astrofisica, accretion, Neutron star, Black Hole, Astronomical instrumentation
Abstract

The X-ray astronomy mission eXTP (enhanced X-ray Timing Polarimetry) is designed to study matter under extreme conditions of density, gravity and magnetism. Primary goals are the determination of the equation of state (EoS) of matter at supranuclear density, the physics in extremely strong magnetic fields, the study of accretion in strong-field gravity (SFG) regime. Primary targets include isolated and binary neutron stars, strong magneticfield systems like magnetars, and stellar-mass and supermassive black holes. In this paper we report about key observations and simulations with eXTP on the primary objectives involving accretion under SFG regimes and determination of NS-EoS.

Published
2022

16. STROBE-X: X-ray Timing & Spectroscopy on Dynamical Timescales from Milliseconds to Years

Author

Wilson-Hodge, Colleen A, Ray, P. S, Maccarone, T, Chakrabarty, D, Gendreau, K, Arzoumanian, Z, Jenke, P, Ballantyne, D, Bozzo, E, Brandt, S, Brenneman, L, Christophersen, M, DeRosa, A, Feroci, M, Goldstein, A, Hartmann, D, Hernanz, M, McDonald, M, Phlips, B, Remillard, R, Stevens, A, Tomsick, J, Watts, A, Wood, K, and Zane, S

Subjects
Space Sciences (General)
Abstract

We describe a probe-class mission concept that provides an unprecedented view of the X-ray sky, performing timing and 0.2-30 keV spectroscopy over timescales from microseconds to years. The Spectroscopic Time-Resolving Observatory for Broadband Energy X-rays (STROBE-X) comprises three primary instruments. The first uses an array of lightweight optics (3-m focal length) that concentrate incident photons onto solid state detectors with CCD-level (85-130 eV) energy resolution, 100 ns time resolution, and low background rates to cover the 0.2-12 keV band. This technology is scaled up from NICER [1], with enhanced optics to take advantage of the longer focal length of STROBE-X. The second uses large-area collimated silicon drift detectors, developed for ESA's LOFT [2], to cover the 2-30 keV band. These two instruments each provide an order of magnitude improvement in effective area compared with its predecessor (NICER and RXTE, respectively). Finally, a sensitive sky monitor triggers pointed observations, provides high duty cycle, high time resolution, high spectral resolution monitoring of the X-ray sky with approx. 20 times the sensitivity of the RXTE ASM, and enables multi-wavelength and multi-messenger studies on a continuous, rather than scanning basis. For the first time, the broad coverage provides simultaneous study of thermal components, non-thermal components, iron lines, and reflection features from a single platform for accreting black holes at all scales. The enormous collecting area allows detailed studies of the dense matter equation of state using both thermal emission from rotation-powered pulsars and harder emission from X-ray burst oscillations. The combination of the wide-field monitor and the sensitive pointed instruments enables observations of potential electromagnetic counterparts to LIGO and neutrino events. Additional extragalactic science, such as high quality spectroscopy of clusters of galaxies and unprecedented timing investigations of active galactic nuclei, is also obtained

Published
2018

17. Characterization of a tagged [formula omitted] beam line at the [formula omitted] Beam Test Facility

Author

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

Published
2012
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18. STROBE-X: X-Ray Timing Spectroscopy on Dynamical Timescales from Microseconds to Years

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Wilson-Hodge, Colleen A, Ray, P. S, Gendreau, K, Arzoumanian, Z, Chakrabarty, D, Remillard, R, Feroci, M, Maccarone, T, Wood, K, and Jenke, P

Subjects
Astrophysics
Abstract

We describe a probe-class mission concept that provides an unprecedented view of the X-ray sky, performing timing and 0.2-30 keV spectroscopy over timescales from microseconds to years. The Spectroscopic Time-Resolving Observatory for Broadband Energy X-rays (STROBE-X) comprises three primary instruments. The first uses an array of lightweight optics (3-m focal length) that concentrate incident photons onto solid state detectors with CCD-level (85-130 eV) energy resolution, 100 ns time resolution, and low background rates to cover the 0.2-12 keV band. This technology is scaled up from NICER, with enhanced optics to take advantage of the longer focal length of STROBE-X. The second uses large-area collimated silicon drift detectors, developed for ESA's LOFT, to cover the 2-30 keV band. These two instruments each provide an order of magnitude improvement in effective area compared with its predecessor (NICER and RXTE, respectively). Finally, a sensitive sky monitor triggers pointed observations, provides high duty cycle, high time resolution, high spectral resolution monitoring of the X-ray sky with approx. 20 times the sensitivity of the RXTE ASM, and enables multi-wavelength and multi-messenger studies on a continuous, rather than scanning basis.For the first time, the broad coverage provides simultaneous study of thermal components, non-thermal components, iron lines, and reflection features from a single platform for accreting black holes at all scales. The enormous collecting area allows detailed studies of the dense matter equation of state using both thermal emission from rotation-powered pulsars and harder emission from X-ray burst oscillations. The combination of the wide-field monitor and the sensitive pointed instruments enables observations of potential electromagnetic counterparts to LIGO and neutrino events. Additional extragalactic science, such as high quality spectroscopy of clusters of galaxies and unprecedented timing investigations of active galactic nuclei, is also obtained.

Published
2017

19. Discovery of Powerful Gamma-Ray Flares from the Crab Nebula

Author

Tavani, M., Bulgarelli, A., Vittorini, V., Pellizzoni, A., Striani, E., Caraveo, P., Weisskopf, M. C., Tennant, A., Pucella, G., Trois, A., Costa, E., Evangelista, Y., Pittori, C., Verrecchia, F., Monte, E. Del, Campana, R., Pilia, M., De Luca, A., Donnarumma, I., Horns, D., Ferrigno, C., Heinke, C. O., Trifoglio, M., Gianotti, F., Vercellone, S., Argan, A., Barbiellini, G., Cattaneo, P. W., Chen, A. W., Contessi, T., D'Ammando, F., DeParis, G., Di Cocco, G., Di Persio, G., Feroci, M., Ferrari, A., Galli, M., Giuliani, A., Giusti, M., Labanti, C., Lapshov, I., Lazzarotto, F., Lipari, P., Longo, F., Fuschino, F., Marisaldi, M., Mereghetti, S., Morelli, E., Moretti, E., Morselli, A., Pacciani, L., Perotti, F., Piano, G., Picozza, P., Prest, M., Rapisarda, M., Rappoldi, A., Rubini, A., Sabatini, S., Soffitta, P., Vallazza, E., Zambra, A., Zanello, D., Lucarelli, F., Santolamazza, P., Giommi, P., Salotti, L., and Bignami, G. F.

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2011
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20. Detection of Gamma-Ray Emission from the Vela Pulsar Wind Nebula with AGILE

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Pellizzoni, A., Trois, A., Tavani, M., Pilia, M., Giuliani, A., Pucella, G., Esposito, P., Sabatini, S., Piano, G., Argan, A., Barbiellini, G., Bulgarelli, A., Burgay, M., Caraveo, P., Cattaneo, P. W., Chen, A. W., Cocco, V., Contessi, T., Costa, E., Del Monte, E., D'Ammando, F., De Paris, G., Di Cocco, G., Di Persio, G., Donnarumma, I., Evangelista, Y., Feroci, M., Ferrari, A., Fiorini, M., Fuschino, F., Galli, M., Gianotti, F., Hotan, A., Labanti, C., Lipari, P., Longo, F., Marisaldi, M., Mastropietro, M., Mereghetti, S., Moretti, E., Morselli, A., Pacciani, L., Palfreyman, J., Perotti, F., Picozza, P., Pittori, C., Possenti, A., Prest, M., Rapisarda, M., Rappoldi, A., Rossi, E., Rubini, A., Santolamazza, P., Scalise, E., Soffitta, P., Striani, E., Trifoglio, M., Vallazza, E., Vercellone, S., Verrecchia, F., Vittorini, V., Zambra, A., Zanello, D., Giommi, P., Colafrancesco, S., Antonelli, A., Salotti, L., D'Amico, N., and Bignami, G. F.

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2010
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21. Room-temperature spectroscopic performance of a very-large area silicon drift detector

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Zampa, G., Campana, R., Feroci, M., Vacchi, A., Bonvicini, V., Del Monte, E., Evangelista, Y., Fuschino, F., Labanti, C., Marisaldi, M., Muleri, F., Pacciani, L., Rapisarda, M., Rashevsky, A., Rubini, A., Soffitta, P., Zampa, N., Baldazzi, G., Costa, E., Donnarumma, I., Grassi, M., Lazzarotto, F., Malcovati, P., Mastropietro, M., Morelli, E., and Picolli, L.

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2011
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22. Imaging performance of a large-area Silicon Drift Detector for X-ray astronomy

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Campana, R., Zampa, G., Feroci, M., Vacchi, A., Bonvicini, V., Del Monte, E., Evangelista, Y., Fuschino, F., Labanti, C., Marisaldi, M., Muleri, F., Pacciani, L., Rapisarda, M., Rashevsky, A., Rubini, A., Soffitta, P., Zampa, N., Baldazzi, G., Costa, E., Donnarumma, I., Grassi, M., Lazzarotto, F., Malcovati, P., Mastropietro, M., Morelli, E., and Picolli, L.

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2011
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23. First results about on-ground calibration of the silicon tracker for the AGILE satellite

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

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2011
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24. The flaring blazars of the first 1.5 years of the AGILE mission

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Pacciani, L., Bulgarelli, A., Chen, A.W., D’Ammando, F., Donnarumma, I., Giuliani, A., Longo, F., Pucella, G., Tavani, M., Vercellone, S., Vittorini, V., Argan, A., Barbiellini, G., Boffelli, F., Caraveo, P., Cattaneo, P.W., Cocco, V., Costa, E., De Paris, G., Del Monte, E., Di Cocco, G., Evangelista, Y., Ferrari, A., Feroci, M., Fiorini, M., Froysland, T., Fuschino, F., Galli, M., Gianotti, F., Labanti, C., Lapshov, I., Lazzarotto, F., Lipari, P., Marisaldi, M., Mastropietro, M., Mereghetti, S., Morelli, E., Moretti, E., Morselli, A., Pellizzoni, A., Perotti, F., Piano, G., Picozza, P., Pilia, M., Porrovecchio, G., Prest, M., Rapisarda, M., Rappoldi, A., Rubini, A., Sabatini, S., Soffitta, P., Trifoglio, M., Trois, A., Vallazza, E., Zambra, A., Zanello, D., Antonelli, L.A., Colafrancesco, S., Giommi, P., Pittori, C., Verrecchia, F., Santolamazza, P., and Salotti, L.

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2011
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25. Galactic sources science with AGILE: The case of the Carina Region

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Sabatini, S., Tavani, M., Pian, E., Bulgarelli, A., Caraveo, P., Viotti, R., Corcoran, M.F., Giuliani, A., Pittori, C., Verrecchia, F., Vercellone, S., Mereghetti, S., Argan, A., Barbiellini, G., Boffelli, F., Cattaneo, P.W., Chen, A.W., Cocco, V., D’Ammando, F., Costa, E., Paris, G. De, Monte, E. Del, Cocco, G. Di, Donnarumma, I., Evangelista, Y., Ferrari, A., Feroci, M., Fiorini, M., Froysland, T., Fuschino, F., Galli, M., Gianotti, F., Labanti, C., Lapshov, I., Lazzarotto, F., Lipari, P., Longo, F., Marisaldi, M., Mastropietro, M., Morelli, E., Moretti, E., Morselli, A., Pacciani, L., Pellizzoni, A., Perotti, F., Piano, G., Picozza, P., Pilia, M., Porrovecchio, G., Pucella, G., Prest, M., Rapisarda, M., Rappoldi, A., Rubini, A., Soffitta, P., Trifoglio, M., Trois, A., Vallazza, E., Vittorini, V., Zambra, A., Zanello, D., Santolamazza, P., Giommi, P., Colafrancesco, S., Antonelli, L.A., and Salotti, L.

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2011
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26. Preliminary results on TeV sources search with AGILE

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

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2011
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27. The observation of gamma ray bursts and terrestrial gamma-ray flashes with AGILE

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Del Monte, E., Barbiellini, G., Fuschino, F., Giuliani, A., Longo, F., Marisaldi, M., Mereghetti, S., Moretti, E., Trifoglio, M., Vianello, G., Costa, E., Donnarumma, I., Evangelista, Y., Feroci, M., Gallil, M., Lapshov, I., Lazzarotto, F., Lipari, P., Pacciani, L., Rapisarda, M., Soffitta, P., Tavani, M., Vercellone, S., Cutini, S., Boffelli, F., Bulgarelli, A., Caraveo, P., Cattaneo, P.W., Chen, A., Di Cocco, G., Gianotti, F., Labanti, C., Morselli, A., Pellizzoni, A., Perotti, F., Piano, G., Picozza, P., Pilia, M., Prest, M., Pucella, G., Rappoldi, A., Sabatini, S., Striani, E., Trois, A., Vallazza, E., Vittorini, V., Antonelli, L.A., Pittori, C., Preger, B., Santolamazza, P., Verrecchia, F., Giommi, P., and Salotti, L.

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2011
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29. Large Observatory for X-ray Timing (LOFT-P): A Probe-Class Mission Concept Study

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Wilson-Hodge, Colleen A, Ray, P. S, Chakrabarty, D, Feroci, M, Jenke, Peter, Griffith, C, Zane, S, Winter, B, Brandt, S, Hernamdez, M, Hickman, R, Hopkins, R, Garcia, J, Chapman, J, Schnell, A, Becker, C, Dominguez, A, Ingram, L, Gangl, B, and Carson, B

Subjects
Astronomy, Spacecraft Design, Testing And Performance
Abstract

LOFT-P is a mission concept for a NASA Astrophysics Probe-Class (less than $1B) X-ray timing mission, based on the LOFT M-class concept originally proposed to ESA's M3 and M4 calls. LOFT-P requires very large collecting area, high time resolution, good spectral resolution, broadband spectral coverage (2-30 keV), highly flexible scheduling, and an ability to detect and respond promptly to time-critical targets of opportunity. Many of LOFTP's targets are bright, rapidly varying sources, so these measurements are synergistic to imaging and high-resolution spectroscopy instruments, addressing much smaller distance scales than are possible without very long baseline X-ray interferometry, and using complementary techniques to address the geometry and dynamics of emission regions. LOFT-P was presented as an example mission to the head of NASA's Astrophysics Division, to demonstrate the strong community support for creation of a probe-class, for missions costing between $500M and $1B. We submitted a white paper4 in response to NASA PhysPAG's call for white papers: Probe-class Mission Concepts, describing LOFT-P science and a simple extrapolation from the ESA study costs. The next step for probe-class missions will be input into the NASA Astrophysics Decadal Survey to encourage the creation of a probe-class opportunity. We report on a 2016 study by MSFC's Advanced Concepts Office of LOFT-P, a US-led probe-class LOFT concept.

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2016

30. eXTP: Enhanced X-Ray Timing and Polarimetry Mission

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Zhang, S. N, Feroci, M, Santangelo, A, Dong, Y. W, Feng, H, Lu, F. J, Nandra, K, Wang, Z. S, Zhang, S, Bozzo, E, Brandt, S, De Rosa, A, Gou, L. J, Hernanz, M, Van der Klis, M, LI, X. D, Liu, Y, Orleanski, P, Pareschi, G, Pohl, M, Poutanen, J, Qu, J. L, Schanne, S, Stella, L, Uttley, P, Watts, A, Xu, R. X, Yu, W. F, In 't Zand, J. J. M, Zane, S, Alvarez, L, Amati, L, Baldini, L, Bambi, C, Basso, S, Bhattacharyya, S, Bellazzini, R, Belloni, T, Bellutti, P, Bianchi, S, Brez, A, Bursa, M, Burwitz, V, Tagliaferri, G, Budtz-Jorgensen, C, Caiazzo, I, Campana, R, Cao, X. L, Casella, P, Chen, C. Y, Chen, L, Chen, T. X, Chen, Y, Chen, Y. P, Civitani, M, Coti Zelati, F, Cui, W, Cui, W. W, Dai, Z. G, Del Monte, E, De Martino, D, Di Cosimo, S, Diebold, S, Dovciak, M, Donnarumma, I, Doroshenko, V, Esposito, P, Evangelista, Y, Favre, Y, Friedrich, P, Fuschino, F, Galvez, J. L, Gao, Z. L, Ge, M. Y, Gevin, O, Goetz, D, Han, D. W, Heyl, J, Horak, J, Hu, W, Huang, F, Huang, Q. S, Hudec, R, Huppenkothen. D, Israel, G. L, Ingram, A, Karas, V, Karelin, D, Jenke, P. A, Ji, L, Kennedy, T, Korpela, S, Kunneriath, D, Labanti, C, Li, G, Li, X, Li, Z. S, Liang, E. W, Limousin, O, Lin, L, Ling, Z. X, Liu, H. B, Liu, H. W, Liu, Z, Lu, B, Lund, N, Lai, D, Luo, B, Luo, T, Ma, B, Mahmoodifar, S, Marisaldi, M, Martindale, A, Meidinger, N, Men, Y. P, Michalska, M, Mignani, R, Minuti, M, Motta, S, Muleri, F, Neilsen, J, Orlandini, M, Pan, A. T, Patruno, A, Perinati, E, Picciotto, A, Piemonte, C, Pinchera, M, Rachevski, A, Rapisarda, M, Rea, N, Rossi, E. M. R, Rubini, A, Sala, G, Shu, X. W, Sgro, C, Shen, Z. X, Soffitta, P, Song, L. M, Spandre, G, Stratta, G, Strohmayer, T. E, Sun, L, Svoboda, J, Tenzer, C, Tong, H, Taverna, R, Torok, G, Turolla, R, Vacchi, A, Wang, J, Wang, J. X, Walton, D, Wang, K, Wang, J. F, Wang, R. J, Wang, Y. F, Weng, S. S, Wilms, J, Winter, B, Wu, X, Wu, X. F, Xiong, S. L, Xu, Y. P, Xue, Y. Q, Yan, Z, Yang, S, Yang, X, Yang, Y. J, Yuan, F, Yuan, W. M, Yuan, Y. F, Zampa, G, Zampa, N, Zdziarski, A, Zhang, C, Zhang, C. L, Zhang, L, Zhang, X, Zhang, Z, Zhang, W. D, Zheng, S. J, Zhou, P, and Zhou, X. L

Subjects
Astrophysics
Abstract

eXTP is a science mission designed to study the state of matter under extreme conditions of density, gravity and magnetism. Primary goals are the determination of the equation of state of matter at supra-nuclear density, the measurement of QED effects in highly magnetized star, and the study of accretion in the strong-field regime of gravity. Primary targets include isolated and binary neutron stars, strong magnetic field systems like magnetars, and stellar-mass and supermassive black holes. The mission carries a unique and unprecedented suite of state-of-the-art scientific instruments enabling for the first time ever the simultaneous spectral-timing-polarimetry studies of cosmic sources in the energy range from 0.5-30 keV (and beyond). Key elements of the payload are: the Spectroscopic Focusing Array (SFA) - a set of 11 X-ray optics for a total effective area of approx. 0.9 m(exp. 2) and 0.6 m(exp. 2) at 2 keV and 6 keV respectively, equipped with Silicon Drift Detectors offering less than 180 eV spectral resolution; the Large Area Detector (LAD) - a deployable set of 640 Silicon Drift Detectors, for a total effective area of approx. 3.4 m(exp. 2), between 6 and 10 keV, and spectral resolution better than 250 eV; the Polarimetry Focusing Array (PFA) - a set of 2 X-ray telescope, for a total effective area of 250 cm(exp. 2) at 2 keV, equipped with imaging gas pixel photoelectric polarimeters; the Wide Field Monitor (WFM) - a set of 3 coded mask wide field units, equipped with position-sensitive Silicon Drift Detectors, each covering a 90 degrees x 90 degrees field of view. The eXTP international consortium includes major institutions of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Universities in China, as well as major institutions in several European countries and the United States. The predecessor of eXTP, the XTP mission concept, has been selected and funded as one of the so-called background missions in the Strategic Priority Space Science Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences since 2011. The strong European participation has significantly enhanced the scientific capabilities of eXTP. The planned launch date of the mission is earlier than 2025.

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31. The LOFT Mission Concept - A Status Update

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Feroci, M, Bozzo, E, Brandt, S, Hernanz, M, van Der Klis, M, Liu , L. -P, Orleanski, P, Pohl, M, Santangelo, A, Schanne, S, Stella, L, Takahashi, T, Tamura, H, Watts, A, Wilms, J, Zane, S, Zhang, S. -N, Bhattacharyya, S, Agudo, I, Ahangarianabhari, M, Albertus, C, Alford, M, Alpar, A, Altamirano, D, Alvarez, L, Amati, L, Amoros, C, Andersson, N, Antonelli, A, Argan, A, Artigue, R, Artigues, B, Atteia, J. -L, Azzarello, P, Bakala, P, Ballantyne, D. R, Baldazzi, G, Baldo, M, Balman, S, Barbera, M, van Baren, C, Barret, D, Baykal, A, Begelman, M, Behar, E, Behar, O, Belloni, T, Belluti, P, Bernardini, F, Bertuccio, G, Bianchini, A, Binko, P, Blay, P, Bocchino, P, Bode, M, Bodin, P, Bombaci, I, Bonnet Bidaud, J. -M, Schnittman, Jeremy David, Borghi, G, Boutloukos, N, Bouyjou, F, Bradley, L, Braga, J, Briggs, M. S, Brown, E, Buballa, M, Bucciantini, N, Burderi, L, Burgay, M, Bursa, M, Budtz-Jorgensen, C, Cackett, E, Cadoux, F. R, Cais, P, Caliandro, G. A, Campana, R, Campana, S, Cao, X, Capitanio, F, Casares, J, Casella, P, Castro-Tirado, A. J, Cavazzuti, E, Cavechi, Y, Celestin, S, Cerda-Duran, P, Chakrabarty, D, Chamel, N, Chateau, F, Chen, C, Chen, Y, Chenevez, J, Chernyakova, M, Coker, J, Cole, R, Collura, A, Coriat, M, Cornelisse, R, Costamante, L, Cros, A, Cui, W, Cumming, A, Cusumano, G, Czerny, B, D'Ai, A, D'Ammando, J. P. C, D'Elia, V, Dai, Z, Del Monte, E, De Luca, A, De Martino, D, Dercksen, J. P. C, De Pasquale, M, De Rosa, A, Del Santo, M, Di Cosimo, S, Degenaar, N, den Herder, J. W, Diebold, S, Di Salvo, T, Dong, Y, Donnarumma, I, Doroshenko, V, Doyle, G, Drake, S. A, Durant, M, Emmanoulopoulos, D, Enoto, T, Erkut, M. H, Esposito, P, Evangelista, Y, Fabian, A, Falanga, M, Favre, Y, Feldman, C, Fender, R, Feng, H, Ferrari, V, Ferrigno, C, Ficorella, F, Finger, M, Finger, M. H, Fraser, G. W, Frericks, N, Fullekrug, M, Fuschino, F, Gabler, M, Galloway, D. K, Galvez Sanchez, J. L, Gandhi, P, Gao, Z, Garcia-Berro, E, Gendre, B, Gevin, O, Gezari, S, Giles, A. B, Gilfanov, M, Giommi, P, Giovannini, G, Giroletti, M, Gogus, E, Goldwurm, A, Goluchova, K, Gotz, D, Gou, L, Gouiffes, C, Grandi, P, Grassi, M, Greiner, J, Grinberg, V, Groot, P, Gschwender, M, Gualtieri, L, Guedel, M, Guidorzi, C, Guy, L, Haas, D, Haensel, P, Hailey, M, Hamuguchi, K, Hansen, F, Hartmann, D. H, Haswell, C. A, Hebeler, K, Heger, A, Hempel, M, Hermsen, W, Homan, J, Hornstrup, A, Hudec, R, Huovelin, J, Huppenkothen, A, Inam, S. C, Ingram, A, in't Zand, J. J. M, Israel, G, Iwasawa, K, Izzo, L, Jacobs, H. M, Jetter, F, Johannsen, T, Jenke, P. A, Jonker, P, Jose, J, Kaaret, P, Kalamkar, M, Kalemci, E, Kanbach, G, Karas, V, Karelin, D, Kataria, D, Keek, L, Kennedy, T, Klochkov, D, Kluzniak, W, Koerding, E, Kokkotas, K, Komossa, S, Korpela, S, Kouveliotou, C, Kowalski, A. F, Kreykenbohm, I, Kuiper, L. M, Kunneriath, D, Kurkela, A, Kuvvetli, I, La Franca, F, Labanti, C, Lai, D, Lamb, F. K, Lachaud, C, Laubert, P. P, Lebrun, F, Li, X, Liang, E, Limousin, O, Lin, D, Linares, M, Linder, D, Lodato, G, Longo, F, Lu, F, Lund, N, Maccarone, T. J, Macera, D, Maestre, S, Mahmoodifar, S, Maier, D, Malcovati, P, Malzac, J, Malone, C, Mandel, D, Mangano, V, Manousakis, A, Marelli, M, Margueron, J, Marisaldi, M, Markoff, S. B, Markowitz, A, Marinucci, A, Martindale, A, Martinez, G, McHardy, I. M, Medina-Tanco, G, Mehdipour, M, Melatos, A, Mendez, M, Mereghetti, S, Migliari, S, Mignani, R, Michalska, M, Mihara, T, Miller, M. C, Miller, J. M, Mineo, T, Miniutti, G, Morsink, S, Motch, C, Motta, S, Mouchet, M, Mouret, G, Mulacova, J, Muleri, F, Munoz-Darias, T, Negueruela, I, Neilsen, J, Neubert, T, Norton, A. J, Nowak, M, Nucita, A, O'Brien, P, Oertel, M, Olsen, P. E. H, Orienti, M, Orio, M, Orlandini, M, Osborne, J. P, Osten, R, Ozel, F, Pacciani, L, Paerels, F, Paltini, S, Paolillo, M, Papadakis, I, Papitto, A, Paragi, Z, Paredes, J. M, Patruno, A, Paul, B, Pederiva, F, Perinati, E, Pellizzoni, A, Penacchioni, A. V, Peretz, U, Perez, M. A, Perez-Torres, M, Petersen, B. M, Petracek, V, Picciotto, A, Piemonte, C, Pittori, C, Pons, J, Portell, J, Possenti, A, Postnov, K, Poutanen, J, Prakash, M, Prandoni, I, Provost, H. Le, Psaltis, D, Pye, J, Qu, J, Rambaud, D, Ramon, P, Ramsay, G, Rapisarda, M, Rachevski, A, Rashevskaya, I, Ray, P. S, Rea, N, Reddy, S, Reig, P, Reina, M. Aranda, Remillard, R, Reynolds, C, Rezzolla, L, Ribo, M, Rie, R. de la, Riggio, A, Rios, A, Rischke, D. H, Rodríguez-Gil, P, Rodriguez, J, Rohlfs, R, Romano, P, Rossi, E. M .R, Rozanska, A, Rousseau, A, Rudak, B, Russell, D. M, Ryde, F, Sabau-Graziati, L, Sakamoto, T, Sala, G, Salvaterra, R, Salvetti, D, Sanna, A, Sandberg, J, Savolainen, T, Scaringi, S, Schaffner-Bielich, J, Schatz, H, Schee, J, Schmid, C, Serino, M, Shakura, N, Shore, S, Schnittman, J. D, Schneider, R, Schwenk, A, Schwope, A. D, Sedrakian, A, Seyler, J.-Y, Shearer, A, Slowikowska, A, Sims, M, Smith, A, Smith, D. M, Smith, P. J, Sobolewska, M, Sochora, V, Soffitta, P, Soleri, P, Song, L, Spencer, A, Stamerra, A, Stappers, B, Staubert, R, Steiner, A. W, Stergioulas, N, Stevens, A. L, Stratta, G, Strohmayer, T. E, Stuchlik, Z, Suchy, S, Suleimanov, V, Tamburini, F, Tauris, T, Tavecchio, F, Tenzer, C, Thielemann, F. K, Tiengo, A, Tolos, L, Tombesi, F, Tomsick, J, Torok, G, Torrejon, J. M, Torres, D. F, Torresi, E, Tramacere, A, Traulsen, I, Trois, A, Turolla, R, Turriziani, S, Typel, S, Uter, P, Uttley, P, Vacchi, A, Varniere, P, Vaughan, S, Vercellone, S, Vietri, M, Vincent, F. H, Vrba, V, Walton, D, Wang, J, Wang, Z, Watanabe, S, Wawrzaszek, R, Webb, N, Weinberg, N, Wende, H, Wheatley, P, Wijers, R, Wijnands, R, Wille, M, Wilson-Hodge, C. A, Winter, B, Walk, S. J, Wood, K, Woosley, S. E, Wu, X, Xiao, L, Xu, R, Yu, W, Yuan, F, Yuan, W, Yuan, Y, Zampa, G, Zampa, N, Zampieri, L, Zdunik, L, Zdziarski, A, Zech, A, Zhang, B, Zhang, C, Zhang, S, Zingale, M, Zorzi, N, and Zwart, F

Subjects
Astrophysics
Abstract

The Large Observatory For x-ray Timing (LOFT) is a mission concept which was proposed to ESA as M3 and M4 candidate in the framework of the Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 program. Thanks to the unprecedented combination of effective area and spectral resolution of its main instrument and the uniquely large field of view of its wide field monitor, LOFT will be able to study the behaviour of matter in extreme conditions such as the strong gravitational field in the innermost regions close to black holes and neutron stars and the supra-nuclear densities in the interiors of neutron stars. The science payload is based on a Large Area Detector (LAD, is greater than 8m2 effective area, 2-30 keV, 240 eV spectral resolution, 1 degree collimated field of view) and a Wide Field Monitor (WFM, 2-50 keV, 4 steradian field of view, 1 arcmin source location accuracy, 300 eV spectral resolution). The WFM is equipped with an on-board system for bright events (e.g., GRB) localization. The trigger time and position of these events are broadcast to the ground within 30 s from discovery. In this paper we present the current technical and programmatic status of the mission.

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2016
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33. The Large Observatory for X-ray Timing (LOFT)

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Feroci, M., Stella, L., van der Klis, M., Courvoisier, T. J. -L., Hernanz, M., Hudec, R., Santangelo, A., Walton, D., Zdziarski, A., Barret, D., Belloni, T., Braga, J., Brandt, S., Budtz-Jørgensen, C., Campana, S., den Herder, J. -W., Huovelin, J., Israel, G. L., Pohl, M., Ray, P., Vacchi, A., Zane, S., Argan, A., Attinà, P., Bertuccio, G., Bozzo, E., Campana, R., Chakrabarty, D., Costa, E., De Rosa, A., Del Monte, E., Di Cosimo, S., Donnarumma, I., Evangelista, Y., Haas, D., Jonker, P., Korpela, S., Labanti, C., Malcovati, P., Mignani, R., Muleri, F., Rapisarda, M., Rashevsky, A., Rea, N., Rubini, A., Tenzer, C., Wilson-Hodge, C., Winter, B., Wood, K., Zampa, G., Zampa, N., Abramowicz, M. A., Alpar, M. A., Altamirano, D., Alvarez, J. M., Amati, L., Amoros, C., Antonelli, L. A., Artigue, R., Azzarello, P., Bachetti, M., Baldazzi, G., Barbera, M., Barbieri, C., Basa, S., Baykal, A., Belmont, R., Boirin, L., Bonvicini, V., Burderi, L., Bursa, M., Cabanac, C., Cackett, E., Caliandro, G. A., Casella, P., Chaty, S., Chenevez, J., Coe, M. J., Collura, A., Corongiu, A., Covino, S., Cusumano, G., D’Amico, F., Dall’Osso, S., De Martino, D., De Paris, G., Di Persio, G., Di Salvo, T., Done, C., Dovčiak, M., Drago, A., Ertan, U., Fabiani, S., Falanga, M., Fender, R., Ferrando, P., Della Monica Ferreira, D., Fraser, G., Frontera, F., Fuschino, F., Galvez, J. L., Gandhi, P., Giommi, P., Godet, O., Göǧüş, E., Goldwurm, A., Götz, D., Grassi, M., Guttridge, P., Hakala, P., Henri, G., Hermsen, W., Horak, J., Hornstrup, A., in’t Zand, J. J. M., Isern, J., Kalemci, E., Kanbach, G., Karas, V., Kataria, D., Kennedy, T., Klochkov, D., Kluźniak, W., Kokkotas, K., Kreykenbohm, I., Krolik, J., Kuiper, L., Kuvvetli, I., Kylafis, N., Lattimer, J. M., Lazzarotto, F., Leahy, D., Lebrun, F., Lin, D., Lund, N., Maccarone, T., Malzac, J., Marisaldi, M., Martindale, A., Mastropietro, M., McClintock, J., McHardy, I., Mendez, M., Mereghetti, S., Miller, M. C., Mineo, T., Morelli, E., Morsink, S., Motch, C., Motta, S., Muñoz-Darias, T., Naletto, G., Neustroev, V., Nevalainen, J., Olive, J. F., Orio, M., Orlandini, M., Orleanski, P., Ozel, F., Pacciani, L., Paltani, S., Papadakis, I., Papitto, A., Patruno, A., Pellizzoni, A., Petráček, V., Petri, J., Petrucci, P. O., Phlips, B., Picolli, L., Possenti, A., Psaltis, D., Rambaud, D., Reig, P., Remillard, R., Rodriguez, J., Romano, P., Romanova, M., Schanz, T., Schmid, C., Segreto, A., Shearer, A., Smith, A., Smith, P. J., Soffitta, P., Stergioulas, N., Stolarski, M., Stuchlik, Z., Tiengo, A., Torres, D., Török, G., Turolla, R., Uttley, P., Vaughan, S., Vercellone, S., Waters, R., Watts, A., Wawrzaszek, R., Webb, N., Wilms, J., Zampieri, L., Zezas, A., and Ziolkowski, J.

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2012
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34. The AGILE space mission

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Tavani, M., Barbiellini, G., Argan, A., Bulgarelli, A., Caraveo, P., Chen, A., Cocco, V., Costa, E., De Paris, G., Del Monte, E., Di Cocco, G., Donnarumma, I., Feroci, M., Fiorini, M., Froysland, T., Fuschino, F., Galli, M., Gianotti, F., Giuliani, A., Evangelista, Y., Labanti, C., Lapshov, I., Lazzarotto, F., Lipari, P., Longo, F., Marisaldi, M., Mastropietro, M., Mauri, F., Mereghetti, S., Morelli, E., Morselli, A., Pacciani, L., Pellizzoni, A., Perotti, F., Picozza, P., Pontoni, C., Porrovecchio, G., Prest, M., Pucella, G., Rapisarda, M., Rossi, E., Rubini, A., Soffitta, P., Trifoglio, M., Trois, A., Vallazza, E., Vercellone, S., Zambra, A., Zanello, D., Giommi, P., Antonelli, A., and Pittori, C.

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2008
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35. Search of GRB with AGILE Minicalorimeter

Author

Fuschino, F., Labanti, C., Galli, M., Marisaldi, M., Bulgarelli, A., Gianotti, F., Trifoglio, M., Argan, A., Del Monte, E., Donnarumma, I., Feroci, M., Lazzarotto, F., Pacciani, L., Tavani, M., and Trois, A.

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2008
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38. EDGE: Explorer of diffuse emission and gamma-ray burst explosions

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Piro, L., den Herder, J. W., Ohashi, T., Amati, L., Atteia, J. L., Barthelmy, S., Barbera, M., Barret, D., Basso, S., Boer, M., Borgani, S., Boyarskiy, O., Branchini, E., Branduardi-Raymont, G., Briggs, M., Brunetti, G., Budtz-Jorgensen, C., Burrows, D., Campana, S., Caroli, E., Chincarini, G., Christensen, F., Cocchi, M., Comastri, A., Corsi, A., Cotroneo, V., Conconi, P., Colasanti, L., Cusumano, G., de Rosa, A., Del Santo, M., Ettori, S., Ezoe, Y., Ferrari, L., Feroci, M., Finger, M., Fishman, G., Fujimoto, R., Galeazzi, M., Galli, A., Gatti, F., Gehrels, N., Gendre, B., Ghirlanda, G., Ghisellini, G., Giommi, P., Girardi, M., Guzzo, L., Haardt, F., Hepburn, I., Hermsen, W., Hoevers, H., Holland, A., in’t Zand, J., Ishisaki, Y., Kawahara, H., Kawai, N., Kaastra, J., Kippen, M., de Korte, P. A. J., Kouveliotou, C., Kusenko, A., Labanti, C., Lieu, R., Macculi, C., Makishima, K., Matt, G., Mazzotta, P., McCammon, D., Méndez, M., Mineo, T., Mitchell, S., Mitsuda, K., Molendi, S., Moscardini, L., Mushotzky, R., Natalucci, L., Nicastro, F., O’Brien, P., Osborne, J., Paerels, F., Page, M., Paltani, S., Pareschi, G., Perinati, E., Perola, C., Ponman, T., Rasmussen, A., Roncarelli, M., Rosati, P., Ruchayskiy, O., Quadrini, E., Sakurai, I., Salvaterra, R., Sasaki, S., Sato, G., Schaye, J., Schmitt, J., Sciortino, S., Shaposhnikov, M., Shinozaki, K., Spiga, D., Suto, Y., Tagliaferri, G., Takahashi, T., Takei, Y., Tawara, Y., Tozzi, P., Tsunemi, H., Tsuru, T., Ubertini, P., Ursino, E., Viel, M., Vink, J., White, N., Willingale, R., Wijers, R., Yoshikawa, K., and Yamasaki, N.

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2009
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39. A non-linear mathematical model for the X-ray variability classes of the microquasar GRS 1915+105 -- I: quiescent, spiking states and QPOs

Author

Massaro, E., Capitanio, F., Feroci, M., Mineo, T., Ardito, A., and Ricciardi, P.

Subjects
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

The microquasar GRS 1915+105 is known to exhibit a very variable X-ray emission on different time scales and patterns. We propose a system of two ordinary differential equations, adapted from the Hindmarsh-Rose model, with two dynamical variables x(t), y(t) and an input constant parameter J_0, to which we added a random white noise, whose solutions for the x(t) variable reproduce consistently the X-ray light curves of several variability classes as well as the development of low frequency Quasi-Periodic Oscillations (QPO). We show that changing only the value of J_0 the system moves from stable to unstable solutions and the resulting light curves reproduce those of the quiescent classes like phi and chi, the delta class and the spiking rho class. Moreover, we found that increasing the values of J_0 the system induces high frequency oscillations that evolve to QPO when it moves into another stable region. This system of differential equations gives then a unified view of the variability of GRS 1915+105 in term of transitions between stable and unstable states driven by a single input function J_0. We also present the results of a stability analysis of the equilibrium points and some considerations on the existence of periodic solutions., Published in MNRAS, 2020, 495,1110M

Published
2020

42. BeppoSAX observations of GRS 1915+105

Author

Feroci, M., Casella, P., Costa, E., Massaro, E., Soffitta, P., Matt, G., Belloni, T., Castro-Tirado, A.J., Dhawan, V., Frontera, F., Harmon, A., Mirabel, F., Pooley, G., and Tavani, M.

Published
2001
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43. The 2000 April multiwavelength campaign of GRS 1915+105

Author

Ueda, Y., Yamaoka, K., Grove, J.E., McCollough, M., Durouchoux, P., Rodriguez, J., Mirabel, F., Swank, J., Feroci, M., Casella, P., Castro-Tirado, A.J., Sánchez-Fernández, C., Chaty, S., Castaneda, H., Kohno, K., Dhawan, V., Trushkin, S.A., Ebisawa, K., Kotani, T., and Inoue, H.

Published
2001
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44. AGILE Observations of GRB 220101A: A “New Year's Burst” with an Exceptionally Huge Energy Release.

Author

Ursi, A., Romani, M., Piano, G., Verrecchia, F., Longo, F., Pittori, C., Tavani, M., Bulgarelli, A., Cardillo, M., Casentini, C., Cattaneo, P. W., Costa, E., Feroci, M., Fioretti, V., Foffano, L., Lucarelli, F., Marisaldi, M., Morselli, A., Pacciani, L., and Parmiggiani, N.

Subjects
GAMMA ray bursts, LUMINOSITY
Abstract

We report the AGILE observations of GRB 220101A, which took place at the beginning of 2022 January 1 and was recognized as one of the most energetic gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) ever detected since their discovery. The AGILE satellite acquired interesting data concerning the prompt phase of this burst, providing an overall temporal and spectral description of the event in a wide energy range, from tens of kiloelectronvolts to tens of megaelectronvolts. Dividing the prompt emission into three main intervals, we notice an interesting spectral evolution, featuring a notable hardening of the spectrum in the central part of the burst. The average fluxes encountered in the different time intervals are relatively moderate, with respect to those of other remarkable bursts, and the overall fluence exhibits a quite ordinary value among the GRBs detected by MCAL. However, GRB 220101A is the second farthest event detected by AGILE, and the burst with the highest isotropic equivalent energy of the entire MCAL GRB sample, releasing E iso = 2.54 Ă— 1054 erg and exhibiting an isotropic luminosity of L iso = 2.34 Ă— 1052 erg sâˆ'1 (both in the 400 keVâ€"10 MeV energy range). We also analyzed the first 106 s of the afterglow phase, using the publicly available Swift-XRT data, carrying out a theoretical analysis of the afterglow, based on the forward shock model. We notice that GRB 220101A is with high probability surrounded by a wind-like density medium, and that the energy carried by the initial shock shall be a fraction of the total E iso, presumably near ∼50%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2022
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46. The Interplanetary Network Supplement to the Fermi Gbm Catalog of Cosmic Gamma-Ray Bursts

Author

Hurley, K, Pal’shin, V. D, Aptekar, R. L, Golenetskii, S. V, Frederiks, D. D, Mazets, E. P, Svinkin, D. S, Briggs, M. S, Connaughton, V, Meegan, C, Goldsten, J, Boynton, W, Fellows, C, Harshman, K, Mitrofanov, I. G, Golovin, D. V, Kozyrev, A. S, Litvak, M. L, Sanin, A. B, Rau, A, Kienlin, A. von, Zhang, X, Yamaoka, K, Fukazawa, Y, Hanabata, Y, Ohno, M, Takahashi, T, Tashiro, M, Terada, Y, Murakami, T, Makishima, K, Barthelmy, S, Cline, T, Gehrels, N, Cummings, J, Krimm, H. A, Smith, D. M, Monte, E. Del, Feroci, M, and Marisaldi, M

Subjects
Astrophysics
Abstract

We present Interplanetary Network (IPN) data for the gamma-ray bursts in the first Fermi Gamma-Ray BurstMonitor (GBM) catalog. Of the 491 bursts in that catalog, covering 2008 July 12 to 2010 July 11, 427 wereobserved by at least one other instrument in the nine-spacecraft IPN. Of the 427, the localizations of 149 could beimproved by arrival time analysis (or triangulation). For any given burst observed by the GBM and one otherdistant spacecraft, triangulation gives an annulus of possible arrival directions whose half-width varies betweenabout 0. 4 and 32, depending on the intensity, time history, and arrival direction of the burst, as well as the distancebetween the spacecraft. We find that the IPN localizations intersect the 1 GBM error circles in only 52 of thecases, if no systematic uncertainty is assumed for the latter. If a 6 systematic uncertainty is assumed and added inquadrature, the two localization samples agree about 87 of the time, as would be expected. If we then multiply theresulting error radii by a factor of three, the two samples agree in slightly over 98 of the cases, providing a goodestimate of the GBM 3 error radius. The IPN 3 error boxes have areas between about 1 arcmin2 and 110 deg2,and are, on the average, a factor of 180 smaller than the corresponding GBM localizations. We identify two burstsin the IPNGBM sample that did not appear in the GBM catalog. In one case, the GBM triggered on a terrestrialgamma flash, and in the other, its origin was given as uncertain. We also discuss the sensitivity and calibration ofthe IPN.

Published
2013
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47. Fluorescent supramolecular hydrogels for biomedical applications

Author

Rizzo, C., Cancemi, P., Feroci, M., Marullo, S., Noto, R., D'Anna, F., Rizzo, C., Cancemi, P., Feroci, M., Marullo, S., Noto, R., and D'Anna, F.

Subjects
hydrogels, imidazolium salts, supramolecular gels, bioimaging, anticancer activity
Published
2019

48. GRB 080407: An Ultra-long Burst Discovered by the IPN

Author

Cummings, J, Barthelmy, S, Gehrels, N, Krimm, H, Palmer, D, Palshin, V, Hurley, K, Goldsten, J, Mitrofanov, I. G, Boynton, W, vonKienlln, A, Feroci, M, Aptekar, R, Frederiks, D, Golenetskli, S, Mazets, E, Svinkin, D, Golovin, D, Litvak, M. L, Sanin, A. B, Fellows, C, Harshman, K, Starr, R, Rau, A, and Zhang, X

Subjects
Astrophysics
Abstract

We present observations of the extremely long GRB 080704 obtained with the instruments of the Interplanetary Network (IPN). The observations reveal two distinct emission episodes, separated by a approx.1500 s long period of quiescence. The total burst duration is about 2100 s. We compare the temporal and spectral characteristics of this burst with those obtained for other ultra-long GRBs and discuss these characteristics in the context of different models.

Published
2012

49. Extreme particle acceleration in the microquasar Cygnus X-3

Author

Tavani, M., Bulgarelli, A., Piano, G., Sabatini, S., Striani, E., Evangelista, Y., Trois, A., Pooley, G., Trushkin, S., Nizhelskij, N. A., McCollough, M., Koljonen, K. I. I., Pucella, G., Giuliani, A., Chen, A. W., Costa, E., Vittorini, V., Trifoglio, M., Gianotti, F., Argan, A., Barbiellini, G., Caraveo, P., Cattaneo, P. W., Cocco, V., Contessi, T., DʼAmmando, F., Del Monte, E., De Paris, G., Di Cocco, G., Di Persio, G., Donnarumma, I., Feroci, M., Ferrari, A., Fuschino, F., Galli, M., Labanti, C., Lapshov, I., Lazzarotto, F., Lipari, P., Longo, F., Mattaini, E., Marisaldi, M., Mastropietro, M., Mauri, A., Mereghetti, S., Morelli, E., Morselli, A., Pacciani, L., Pellizzoni, A., Perotti, F., Picozza, P., Pilia, M., Prest, M., Rapisarda, M., Rappoldi, A., Rossi, E., Rubini, A., Scalise, E., Soffitta, P., Vallazza, E., Vercellone, S., Zambra, A., Zanello, D., Pittori, C., Verrecchia, F., Giommi, P., Colafrancesco, S., Santolamazza, P., Antonelli, A., and Salotti, L.

Published
2009
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