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1. Calibration of AGILE-GRID with On-ground Data and Monte Carlo Simulations

Author

A. Argan, Francesco Lucarelli, Lina Quintieri, Andrea Bulgarelli, V. Cocco, M. Trifoglio, P. W. Cattaneo, L. Foggetta, M. Prest, A. Pellizzoni, A. Giuliani, F. Boffelli, N. Parmigiani, Valentina Fioretti, A. Zambra, F. D'Ammando, A. Morselli, M. Pilia, S. Sabatini, P. Valente, A. Rappoldi, C. Pittori, T. Froysland, M. Tavani, A. W. Chen, S. Vercellone, F. Longo, Bruno Buonomo, A. Trois, G. Pucella, M. Galli, F. Verrecchia, M. Cardillo, G. Mazzitelli, E. Vallazza, G. Barbiellini, S. Colafrancesco, Arnaud Ferrari, G. Piano, F. Fuschino, F. Gianotti, F. Paoletti, I. Donnarumma, Martino Marisaldi, ITA, USA, Pucella, G., Galli, M., Cattaneo, P. W., Rappoldi, A., Argan, A., Barbiellini, G., Boffelli, F., Bulgarelli, A., Buonomo, B., Cardillo, M., Chen, A. W., Cocco, V., Colafrancesco, S., D'Ammando, F., Donnarumma, I., Ferrari, A., Fioretti, V., Foggetta, L., Froysland, T., Fuschino, F., Gianotti, F., Giuliani, A., Longo, F., Lucarelli, F., Marisaldi, M., Mazzitelli, G., Morselli, A., Paoletti, F., Parmigiani, N., Pellizzoni, A., Piano, G., Pilia, M., Pittori, C., Prest, M., Quintieri, L., Sabatini, S., Tavani, M., Trifoglio, M., Trois, A., Valente, P., Vallazza, E., Vercellone, S., Verrecchia, F., and Zambra, A.

Subjects
Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Calibration (statistics), astroparticle physics, instrumentation: detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Monte Carlo method, FOS: Physical sciences, 01 natural sciences, 0103 physical sciences, Aerospace engineering, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astroparticle physics, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, detector [instrumentation], astroparticle physic, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysic, Grid, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, business, Agile software development
Abstract

AGILE is a mission of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) Scientific Program dedicated to gamma-ray astrophysics, operating in a low Earth orbit since April 23, 2007. It is designed to be a very light and compact instrument, capable of simultaneously detecting and imaging photons in the 18 keV to 60 keV X-ray energy band and in the 30 MeV{50 GeV gamma-ray energy with a good angular resolution (< 1 deg at 1 GeV). The core of the instrument is the Silicon Tracker complemented with a CsI calorimeter and a AntiCoincidence system forming the Gamma Ray Imaging Detector (GRID). Before launch, the GRID needed on-ground calibration with a tagged gamma-ray beam to estimate its performance and validate the Monte Carlo simulation. The GRID was calibrated using a tagged gamma-ray beam with energy up to 500 MeV at the Beam Test Facilities at the INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati. These data are used to validate a GEANT3 based simulation by comparing the data and the Monte Carlo simulation by measuring the angular and energy resolutions. The GRID angular and energy resolutions obtained using the beam agree well with the Monte Carlo simulation. Therefore the simulation can be used to simulate the same performance on-light with high reliability., 19 page 12 figures

Published
2018

2. Preliminary results on TeV sources search with AGILE

Author

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

Subjects
Physics, Very High Energy Gamma-ray Astronomy, High Energy Gamma-ray Astronomy, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, business.industry, AGILe, gamma ray sky, TeV source, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, media_common.quotation_subject, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Sky, Milagro, Satellite, MAGIC (telescope), business, Instrumentation, Agile software development, media_common
Abstract

During its first 2 years of operation, the gamma-ray AGILE satellite almost completed a full study of the gamma-ray sky. This paper presents the preliminary results of the systematic study performed on the AGILE data to search for GeV counterparts and to derive flux upper limits of the TeV sources detected by various instruments (MAGIC, HESS, VERITAS, Cangaroo, MILAGRO, ARGO, … .).

Published
2011

3. Long-term AGILE monitoring of the puzzling gamma-ray source 3EG J1835+5918

Author

G. De Paris, A. Zambra, F. D'Ammando, M. Feroci, M. Fiorini, Dario Gasparrini, L. Pacciani, F. Longo, A. Rappoldi, E. Vallazza, F. Boffelli, M. Rapisarda, P. Picozza, A. Argan, F. Perotti, E. Del Monte, G. Pucella, A. Trois, Andrea Bulgarelli, I. Donnarumma, T. Froysland, P. Soffitta, A. Pellizzoni, Guido Barbiellini, Enrico Costa, Y. Evangelista, F. Lazzarotto, V. Vittorini, V. Cocco, P. Santolamazza, M. Trifoglio, A. Giuliani, Paolo Lipari, A. W. Chen, P. Giommi, F. Fuschino, S. Vercellone, C. Pittoril, M. Galli, F. Verrecchia, Martino Marisaldi, Sandro Mereghetti, P. W. Cattaneo, P. A. Caraveo, I. Lapshov, M. Prest, S. Colafrancesco, Marco Tavani, G. Piano, A. Morselli, Claudio Labanti, L. Salotti, D. Zanello, M. Marelli, G. Di Cocco, S. Cutini, Fulvio Gianotti, Bulgarelli A, Tavani M, Caraveo P, Chen AW, Gianotti F, Trifoglio M, Marelli M, Argan A, Barbiellini G, Boffelli F, Cattaneo PW, Cocco V, Costa E, DAmmando F, Del Monte E, De Paris G, Di Cocco G, Donnarumma I, Evangelista Y, Feroci M, Fiorini M, Froysland T, Fuschino F, Galli M, Giuliani A, Labanti C, Lapshov I, Lazzarotto F, Lipari P, Longo F, Marisaldi M, Mereghetti S, Morselli A, Pacciani L, Pellizzoni A, Perotti F, Piano G, Picozza P, Prest M, Pucella G, Rapisarda M, Rappoldi A, Soffitta P, Trois A, Vallazza E, Vercellone S, Vittorini V, Zambra A, Zanello D, Giommi P, Pittori C, Verrecchia F, Santolamazza P, Gasparrini D, Cutini S, Colafrancesco S, Salotti L, A., Bulgarelli, M., Tavani, P., Caraveo, A. W., Chen, F., Gianotti, M., Trifoglio, M., Marelli, A., Argan, G., Barbiellini, F., Boffelli, P. W., Cattaneo, V., Cocco, E., Costa, F., D'Ammando, E. D., Monte, G. D., Pari, G. D., Cocco, I., Donnarumma, Y., Evangelista, M., Feroci, M., Fiorini, T., Froysland, F., Fuschino, M., Galli, A., Giuliani, C., Labanti, I., Lapshov, F., Lazzarotto, P., Lipari, Longo, Francesco, M., Marisaldi, S., Mereghetti, A., Morselli, L., Pacciani, A., Pellizzoni, F., Perotti, G., Piano, P., Picozza, M., Prest, G., Pucella, M., Rapisarda, A., Rappoldi, P., Soffitta, A., Troi, E., Vallazza, S., Vercellone, V., Vittorini, A., Zambra, D., Zanello, P., Giommi, C., Pittori, F., Verrecchia, P., Santolamazza, D., Gasparrini, S., Cutini, S., Colafrancesco, and L., Salotti

Subjects
Photon, Field (physics), FOS: Physical sciences, Flux, Field of view, Astrophysics, Unidentified Gamma-ray Source, Power law, High Energy Gamma-ray Astronomy, AGILE gamma ray satellite, 3EG J1835+5918, Egret, Physics, biology, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Gamma ray, Astronomy and Astrophysics, biology.organism_classification, Term (time), Space and Planetary Science, Unidentified Gamma-ray Sources, AGILE satellite, gamma rays: observations
Abstract

We present the AGILE gamma-ray observations of the field containing the puzzling gamma-ray source 3EG J1835+5918. This source is one of the most remarkable unidentified EGRET sources. An unprecedentedly long AGILE monitoring of this source yields important information on the positional error box, flux evolution, and spectrum. 3EG J1835+5918 has been in the AGILE field of view several times in 2007 and 2008 for a total observing time of 138 days from 2007 Sept 04 to 2008 June 30 encompassing several weeks of continuous coverage. With an exposure time approximately twice that of EGRET, AGILE confirms the existence of a prominent gamma-ray source (AGL J1836+5926) at a position consistent with that of EGRET, although with a remarkably lower average flux value for photon energies greater than 100 MeV. A 5-day bin temporal analysis of the whole data set of AGL J1836+5926 shows some evidence for variability of the gamma-ray flux. The source spectrum between 100 MeV and 1 GeV can be fitted with a power law with photon index in the range 1.6-1.7, fully consistent with the EGRET value. The faint X-ray source RX J1836.2+5925 that has been proposed as a possible counterpart of 3EG J1835+5918 is well within the AGILE error box. Future continuous monitoring (both by AGILE and GLAST) is needed to confirm the gamma-ray flux variability and to unveil the source origin, a subject that is currently being pursued through a multiwavelength search for counterparts., Comment: accepted for publication by Astron. & Astrophys, 4 pages, 2 figures, 2 tables

Published
2008

4. The AGILE space mission

Author

Francesco Longo, V. Cocco, M. Trifoglio, Ennio Morelli, Alda Rubini, Sandro Mereghetti, F. Perotti, P. A. Caraveo, A. Zambra, E. Rossi, C. Pittori, G. Di Cocco, T. Froysland, M. Galli, Martino Marisaldi, F. Fuschino, M. Fiorini, Paolo Soffitta, G. De Paris, G. Barbiellini, Marco Feroci, Luigi Pacciani, A. Morselli, F. Mauri, I. Lapshov, E. Del Monte, G. Pucella, Marco Tavani, Massimo Rapisarda, M. Mastropietro, M. Prest, Claudio Labanti, Paolo Lipari, S. Vercellone, D. Zanello, E. Vallazza, Angelo Antonelli, C. Pontoni, A. W. Chen, P. Giommi, A. Argan, Andrea Bulgarelli, Enrico Costa, Fulvio Gianotti, Alessio Trois, Geiland Porrovecchio, Francesco Lazzarotto, I. Donnarumma, P. Picozza, A. Pellizzoni, A. Giuliani, Y. Evangelista, M., Tavani, G., Barbiellini, A., Argan, A., Bulgarelli, P., Caraveo, A., Chen, V., Cocco, E., Costa, G. D., Pari, E. D., Monte, G. D., Cocco, I., Donnarumma, M., Feroci, M., Florini, T., Froysland, F., Fuschino, M., Galli, F., Gianotti, A., Giuliani, Y., Evangelista, C., Labanti, I., Lapshov, F., Lazzarotto, P., Lipari, Longo, Francesco, M., Marisaldi, M., Mastropietro, 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, E., Rossi, A., Rubini, P., Soffitta, M., Trifoglio, A., Troi, E., Vallazza, S., Vercellone, A., Zarnbra, D., Zanello, P., Giommi, A., Antonelli, and C., Pittori

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Active galactic nucleus, silicon tungsten tracker, business.industry, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, media_common.quotation_subject, Detector, Astronomy, Detectors, Space (commercial competition), small mission, High Energy Gamma-ray Astronomy, Universe, Supernova, Orbit (dynamics), AGILE satellite, Angular resolution, business, Instrumentation, Agile software development, media_common
Abstract

AGILE is an Italian Space Agency mission dedicated to the exploration of the gamma-ray Universe. The AGILE, very innovative instrument, combines for the first time a gamma-ray imager (sensitive in the range 30 MeV–50 GeV) and a hard X-ray imager (sensitive in the range 18–60 keV). An optimal angular resolution and very large fields of view are obtained by the use of state-of-the-art Silicon detectors integrated in a very compact instrument. AGILE was successfully launched on April 23, 2007 from the Indian base of Sriharikota and was inserted in an optimal low-particle background equatorial orbit. AGILE will provide crucial data for the study of Active Galactic Nuclei, Gamma-Ray Bursts, unidentified gamma-ray sources, galactic compact objects, supernova remnants, TeV sources, and fundamental physics by microsecond timing. The AGILE Cycle-1 pointing program started on 2007 December 1, and is open to the international community through a Guest Observer Program.

Published
2008

5. AGILE Detection of a Strong Gamma-Ray Flare from the Blazar 3C 454.3

Author

T. Froysland, Martino Marisaldi, G. De Paris, Dario Gasparrini, Fulvio Gianotti, F. Perotti, F. Mauri, L. Salotti, A. Zambra, M. Prest, S. Cutini, Francesco Longo, G. Di Cocco, Paolo Giommi, Francesco Lazzarotto, M. Galli, Piergiorgio Picozza, Paolo Soffitta, F. Verrecchia, Marco Tavani, A. Pellizzoni, D. Zanello, Massimo Rapisarda, Claudio Labanti, Alessio Trois, Sergio Colafrancesco, L. A. Antonelli, P. A. Caraveo, Sandro Mereghetti, A. Giuliani, S. Vercellone, M. Fiorini, I. Donnarumma, Guido Barbiellini, A. Morselli, F. D'Ammando, Y. Evangelista, Marco Feroci, Luigi Pacciani, Paolo Lipari, E. Vallazza, F. Fuschino, V. Cocco, V. Vittorini, E. Del Monte, M. Trifoglio, G. Pucella, I. Lapshov, A. Argan, Andrea Bulgarelli, Enrico Costa, A. W. Chen, C. Pittori, 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. D., Monte, G. D., Pari, G. D., Cocco, Y., Evangelista, M., Feroci, M., Fiorini, T., Froysland, F., Fuschino, M., Galli, F., Gianotti, C., Labanti, F., Lazzarotto, P., Lipari, Longo, Francesco, 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., Troi, 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, Vercellone S, Chen AW, Giuliani A, Bulgarelli A, Donnarumma I, Lapshov I, Tavani M, Argan A, Barbiellini G, Caraveo P, Cocco V, Costa E, DAmmando F, Del Monte E, De Paris G, Di Cocco G, Evangelista Y, Feroci M, Fiorini M, Froysland T, Fuschino F, Galli M, Gianotti F, Labanti C, Lazzarotto F, Lipari P, Longo F, Marisaldi M, Mauri F, Mereghetti S, Morselli A, Pacciani L, Pellizzoni A, Perotti F, Picozza P, Prest M, Pucella G, Rapisarda M, Soffitta P, Trifoglio M, Trois A, Vallazza E, Vittorini V, Zambra A, Zanello D, Pittori C, Verrecchia F, Gasparrini D, Cutini S, Giommi P, Antonelli LA, Colafrancesco S, and Salotti L

Subjects
High Energy Gamma-ray Astronomy, Active Galactic Nuclei, AGILE satellite, Agile, Photon, blazar, gamma and X-ray detection, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, law.invention, astro-ph, law, Blazar, Physics, Range (particle radiation), Astrophysics (astro-ph), Detector, Gamma ray, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Quasar, Space and Planetary Science, gamma rays: observations — quasars: individual (3C 454.3), Energy (signal processing), Flare
Abstract

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 with its two co-aligned imagers, the Gamma-Ray Imaging Detector and the hard X-ray imager Super-AGILE sensitive in the 30 MeV-50 GeV and 18-60 keV, respectively. Over the entire period, AGILE detected gamma-ray emission from 3C 454.3 at a significance level of 13.8-$\sigma$ with an average flux (E$>$100 MeV) of $(280 \pm 40) \times 10^{-8}$ photons cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$. The gamma-ray flux appears to be variable towards the end of the observation. No emission was detected by Super-AGILE in the energy range 20-60 keV, with a 3-$\sigma$ upper limit of $2.3 \times 10^{-3}$ photons cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$. The gamma-ray flux level of 3C 454.3 detected by AGILE is the highest ever detected for this quasar and among the most intense gamma-ray fluxes ever detected from Flat Spectrum Radio Quasars., Comment: Accepted by Astrophysical Journal Letters; 14 pages, 3 EPS Figures, 1 Table

Published
2008

6. Characterization of a tagged γ-ray beam line at the DAΦNE Beam Test Facility

Author

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

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Photon, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Spectrometer, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, business.industry, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Gamma ray, Bremsstrahlung, Scintillator, 01 natural sciences, Optics, Beamline, Dipole magnet, 0103 physical sciences, business, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Instrumentation, Beam (structure), 0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Abstract

At the core of the AGILE scientific instrument, designed to operate on a satellite, there is the Gamma Ray Imaging Detector (GRID) consisting of a Silicon Tracker (ST), a Cesium Iodide Mini-Calorimeter and an Anti-Coincidence system of plastic scintillator bars. The ST needs an on-ground calibration with a g-ray beam to validate the simulation used to calculate the energy response function and the effective area versus the energy and the direction of the g rays. A tagged g-ray beam line was designed at the Beam Test Facility (BTF) of the INFN Laboratori Nazionali of Frascati (LNF), based on an electron beam generating g-rays through bremsstrahlung in a position-sensitive target. The g-ray energy is deduced by difference with the post-bremsstrahlung electron energy [1,2]. The electron energy is measured by a spectrometer consisting of a dipole magnet and an array of position sensitive silicon strip detectors, the Photon Tagging System (PTS). The use of the combined BTF-PTS system as tagged photon beam requires understanding the efficiency of g-ray tagging, the probability of fake tagging, the energy resolution and Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect

Published
2012

7. Galactic Sources Science With Agile: The Case Of The Carina Region

Author

E. Moretti, Claudio Labanti, Marco Tavani, G. Barbiellini, V. Cocco, A. Pellizzoni, M. Trifoglio, F. Longo, Marco Feroci, Luigi Pacciani, G. Di Cocco, C. Pittori, I. Lapshov, Ennio Morelli, Sandro Mereghetti, T. Froysland, Geiland Porrovecchio, A. Giuliani, Elena Pian, F. Perotti, D. Zanello, Alessio Trois, S. Colafrancesco, Martino Marisaldi, Michael F. Corcoran, I. Donnarumma, G. De Paris, Y. Evangelista, A. Argan, P. Picozza, Fulvio Gianotti, L. Salotti, F. Boffelli, A. Zambra, Francesco Lazzarotto, Andrea Bulgarelli, A. Rappoldi, M. Fiorini, Enrico Costa, Massimo Rapisarda, A. W. Chen, P. Giommi, E. Del Monte, G. Pucella, P. A. Caraveo, E. Vallazza, M. Prest, M. Galli, F. Verrecchia, F. Fuschino, Roberto Viotti, Filippo D'Ammando, Paolo Lipari, Paolo Soffitta, S. Vercellone, P. Santolamazza, Alda Rubini, P. W. Cattaneo, M. Mastropietro, V. Vittorini, Arnaud Ferrari, S. Sabatini, A. Morselli, M. Pilia, L. A. Antonelli, G. Piano, S., Sabatini, M., Tavani, E., Pian, A., Bulgarelli, P., Caraveo, R., Viotti, M. F., Corcoran, A., Giuliani, C., Pittori, F., Verrecchia, S., Vercellone, S., Mereghetti, A., Argan, G., Barbiellini, F., Boffelli, P. W., Cattaneo, A. W., Chen, V., Cocco, F., D'Ammando, E., Costa, Paris, G., Monte, E., Cocco, G., I., Donnarumma, Y., Evangelista, A., Ferrari, M., Feroci, M., Fiorini, T., Froysland, F., Fuschino, M., Galli, F., Gianotti, C., Labanti, I., Lapshov, F., Lazzarotto, P., Lipari, Longo, Francesco, M., Marisaldi, M., Mastropietro, E., Morelli, E., Moretti, A., Morselli, L., Pacciani, A., Pellizzoni, F., Perotti, G., Piano, P., Picozza, M., Pilia, G., Porrovecchio, G., Pucella, M., Prest, M., Rapisarda, A., Rappoldi, A., Rubini, P., Soffitta, M., Trifoglio, A., Troi, E., Vallazza, V., Vittorini, A., Zambra, D., Zanello, P., Santolamazza, P., Giommi, S., Colafrancesco, L. A., Antonelli, L., Salotti, Sabatini S, Tavani M, Pian E, Bulgarelli A, Caraveo P, Viotti R, Corcoran MF, Giuliani A, Pittori C, Verrecchia F, Vercellone S, Mereghetti S, Argan A, Barbiellini G, Boffelli F, Cattaneo PW, Chen AW, Cocco V, DAmmando F, Costa E, 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, 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 LA, and Salotti L

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, colliding wind binary, FOS: Physical sciences, Carina, Astrophysics, galactic gamma ray sky, High Energy Gamma-ray Astronomy, AGILE, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Gamma rays: observations, Individual stars (Eta Carinae), Stars: winds, Outflows, X-rays: bynaries, Surface brightness, Instrumentation, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Colliding-wind binary, Physics, Nebula, Star formation, Molecular cloud, Gamma ray, Astronomy, Galactic sources, Galactic plane, Star cluster, Galactic source, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

During its first 2 years of operation, the gamma-ray AGILE satellite accumulated an extensive dataset for the Galactic plane. The data have been monitored for transient sources and several gamma-ray sources were detected. Their variability and possible association were studied. In this talk we will focus on the results of extensive observations of the Carina Region during the time period 2007 July - 2009 January, for a total livetime of ~130 days. The region is extremely complex, hosting massive star formation, with the remarkable colliding wind binary Eta Carinae, massive star clusters and HII regions (e.g. NGC 3324, RCW49, Westerlund II) and a giant molecular cloud extending over 150 pc (between l=284.7 and l=289). The Carina Nebula itself is the largest and IR highest surface brightness nebula of the Southern emisphere. We monitored several gamma ray sources in the Carina Region. In particular we detect a gamma ray source (1AGL J1043-5931) consistent with the position of Eta Carinae and report a remarkable 2-days gamma-ray flaring episode from this source on 2008 Oct 11-13. If 1AGL J1043-5931 is associated with the Eta Car system, our data provides the long sought first detection above 100 MeV of a colliding wind binary., 5 pages, 5 figures, proceedings of RICAP 2009

Published
2012

8. Characterization of a tagged gamma-ray beam line at the DAPhNE Beam Test Facility

Author

P. W. Cattaneo, A. Argan, F. Boffelli, A. Bulgarelli, B. Buonomo, A. W. Chen, F. D'Ammando, L. Foggetta, T. Froysland, F. Fuschino, M. Galli, F. Gianotti, A. Giuliani, 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. . Paris, E. . Monte, G. . 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, LONGO, FRANCESCO, P. W., Cattaneo, A., Argan, F., Boffelli, A., Bulgarelli, B., Buonomo, A. W., Chen, F., D'Ammando, L., Foggetta, T., Froysland, F., Fuschino, M., Galli, F., Gianotti, A., Giuliani, Longo, Francesco, M., Marisaldi, G., Mazzitelli, A., Pellizzoni, M., Prest, G., Pucella, L., Quintieri, A., Rappoldi, M., Tavani, M., Trifoglio, A., Troi, P., Valente, E., Vallazza, S., Vercellone, A., Zambra, G., Barbiellini, P., Caraveo, V., Cocco, E., Costa, Paris, G., Monte, E., Cocco, G., 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, and L., Salotti

Subjects
MonteCarlo Simulations, Gamma-ray Satellites, Calibrations, Gamma-ray Satellites, Calibrations, MonteCarlo Simulations
Published
2012

9. The flaring blazars of the first 1.5 years of the AGILE mission

Author

E. Moretti, A. Argan, Andrea Bulgarelli, Geiland Porrovecchio, Enrico Costa, A. W. Chen, P. Giommi, E. Vallazza, F. Longo, G. De Paris, G. Barbiellini, P. Santolamazza, P. Picozza, D. Zanello, Arnaud Ferrari, F. Perotti, M. Galli, Ennio Morelli, Alda Rubini, P. W. Cattaneo, A. Morselli, F. Verrecchia, S. Sabatini, F. Fuschino, Filippo D'Ammando, Paolo Soffitta, Massimo Rapisarda, Francesco Lazzarotto, M. Pilia, Paolo Lipari, S. Vercellone, I. Lapshov, M. Mastropietro, V. Vittorini, L. A. Antonelli, G. Piano, M. Prest, C. Pittori, I. Donnarumma, Y. Evangelista, T. Froysland, G. Di Cocco, Marco Feroci, E. Del Monte, Luigi Pacciani, Marco Tavani, A. Zambra, Alessio Trois, A. Pellizzoni, P. A. Caraveo, Sandro Mereghetti, M. Fiorini, Fulvio Gianotti, A. Giuliani, S. Colafrancesco, Martino Marisaldi, Claudio Labanti, M. Trifoglio, F. Boffelli, V. Cocco, L. Salotti, A. Rappoldi, G. Pucella, L., Pacciani, A., Bulgarelli, A. W., Chen, F., D'Ammando, I., Donnarumma, A., Giuliani, Longo, Francesco, G., Pucella, M., Tavani, S., Vercellone, V., Vittorini, A., Argan, G., Barbiellini, F., Boffelli, P., Caraveo, P. W., Cattaneo, V., Cocco, E., Costa, Paris, G., Monte, E., Cocco, G., Y., Evangelista, A., Ferrari, M., Feroci, M., Fiorini, T., Froysland, F., Fuschino, M., Galli, F., Gianotti, C., Labanti, I., Lapshov, F., Lazzarotto, P., Lipari, M., Marisaldi, M., Mastropietro, S., Mereghetti, E., Morelli, E., Moretti, A., Morselli, A., Pellizzoni, F., Perotti, G., Piano, P., Picozza, M., Pilia, G., Porrovecchio, M., Prest, M., Rapisarda, A., Rappoldi, A., Rubini, S., Sabatini, P., Soffitta, M., Trifoglio, A., Troi, E., Vallazza, A., Zambra, D., Zanello, L. A., Antonelli, S., Colafrancesco, P., Giommi, C., Pittori, F., Verrecchia, P., Santolamazza, L., Salotti, Pacciani L, Bulgarelli A, Chen AW, DAmmando F, Donnarumma I, Giuliani A, Longo F, Pucella G, Tavani M, Vercellone S, Vittorini V, Argan A, Barbiellini G, Boffelli F, Caraveo P, Cattaneo PW, 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 LA, Colafrancesco S, Giommi P, Pittori C, Verrecchia F, Santolamazza P, and Salotti L

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Active galactic nucleus, Galaxies: active, Galaxies: quasars: general, Galaxies: jets, Radiation mechanisms: non-thermal, Flux, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, blazar, law.invention, AGILE, Telescope, law, Egret, gamma-ray, Blazar, Instrumentation, Large fov, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), biology, Astronomy, Quasar, Active Galactic Nuclei, biology.organism_classification, multiwavelength campaign, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, BL Lac object
Abstract

We report the AGILE γ -ray observations and the results of the multiwavelength campaigns on seven flaring blazars detected by the mission: During two multiwavelength campaigns, we observed γ -ray activity from two Flat Spectrum Radio Quasars of the Virgo region, e.g. 3C 279 and 3C 273 (the latter being the first extragalactic source simultaneously observed with the γ -ray telescope and the hard X ray imager of the mission). Due to the large FOV of the AGILE/GRID instrument, we achieved an almost continuous coverage of the FSRQ 3C 454.3. The source showed flux above 10 −6 photons/cm 2 /s ( E > 100 MeV ) and showed day by day variability during all the AGILE observing periods. In the EGRET era, the source was found in high γ -ray activity only once. An other blazar, PKS 1510-089 was frequently found in high γ -ray activity. S5 0716+71, an intermediate BL Lac object, exhibited a very high γ -ray activity and fast γ -ray variability during a period of intense optical activity. We observed high γ -ray activity from W Comae, a BL Lac object, and Mrk 421, a high energy peaked BL Lac object. For this source, a multiwavelength campaign from optical to TeV has been performed.

Published
2011

10. AGILE detection of extreme \gamma-ray activity from the blazar PKS 1510-089 during March 2009. Multifrequency analysis

Author

A. Di Paola, Mark Gurwell, L. Fuhrmann, Jochen Heidt, C. Pittori, T. Froysland, G. De Paris, M. Pasanen, Elena Pian, Tatiana S. Konstantinova, A. Rubini, Sofia O. Kurtanidze, I. M. McHardy, F. Fuschino, L. Pacciani, Sandro Mereghetti, D. A. Morozova, A. A. Arkharov, Uwe Bach, Corrado Trigilio, I. Donnarumma, P. Lipari, A. Zambra, Geiland Porrovecchio, I. Agudo, M. F. Aller, M. Feroci, Merja Tornikoski, G. Piano, Y. Evangelista, Claudio Labanti, G. Umana, Filippo D'Ammando, Carla Buemi, H. A. Krimm, S. Colafrancesco, M. Fiorini, F. Perotti, Stefano Covino, Fulvio Gianotti, E. Del Monte, G. Pucella, A. Rappoldi, Andrei Berdyugin, D. Zanello, Svetlana G. Jorstad, P. Caraveo, B. McBreen, I. S. Troitsky, Paolo Leto, A. Argan, E. Forné, F. Boffelli, Talvikki Hovatta, Erika Benítez, A. Sillanpää, P. Picozza, Arnaud Ferrari, L. Salotti, V. Vittorini, Kari Nilsson, A. Morselli, E. Striani, L. A. Antonelli, Andrea Bulgarelli, Wen Ping Chen, B. Jordan, P. Santolamazza, G. Di Cocco, Givi N. Kimeridze, M. Rapisarda, Massimo Frutti, S. Sabatini, I. Lapshov, F. Lazzarotto, A. Pellizzoni, E. Costa, Martino Marisaldi, M. Tavani, E. Vallazza, C. M. Raiteri, A. Trois, M. Pilia, H. Y. Hsiao, Omar M. Kurtanidze, Valeri M. Larionov, M. Prest, M. Roca-Sogorb, A. W. Chen, P. W. Cattaneo, P. Soffitta, Hugh D. Aller, V. Cocco, A. Giuliani, M. Orienti, M. Villata, Mauro Dolci, M. Trifoglio, Elina Lindfors, J. L. Gomez, P. Romano, Alan P. Marscher, P. Giommi, Anne Lähteenmäki, David Hiriart, G. Barbiellini, Ekaterina Koptelova, G. Giovannini, F. Longo, S. Vercellone, L. O. Takalo, E. N. Kopatskaya, M. Galli, F. Verrecchia, D. Blinov, F., D'Ammando, C. M., Raiteri, M., Villata, P., Romano, G., Pucella, H. A., Krimm, S., Covino, M., Orienti, G., Giovannini, S., Vercellone, E., Pian, I., Donnarumma, V., Vittorini, M., Tavani, A., Argan, G., Barbiellini, F., Boffelli, A., Bulgarelli, P., Caraveo, P. W., Cattaneo, A. W., Chen, V., Cocco, E., Costa, Monte, E., Paris, G., Cocco, G., Y., Evangelista, M., Feroci, A., Ferrari, M., Fiorini, T., Froysland, M., Frutti, F., Fuschino, M., Galli, F., Gianotti, A., Giuliani, C., Labanti, I., Lapshov, F., Lazzarotto, P., Lipari, Longo, Francesco, M., Marisaldi, S., Mereghetti, A., Morselli, L., Pacciani, A., Pellizzoni, F., Perotti, G., Piano, P., Picozza, M., Pilia, G., Porrovecchio, M., Prest, M., Rapisarda, A., Rappoldi, A., Rubini, S., Sabatini, P., Soffitta, E., Striani, M., Trifoglio, A., Troi, E., Vallazza, A., Zambra, D., Zanello, I., Agudo, H. D., Aller, M. F., Aller, A. A., Arkharov, U., Bach, E., Benitez, A., Berdyugin, D. A., Blinov, C. S., Buemi, W. P., Chen, Paola, A., M., Dolci, E., Forne, L., Fuhrmann, J. L., Gomez, M. A., Gurwell, B., Jordan, S. G., Jorstad, J., Heidt, D., Hiriart, T., Hovatta, H. Y., Hsiao, G., Kimeridze, T. S., Konstantinova, E. N., Kopatskaya, E., Koptelova, O. M., Kurtanidze, S. O., Kurtanidze, V. M., Larionov, A., L\ahteenm\aki, P., Leto, E., Lindfor, A. P., Marscher, B., Mcbreen, I. M., Mchardy, D. A., Morozova, K., Nilsson, M., Pasanen, M., Roca Sogorb, A., Sillanp\a\a, L. O., Takalo, M., Tornikoski, C., Trigilio, I. S., Troitsky, G., Umana, L. A., Antonelli, S., Colafrancesco, C., Pittori, P., Santolamazza, F., Verrecchia, P., Giommi, L., Salotti, Anne Lähteenmäki Group, Aalto-yliopisto, and Aalto University

Subjects
Photon, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, education, galaxies: active, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Spectral line, law.invention, law, quasars: general, 0103 physical sciences, individual: PKS 1510-089 [quasars], Electronic band structure, Blazar, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, general [quasars], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Gamma ray, Astronomy and Astrophysics, gamma rays: general, quasars: individual: PKS 1510-089, radiation mechanisms: non-thermal, non-thermal [radiation mechanisms], Synchrotron, Space and Planetary Science, active [galaxies], Peak level, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, general [gamma rays], Flare
Abstract

We report on the extreme gamma-ray activity from the FSRQ PKS 1510-089 observed by AGILE in March 2009. In the same period a radio-to-optical monitoring of the source was provided by the GASP-WEBT and REM. Moreover, several Swift ToO observations were triggered, adding important information on the source behaviour from optical/UV to hard X-rays. We paid particular attention to the calibration of the Swift/UVOT data to make it suitable to the blazars spectra. Simultaneous observations from radio to gamma rays allowed us to study in detail the correlation among the emission variability at different frequencies and to investigate the mechanisms at work. In the period 9-30 March 2009, AGILE detected an average gamma-ray flux of (311+/-21)x10^-8 ph cm^-2 s^-1 for E>100 MeV, and a peak level of (702+/-131)x10^-8 ph cm^-2 s^-1 on daily integration. The gamma-ray activity occurred during a period of increasing activity from near-IR to UV, with a flaring episode detected on 26-27 March 2009, suggesting that a single mechanism is responsible for the flux enhancement observed from near-IR to UV. By contrast, Swift/XRT observations seem to show no clear correlation of the X-ray fluxes with the optical and gamma-ray ones. However, the X-ray observations show a harder photon index (1.3-1.6) with respect to most FSRQs and a hint of harder-when-brighter behaviour, indicating the possible presence of a second emission component at soft X-ray energies. Moreover, the broad band spectrum from radio-to-UV confirmed the evidence of thermal features in the optical/UV spectrum of PKS 1510-089 also during high gamma-ray state. On the other hand, during 25-26 March 2009 a flat spectrum in the optical/UV energy band was observed, suggesting an important contribution of the synchrotron emission in this part of the spectrum during the brightest gamma-ray flare, therefore a significant shift of the synchrotron peak., 13 pages, 7 figures, 3 tables. Accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Published
2011

11. AGILE OBSERVATIONS OF THE 'SOFT' GAMMA-RAY PULSAR PSR B1509-58

Author

A. Argan, Andrea Bulgarelli, Enrico Costa, G. De Paris, F. Perotti, Patrick Weltevrede, Simon Johnston, A. Giuliani, A. Morselli, I. Donnarumma, A. Rappoldi, E. Vallazza, G. Pucella, V. Cocco, Claudio Labanti, A. W. Chen, C. Pittori, T. Froysland, E. Del Monte, A. Pellizzoni, Francesco Lazzarotto, Massimiliano Fiorini, N. D'Amico, S. Sabatini, Y. Evangelista, Francesco Longo, Andrea Possenti, G. Di Cocco, Paolo Lipari, F. Lucarelli, Giovanni F. Bignami, Marco Feroci, L. Salotti, F. Fuschino, Luigi Pacciani, D. Zanello, A. Zambra, S. Vercellone, M. Burgay, V. Vittorini, Filippo D'Ammando, Paolo Soffitta, M. Trifoglio, Massimo Rapisarda, Guido Barbiellini, P. Santolamazza, Maura Pilia, Alessio Trois, Paolo Giommi, I. Lapshov, Paolo Esposito, Fulvio Gianotti, M. Prest, A. De Luca, P. A. Caraveo, M. Galli, Piergiorgio Picozza, F. Verrecchia, G. Piano, Marco Tavani, Martino Marisaldi, Sandro Mereghetti, P. W. Cattaneo, Pilia M, Pellizzoni A, Trois A, Verrecchia F, Esposito P, Weltevrede P, Johnston S, Burgay M, Possenti A, Del Monte E, Fuschino F, Santolamazza P, Chen A, Giuliani A, Caraveo P, Mereghetti S, Tavani M, Argan A, Costa E, D'Amico N, De Luca A, Evangelista Y, Feroci M, Longo F, Marisaldi M, Barbiellini G, Bulgarelli A, Cattaneo PW, Cocco V, DAmmando F, De Paris G, Di Cocco G, Donnarumma I, Fiorini M, Froysland T, Galli M, Gianotti F, Labanti C, Lapshov I, Lazzarotto F, Lipari P, Morselli A, Pacciani L, Perotti F, Piano G, Picozza P, Prest M, Pucella G, Rapisarda M, Rappoldi A, Sabatini S, Soffitta P, Trifoglio M, Vallazza E, Vercellone S, Vittorini V, Zambra A, Zanello D, Pittori C, Lucarelli F, Giommi P, Salotti L, Bignami GF, M., Pilia, A., Pellizzoni, A., Troi, F., Verrecchia, P., Esposito, P., Weltevrede, S., Johnston, M., Burgay, A., Possenti, E. D., Monte, F., Fuschino, P., Santolamazza, A., Chen, A., Giuliani, P., Caraveo, S., Mereghetti, M., Tavani, A., Argan, E., Costa, N., D'Amico, A. D., Luca, Y., Evangelista, M., Feroci, Longo, Francesco, M., Marisaldi, G., Barbiellini, A., Bulgarelli, P. W., Cattaneo, V., Cocco, F., D'Ammando, G. D., Pari, G. D., Cocco, I., Donnarumma, M., Fiorini, T., Froysland, M., Galli, F., Gianotti, C., Labanti, I., Lapshov, F., Lazzarotto, P., Lipari, A., Morselli, L., Pacciani, F., Perotti, G., Piano, P., Picozza, M., Prest, G., Pucella, M., Rapisarda, A., Rappoldi, S., Sabatini, P., Soffitta, M., Trifoglio, E., Vallazza, S., Vercellone, V., Vittorini, A., Zambra, D., Zanello, C., Pittori, F., Lucarelli, P., Giommi, L., Salotti, and G. F., Bignami

Subjects
Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Agile, pulsar, gamma ray, High Energy Gamma-ray Astronomy, AGILE satellite, Pulsar, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Gamma ray, FOS: Physical sciences, gamma rays: stars – pulsars: general – pulsars: individual (PSR J1513–5908 (B1509–58)) – stars: neutron, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Light curve, Electromagnetic radiation, Spectral line, Neutron star, Pair production, Space and Planetary Science, Spectral energy distribution, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

We present the results of new Agile observations of PSR B1509-58 performed over a period of 2.5 years following the detection obtained with a subset of the present data. The modulation significance of the lightcurve above 30 MeV is at a 5$\sigma$ confidence level and the lightcurve is similar to those found earlier by Comptel up to 30 MeV: a broad asymmetric first peak reaching its maximum 0.39 +/- 0.02 cycles after the radio peak plus a second peak at 0.94 +/- 0.03. The gamma-ray spectral energy distribution of the pulsed flux detected by Comptel and Agile is well described by a power-law (photon index alpha=1.87+/-0.09) with a remarkable cutoff at E_c=81 +/- 20 MeV, representing the softest spectrum observed among gamma-ray pulsars so far. The pulsar luminosity at E > 1 MeV is $L_{\gamma}=4.2^{+0.5}_{-0.2} \times10^{35}$ erg/s, assuming a distance of 5.2 kpc, which implies a spin-down conversion efficiency to gamma-rays of $\sim 0.03$. The unusual soft break in the spectrum of PSR B1509-58 has been interpreted in the framework of polar cap models as a signature of the exotic photon splitting process in the strong magnetic field of this pulsar. In this interpretation our spectrum constrains the magnetic altitude of the emission point(s) at 3 km above the neutron star surface, implying that the attenuation may not be as strong as formerly suggested because pair production can substitute photon splitting in regions of the magnetosphere where the magnetic field becomes too low to sustain photon splitting. In the case of an outer-gap scenario, or the two pole caustic model, better constraints on the geometry of the emission would be needed from the radio band in order to establish whether the conditions required by the models to reproduce Agile lightcurves and spectra match the polarization measurements., Comment: 17 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ

Published
2010

12. AGILE detection of intense gamma-ray activity from the blazar PKS 0537-441 in October 2008

Author

Marco Feroci, Luigi Pacciani, F. Boffelli, G. De Paris, E. Vallazza, Martino Marisaldi, Claudio Labanti, C. Pittori, T. Froysland, Domenico Impiombato, Ennio Morelli, A. Zambra, A. Morselli, F. Longo, A. Treves, Fulvio Gianotti, A. W. Chen, P. Caraveo, M. Fiorini, L. Salotti, G. Di Cocco, Francesco Lazzarotto, F. Perotti, E. Del Monte, G. Pucella, M. Perri, Filippo D'Ammando, G. Barbiellini, V. Vittorini, M. Prest, P. Santolamazza, M. Galli, G. Piano, F. Verrecchia, Marco Tavani, P. Giommi, P. W. Cattaneo, A. Argan, I. Donnarumma, Y. Evangelista, Andrea Bulgarelli, A. Pellizzoni, Sandro Mereghetti, Enrico Costa, Maura Pilia, Elena Pian, E. Striani, Alessio Trois, P. Picozza, I. Lapshov, S. Colafrancesco, M. Trifoglio, S. Sabatini, A. Giuliani, D. Zanello, Hans A. Krimm, Massimo Rapisarda, L. A. Antonelli, V. Cocco, A. Rappoldi, Paolo Lipari, F. Fuschino, D. Fugazza, Paolo Soffitta, P. Romano, S. Vercellone, Pucella G, DAmmando F, Romano P, Treves A, Pian E, Vercellone S, Vittorini V, Piano G, Impiombato D, Fugazza D, Verrecchia F, Krimm HA, Donnarumma I, Tavani M, Bulgarelli A, Chen AW, Giuliani A, Longo F, Pacciani L, Argan A, Barbiellini G, Boffelli F, Caraveo P, Cattaneo PW, Cocco V, Costa E, Del Monte E, De Paris G, Di Cocco G, Evangelista Y, Feroci M, Fiorini M, Froysland T, Fuschino F, Galli M, Gianotti F, Labanti C, Lapshov I, Lazzarotto F, Lipari P, Marisaldi M, Mereghetti S, Morelli E, Morselli A, Pellizzoni A, Perotti F, Picozza P, Pilia M, Prest M, Rapisarda M, Rappoldi A, Sabatini S, Soffitta P, Striani E, Trifoglio M, Trois A, Vallazza E, Zambra A, Zanello D, Perri M, Pittori C, Santolamazza P, Giommi P, Antonelli LA, Colafrancesco S, Salotti L, G., Pucella, F., D'Ammando, P., Romano, A., Treve, E., Pian, S., Vercellone, V., Vittorini, G., Piano, D., Impiombato, D., Fugazza, F., Verrecchia, H. A., Krimm, I., Donnarumma, M., Tavani, A., Bulgarelli, A. W., Chen, A., Giuliani, Longo, Francesco, L., Pacciani, A., Argan, G., Barbiellini, F., Boffelli, P., Caraveo, P. W., Cattaneo, V., Cocco, E., Costa, E. D., Monte, G. D., Pari, G. D., Cocco, Y., Evangelista, M., Feroci, M., Fiorini, T., Froysland, F., Fuschino, M., Galli, F., Gianotti, C., Labanti, I., Lapshov, F., Lazzarotto, P., Lipari, M., Marisaldi, S., Mereghetti, E., Morelli, A., Morselli, A., Pellizzoni, F., Perotti, P., Picozza, M., Pilia, M., Prest, M., Rapisarda, A., Rappoldi, S., Sabatini, P., Soffitta, E., Striani, M., Trifoglio, A., Troi, E., Vallazza, A., Zambra, D., Zanello, M., Perri, C., Pittori, P., Santolamazza, P., Giommi, L. A., Antonelli, S., Colafrancesco, and L., Salotti

Subjects
Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission, gamma-ray activity, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Flux, Context (language use), Astrophysics, High Energy Gamma-ray Astronomy, AGILE satellite, Active Galactic Nuclei, law.invention, Luminosity, Telescope, AGILE, X-ray, law, Target of opportunity, gamma rays: general – BL Lacertae objects: individual: PKS 0537-441 – radiation mechanisms: non-thermal, Blazar, Physics, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Gamma-Ray Imaging Detector, Space and Planetary Science, Spectral energy distribution
Abstract

Context. We report the detection by the AGILE satellite of intense gamma-ray activity from the source 1AGL J0538-4424, associated with the low-energy-peaked BL Lac PKS 0537-441, during a target of opportunity (ToO) observation performed on 2008 October 10-17, triggered by a Fermi-LAT alert, together with REM and Swift observations. Aims. The quasi-simultaneous near-infrared, optical, UV, X-ray, and gamma-ray coverage allowed us to investigate the behaviour of the source in different energy bands and study the spectral energy distribution and a theoretical model that can describe the gamma-ray state observed in mid-October. Methods. AGILE observed the source with its two co-aligned imagers: the Gamma-Ray Imaging Detector (GRID) and the hard X-ray imager (SuperAGILE), sensitive in the 30 MeV-30 GeV and 18-60 keV ranges, respectively. During the AGILE observation, the source was monitored simultaneously in the UV and X-ray bands by the Swift satellite through 6 ToO observations carried out between 2008 October 8 and 17. Moreover, the source was observed in the near-infrared and optical bands by the REM telescope on 2008 October 7, 8, and 9. Results. During 2008 October 10-17, AGILE-GRID detected gamma-ray emission from PKS 0537-441 at a significance level of 5.3-sigma with an average flux of (42 +/- 11) x 10(-8) photons cm(-2) s(-1) for energies higher than 100 MeV. A significant increase in the gamma-ray activity was detected between the first and the second halves of the observing period. REM and Swift/XRT detected the source in near-infrared/optical and X-rays during a relatively low and intermediate activity state, respectively, with no signs of evident variability in the different observations. However, Swift/UVOT detected an increase between the first and the second parts of the observing period, smaller than in the gamma-rays. Conclusions. The average gamma-ray flux of PKS 0537-441 detected by AGILE is close to the average flux observed for this source by the EGRET and Fermi-LAT instruments, with an increase of a factor 3 throughout the observation period up to a flux level slightly lower than the highest flux observed by Fermi-LAT during the first 11 months of operation. The spectral energy distribution of PKS 0537-441 in mid-October 2008 seems to require two synchrotron self-Compton components to be modelled, to account for both the near-infrared/optical bump and the X-ray data, together with the information on the gamma-ray flux level observed by AGILE. An alternative model based on the external Compton radiation, which requires an accretion disk with a relatively high luminosity, is also proposed.

Published
2010

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

Author

Dario Gasparrini, A. W. Chen, Alan P. Marscher, P. Giommi, C. Pittori, Filippo D'Ammando, T. Froysland, A. Argan, Andrea Bulgarelli, Enrico Costa, M. Sorcia, Carla Buemi, F. Fuschino, Svetlana G. Jorstad, Massimo Rapisarda, Marco Feroci, Arnaud Ferrari, Luigi Pacciani, Uwe Bach, Corrado Trigilio, F. Boffelli, G. De Paris, Jochen Heidt, L. A. Antonelli, Deborah Dultzin, F. Perotti, Raúl Mújica, C. M. Raiteri, Lars Fuhrmann, G. Umana, D. Zanello, A. Zambra, A. Morselli, Mark Gurwell, Paolo Soffitta, Margo F. Aller, Kari Nilsson, Marco Tavani, E. Vallazza, Wen Ping Chen, Tatiana S. Konstantinova, S. Sabatini, I. M. McHardy, Ekaterina Koptelova, A. Rappoldi, M. Fiorini, Ivan Agudo, Martino Marisaldi, José L. Gómez, V. Cocco, J. M. Lopez, Valeri M. Larionov, S. Vercellone, Elina Lindfors, A. Pellizzoni, E. Del Monte, H. Y. Hsiao, G. Pucella, F. Longo, I. Lapshov, L. Salotti, Ivan S. Troitsky, A. Giuliani, Sandro Mereghetti, Paolo Lipari, L. O. Takalo, Mar Roca-Sogorb, P. W. Cattaneo, Omar M. Kurtanidze, Brian W. Taylor, G. Di Rico, M. Trifoglio, David Hiriart, S. Colafrancesco, P. Picozza, G. Barbiellini, G. Piano, Hugh D. Aller, Fulvio Gianotti, Maura Pilia, Alessio Trois, A. A. Arkharov, B. Preger, G. Di Cocco, Givi N. Kimeridze, S. Cutini, Claudio Labanti, Erika Benítez, P. Santolamazza, I. Donnarumma, Y. Evangelista, A. Di Paola, M. Galli, E. N. Kopatskaya, P. A. Caraveo, Paolo Leto, F. Verrecchia, Michael Mommert, Francesco Lazzarotto, Andrei Berdyugin, M. Pasanen, D. A. Melnichuk, M. Prest, M. Villata, D. Blinov, V. Vittorini, DAmmando F, Pucella G, Raiteri CM, Villata M, Vittorini V, Vercellone S, Donnarumma I, Longo F, Tavani M, Argan A, Barbiellini G, Boffelli F, Bulgarelli A, Caraveo P, Cattaneo PW, Chen AW, Cocco V, Costa E, Del Monte E, De Paris G, Di Cocco G, Evangelista Y, Feroci M, Ferrari A, Fiorini M, Froysland T, Fuschino F, Galli M, Gianotti F, Giuliani A, Labanti C, Lapshov I, Lazzarotto F, Lipari P, Marisaldi M, Mereghetti S, Morselli A, Pacciani L, Pellizzoni A, Perotti F, Piano G, Picozza P, Pilia M, Prest M, Rapisarda M, Rappoldi A, Sabatini S, Soffitta P, Trifoglio M, Trois A, Vallazza E, Zambra A, Zanello D, Agudo I, Aller MF, Aller HD, Arkharov AA, Bach U, Benitez E, Berdyugin A, Blinov DA, Buemi CS, Chen WP, Di Paola A, Di Rico G, Dultzin D, Fuhrmann L, Gomez JL, Gurwell MA, Jorstad SG, Heidt J, Hiriart D, Hsiao HY, Kimeridze G, Konstantinova TS, Kopatskaya EN, Koptelova E, Kurtanidze O, Larionov VM, Leto P, Lindfors E, Lopez JM, Marscher AP, McHardy IM, Melnichuk DA, Mommert M, Mujica R, Nilsson K, Pasanen M, Roca-Sogorb M, Sorcia M, Takalo LO, Taylor B, Trigilio C, Troitsky IS, Umana G, Antonelli LA, Colafrancesco S, Cutini S, Gasparrini D, Pittori C, Preger B, Santolamazza P, Verrecchia F, Giommi P, Salotti L, F., D'Ammando, G., Pucella, C. M., Raiteri, M., Villata, V., Vittorini, S., Vercellone, I., Donnarumma, Longo, Francesco, M., Tavani, A., Argan, G., Barbiellini, F., Boffelli, A., Bulgarelli, P., Caraveo, P. W., Cattaneo, A. W., Chen, V., Cocco, E., Costa, E. D., Monte, G. D., Pari, G. D., 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., Troi, 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. D., Paola, G. D., 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., Lindfor, 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, and L., Salotti

Subjects
Agile, Active galactic nucleus, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Radio spectrum, gamma-ray flare, High Energy Gamma-ray Astronomy, AGILE satellite, Active Galactic Nuclei, law.invention, law, quasar, Blazar, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Gamma ray, Compton scattering, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Quasar, Space and Planetary Science, gamma-rays: observations – mechanism: non-thermal – quasars: individual (PKS 1510-089), Spectral energy distribution, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Flare, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

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 continuosly monitored in the radio-to-optical bands by the GLAST-AGILE Support Program (GASP) of the Whole Earth Blazar Telescope (WEBT). Moreover, the gamma-ray flaring episode triggered three ToO observations by the Swift satellite in three consecutive days, starting from 20 March 2008. In the period 1-16 March 2008, AGILE detected gamma-ray emission from PKS 1510-089 at a significance level of 6.2-sigma with an average flux over the entire period of (84 +/- 17) x 10^{-8} photons cm^{-2} s^{-1} for photon energies above 100 MeV. After a predefined satellite re-pointing, between 17 and 21 March 2008, AGILE detected the source at a significance level of 7.3-sigma, with an average flux (E > 100 MeV) of (134 +/- 29) x 10^{-8} photons cm^{-2} s^{-1} and a peak level of (281 +/- 68) x 10^{-8} photons cm^{-2} s^{-1} with daily integration. During the observing period January-April 2008, the source also showed an intense and variable optical activity, with several flaring episodes and a significant increase of the flux was observed at millimetric frequencies. Moreover, in the X-ray band the Swift/XRT observations seem to show an harder-when-brighter behaviour of the source spectrum. The spectral energy distribution of mid-March 2008 is modelled with a homogeneous one-zone synchrotron self Compton emission plus contributions from inverse Compton scattering of external photons from both the accretion disc and the broad line region. Indeed, some features in the optical-UV spectrum seem to indicate the presence of Seyfert-like components, such as the little blue bump and the big blue bump., 10 pages, 4 figures and 2 tables, accepted for publication in A&A

Published
2009

14. Detection of Gamma-Ray Emission from the Eta-Carinae Region

Author

Massimo Rapisarda, C. Pittori, D. Zanello, Roberto Viotti, L. Salotti, Filippo D'Ammando, T. Froysland, Michael F. Corcoran, Claudio Labanti, Maura Pilia, Elena Pian, Paolo Soffitta, A. Zambra, F. Boffelli, Francesco Lazzarotto, Alessio Trois, Geiland Porrovecchio, A. Pellizzoni, F. Fuschino, A. Giuliani, Francesco Longo, Marco Feroci, Luigi Pacciani, L. A. Antonelli, Fulvio Gianotti, G. Piano, Y. Evangelista, G. Di Cocco, M. Prest, E. Del Monte, Marcello Mastropietro, I. Donnarumma, S. Vercellone, Paolo Lipari, I. Lapshov, E. Moretti, V. Vittorini, G. Pucella, G. De Paris, M. Trifoglio, P. A. Caraveo, V. Cocco, Marco Tavani, S. Sabatini, Sergio Colafrancesco, Ennio Morelli, M. Galli, Sandro Mereghetti, P. W. Cattaneo, Piergiorgio Picozza, Massimiliano Fiorini, F. Verrecchia, Martino Marisaldi, A. W. Chen, F. Perotti, A. Morselli, A. Argan, P. Santolamazza, Andrea Bulgarelli, Enrico Costa, Alda Rubini, Paolo Giommi, A. Rappoldi, E. Vallazza, Attilio Ferrari, Guido Barbiellini, Tavani M, Sabatini S, Pian E, Bulgarelli A, Caraveo P, Viotti R F, 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, DAmmando F, Costa E, DeParis 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, 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, Salotti L, M., Tavani, S., Sabatini, E., Pian, A., Bulgarelli, P., Caraveo, R. F., Viotti, M. F., Corcoran, A., Giuliani, C., Pittori, F., Verrecchia, S., Vercellone, S., Mereghetti, A., Argan, G., Barbiellini, F., Boffelli, P. W., Cattaneo, A. W., Chen, V., Cocco, F., D'Ammando, E., Costa, G. D., Pari, E. D., Monte, G. D., Cocco, I., Donnarumma, Y., Evangelista, A., Ferrari, M., Feroci, M., Fiorini, T., Froysland, F., Fuschino, M., Galli, F., Gianotti, C., Labanti, I., Lapshov, F., Lazzarotto, P., Lipari, Longo, Francesco, M., Marisaldi, M., Mastropietro, E., Morelli, E., Moretti, A., Morselli, L., Pacciani, A., Pellizzoni, F., Perotti, G., Piano, P., Picozza, M., Pilia, G., Porrovecchio, G., Pucella, M., Prest, M., Rapisarda, A., Rappoldi, A., Rubini, P., Soffitta, M., Trifoglio, A., Troi, E., Vallazza, V., Vittorini, A., Zambra, D., Zanello, P., Santolamazza, P., Giommi, S., Colafrancesco, L. A., Antonelli, and L., Salotti

Subjects
Agile, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Carina Nebula, Flux, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Radiation, High Energy Gamma-ray Astronomy, Luminosity, gamma rays: observations, stars: individual: Eta Carinae, stars: winds, outflows, X-rays: binaries, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, wind binary Eta Carinae, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Colliding-wind binary, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Nebula, Gamma ray, Galactic region, Astronomy and Astrophysics, AGILE satellite, Unidentified Gamma-ray Sources, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

We present the results of extensive observations by the gamma-ray AGILE satellite of the Galactic region hosting the Carina nebula and the remarkable colliding wind binary Eta Carinae (Eta Car) during the period 2007 July to 2009 January. We detect a gamma-ray source (1AGL J1043-5931) consistent with the position of Eta Car. If 1AGL J1043-5931 is associated with the Eta Car system our data provide the long sought first detection above 100 MeV of a colliding wind binary. The average gamma-ray flux above 100 MeV and integrated over the pre-periastron period 2007 July to 2008 October is F = (37 +/- 5) x 10-8 ph cm-2 s-1 corresponding to an average gamma-ray luminosity of L = 3.4 x 10^34 erg s-1 for a distance of 2.3 kpc. We also report a 2-day gamma-ray flaring episode of 1AGL J1043-5931 on 2008 Oct. 11-13 possibly related to a transient acceleration and radiation episode of the strongly variable shock in the system., Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure, accepted for publication in ApJ Letters

Published
2009

15. First AGILE catalog of high-confidence gamma-ray sources

Author

Dario Gasparrini, I. Donnarumma, F. Mauri, E. Scalise, E. Mattaini, G. Di Cocco, E. Del Monte, E. Rossi, Geiland Porrovecchio, Fulvio Gianotti, F. Fornari, A. Morselli, G. De Paris, Marco Feroci, Luigi Pacciani, G. Di Persio, S. Cutini, A. W. Chen, Sandro Mereghetti, F. Boffelli, P. W. Cattaneo, S. Stellato, Francesco Longo, Massimo Rapisarda, R. Primavera, A. Antonelli, Filippo D'Ammando, M. Galli, Piergiorgio Picozza, F. Tamburelli, C. Pittori, L. Salotti, Paolo Soffitta, F. Verrecchia, A. Zambra, T. Froysland, B. Preger, P. Santolamazza, D. Zanello, V. Vittorini, G. Fanari, F. Fuschino, F. Perotti, Martino Marisaldi, A. Pellizzoni, Marcello Mastropietro, Francesco Lazzarotto, M. Trifoglio, A. Argan, Massimo Frutti, Andrea Bulgarelli, Maura Pilia, P. A. Caraveo, Enrico Costa, Alessio Trois, F. Liello, Claudio Labanti, Alda Rubini, E. Striani, Marco Tavani, S. Vercellone, S. Sabatini, Sergio Colafrancesco, I. Lapshov, Paolo Giommi, Ennio Morelli, M. Prest, Massimiliano Fiorini, P. Lipari, Attilio Ferrari, Guido Barbiellini, Elena Moretti, G. Pucella, A. Mauri, A. Rappoldi, E. Vallazza, Alessandro Traci, V. Cocco, A. Giuliani, Y. Evangelista, T. Contessi, G. Piano, C. Pontoni, C., Pittori, F., Verrecchia, A. W., Chen, A., Bulgarelli, A., Pellizzoni, A., Giuliani, S., Vercellone, Longo, Francesco, M., Tavani, P., Giommi, G., Barbiellini, M., Trifoglio, F., Gianotti, A., Argan, A., Antonelli, F., Boffelli, P., Caraveo, P. W., Cattaneo, V., Cocco, S., Colafrancesco, T., Contessi, E., Costa, S., Cutini, F., D'Ammando, E. D., Monte, G. D., Pari, G. D., Cocco, G. D., Persio, I., Donnarumma, Y., Evangelista, G., Fanari, M., Feroci, A., Ferrari, M., Fiorini, F., Fornari, F., Fuschino, T., Froysland, M., Frutti, M., Galli, D., Gasparrini, C., Labanti, I., Lapshov, F., Lazzarotto, F., Liello, P., Lipari, E., Mattaini, M., Marisaldi, M., Mastropietro, A., Mauri, F., Mauri, S., Mereghetti, E., Morelli, Moretti, Elena, A., Morselli, L., Pacciani, F., Perotti, G., Piano, P., Picozza, M., Pilia, C., Pontoni, G., Porrovecchio, B., Preger, M., Prest, R., Primavera, G., Pucella, M., Rapisarda, A., Rappoldi, E., Rossi, A., Rubini, S., Sabatini, P., Santolamazza, E., Scalise, P., Soffitta, S., Stellato, E., Striani, F., Tamburelli, A., Traci, A., Troi, E., Vallazza, V., Vittorini, A., Zambra, D., Zanello, L., Salotti, Pittori C, Verrecchia F, Chen AW, Bulgarelli A, Pellizzoni A, Giuliani A, Vercellone S, Longo F, Tavani M, Giommi P, Barbiellini G, Trifoglio M, Gianotti F, Argan A, Antonelli A, Boffelli F, Caraveo P, Cattaneo PW, Cocco V, Colafrancesco S, Contessi T, Costa E, Cutini S, DAmmando F, Del Monte E, De Paris G, Di Cocco G, Di Persio G, Donnarumma I, Evangelista Y, Fanari G, Feroci M, Ferrari A, Fiorini M, Fornari F, Fuschino F, Froysland T, Frutti M, Galli M, Gasparrini D, Labanti C, Lapshov I, Lazzarotto F, Liello F, Lipari P, Mattaini E, Marisaldi M, Mastropietro M, Mauri A, Mauri F, Mereghetti S, Morelli E, Moretti E, Morselli A, Pacciani L, Perotti F, Piano G, Picozza P, Pilia M, Pontoni C, Porrovecchio G, Preger B, Prest M, Primavera R, Pucella G, Rapisarda M, Rappoldi A, Rossi E, Rubini A, Sabatini S, Santolamazza P, Scalise E, Soffitta P, Stellato S, Striani E, Tamburelli F, Traci A, Trois A, Vallazza E, Vittorini V, Zambra A, Zanello D, and Salotti L

Subjects
Agile, catalog, media_common.quotation_subject, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Field of view, Astrophysics, gamma-ray source, High Energy Gamma-ray Astronomy, Pulsar, X and gamma detection, Blazar, media_common, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Detector, Gamma ray, gamma rays: observations, catalogs, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Radius, AGILE satellite, Catalogs, Space and Planetary Science, Sky, Satellite, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

We present the first catalog of high-confidence gamma-ray sources detected by the AGILE satellite during observations performed from July 9, 2007 to June 30, 2008. Catalogued sources are detected by merging all the available data over the entire time period. AGILE, launched in April 2007, is an ASI mission devoted to gamma-ray observations in the 30 MeV - 50 GeV energy range, with simultaneous X-ray imaging capability in the 18-60 keV band. This catalog is based on Gamma-Ray Imaging Detector (GRID) data for energies greater than 100 MeV. For the first AGILE catalog we adopted a conservative analysis, with a high-quality event filter optimized to select gamma-ray events within the central zone of the instrument Field of View (radius of 40 degrees). This is a significance-limited (4 sigma) catalog, and it is not a complete flux-limited sample due to the non-uniform first year AGILE sky coverage. The catalog includes 47 sources, 21 of which are associated with confirmed or candidate pulsars, 13 with Blazars (7 FSRQ, 4 BL Lacs, 2 unknown type), 2 with HMXRBs, 2 with SNRs, 1 with a colliding-wind binary system, 8 with unidentified sources., Revised version, 15 pages, 3 figures, 3 tables. To be published in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Text improved and clarified. Refined analysis of complex regions of the Galactic plane yields a new list of high-confidence sources including 47 sources (compared with the 40 sources appearing in the first version)

Published
2009

16. HIGH-RESOLUTION TIMING OBSERVATIONS OF SPIN-POWERED PULSARS WITH THE AGILE GAMMA-RAY TELESCOPE

Author

M. Galli, Piergiorgio Picozza, F. Verrecchia, Marco Feroci, Luigi Pacciani, Patrick Weltevrede, F. Mauri, B. Preger, A. Rappoldi, A. W. Chen, G. De Paris, Filippo D'Ammando, E. Vallazza, F. Fuschino, Paolo Esposito, A. Morselli, F. Perotti, Paolo Soffitta, Jules P. Halpern, P. Santolamazza, C. Pittori, T. Froysland, P. Lipari, Fulvio Gianotti, G. Pucella, Ismaël Cognard, A. Argan, A. Giuliani, A. Pellizzoni, Alice K. Harding, Andrea Bulgarelli, Enrico Costa, M. Prest, George Hobbs, M. Fiorini, Paolo Giommi, F. Boffelli, N. D'Amico, Michael Kramer, L. Salotti, I. Lapshov, A. Zambra, F. Fornari, V. Cocco, Maura Pilia, Francesco Longo, S. Vercellone, E. Del Monte, M. Burgay, Alessio Trois, Sandro Mereghetti, Francesco Lazzarotto, G. Barbiellini, Andrea Possenti, P. W. Cattaneo, V. Vittorini, P. A. Caraveo, M. Trifoglio, Simon Johnston, I. Donnarumma, Marco Tavani, Martino Marisaldi, Claudio Labanti, D. Zanello, Richard N. Manchester, G. Di Cocco, Massimo Rapisarda, Aidan Hotan, Y. Evangelista, J. Palfreyman, Pellizzoni A, Pilia M, Possenti A, Fornari F, Caraveo P, Del Monte E, Mereghetti S, Tavani M, Argan A, Trois A, Burgay M, Chen A, Cognard I, Costa E, D'Amico N, Esposito P, Evangelista Y, Feroci M, Fuschino F, Giuliani A, Halpern J, Hobbs G, Hotan A, Johnston S, Kramer M, Longo F, Manchester RN, Marisaldi M, Palfreyman J, Weltevrede P, Barbiellini G, Boffelli F, Bulgarelli A, Cattaneo PW, Cocco V, DAmmando F, De Paris G, Di Cocco G, Donnarumma I, Fiorini M, Froysland T, Galli M, Gianotti F, Harding A, Labanti C, Lapshov I, Lazzarotto F, Lipari P, Mauri F, Morselli A, Pacciani L, Perotti F, Picozza P, Prest M, Pucella G, Rapisarda M, Rappoldi A, Soffitta P, Trifoglio M, Vallazza E, Vercellone S, Vittorini V, Zambra A, Zanello D, Pittori C, Verrecchia F, Preger B, Santolamazza P, Giommi P, Salotti L, A., Pellizzoni, M., Pilia, A., Possenti, F., Fornari, P., Caraveo, E. D., Monte, S., Mereghetti, M., Tavani, A., Argan, A., Troi, M., Burgay, A., Chen, I., Cognard, E., Costa, N., D'Amico, P., Esposito, Y., Evangelista, M., Feroci, F., Fuschino, A., Giuliani, J., Halpern, G., Hobb, A., Hotan, S., Johnston, M., Kramer, Longo, Francesco, R. N., Manchester, M., Marisaldi, J., Palfreyman, P., Weltevrede, G., Barbiellini, F., Boffelli, A., Bulgarelli, P. W., Cattaneo, V., Cocco, F., D'Ammando, G. D., Pari, G. D., 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, and L., Salotti

Subjects
Agile, Photon, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, High Energy Gamma-ray Astronomy, Pulsar, AGILE satellite, pulsar, Vela, X-ray and gamma detection, Spin-½, Physics, business.industry, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Phaser, Space and Planetary Science, Satellite, gamma rays: observations – pulsars: general – pulsars: individual (Vela, Crab, Geminga, PSR B 1706-44) – stars: neutron, business, Agile software development, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Abstract

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 MeV-30 GeV range, with simultaneous X-ray monitoring in the 18-60 keV band, makes it perfectly suited for the study of gamma-ray pulsars following up on the CGRO/EGRET heritage. In this paper we present the first AGILE timing results on the known gamma-ray pulsars Vela, Crab, Geminga and B 1706-44. The data were collected from 2007 July to 2008 April, exploiting the mission Science Verification Phase, the Instrument Timing Calibration and the early Observing Pointing Program. Thanks to its large field of view, AGILE collected a large number of gamma-ray photons from these pulsars (about 10,000 pulsed counts for Vela) in only few months of observations. The coupling of AGILE timing capabilities, simultaneous radio/X-ray monitoring and new tools aimed at precise photon phasing, exploiting also timing noise correction, unveiled new interesting features at sub-millisecond level in the pulsars' high-energy light-curves., Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal. 14 pages in emulate-apj style, 2 tables, 9 figures (1 color). Replacement corrected Figure 6

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2009

17. Multiwavelength Observations Of 3c 454.3. Ii. The Agile 2007 December Campaign

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I. Donnarumma, G. Pucella, V. Vittorini, F. D'Ammando, S. Vercellone, C. M. Raiteri, M. Villata, M. Perri, W. P. Chen, R. L. Smart, J. Kataoka, N. Kawai, Y. Mori, G. Tosti, D. Impiombato, T. Takahashi, R. Sato, M. Tavani, A. Bulgarelli, A. W. Chen, A. Giuliani, F. Longo, L. Pacciani, A. Argan, G. Barbiellini, F. Boffelli, P. Caraveo, P. W. Cattaneo, V. Cocco, T. Contessi, E. Costa, E. Del Monte, G. De Paris, G. Di Cocco, Y. Evangelista, M. Feroci, A. Ferrari, M. Fiorini, T. Froysland, M. Frutti, F. Fuschino, M. Galli, F. Gianotti, C. Labanti, I. Lapshov, F. Lazzarotto, P. Lipari, M. Marisaldi, M. Mastropietro, S. Mereghetti, E. Morelli, E. Moretti, A. Morselli, A. Pellizzoni, F. Perotti, G. Piano, P. Picozza, M. Pilia, G. Porrovecchio, M. Prest, M. Rapisarda, A. Rappoldi, A. Rubini, S. Sabatini, E. Scalise, P. Soffitta, E. Striani, M. Trifoglio, A. Trois, E. Vallazza, A. Zambra, D. Zanello, C. Pittori, P. Santolamazza, F. Verrecchia, P. Giommi, L. A. Antonelli, S. Colafrancesco, L. Salotti, Donnarumma I, Pucella G, Vittorini V, DAmmando F, Vercellone S, Raiteri CM, Villata M, Perri M, Chen WP, Smart RL, Kataoka J, Kawai N, Mori Y, Tosti G, Impiombato D, Takahashi T, Sato R, Tavani M, Bulgarelli A, Chen AW, Giuliani A, Longo F, Pacciani L, Argan A, Barbiellini G, Boffelli F, Caraveo P, Cattaneo PW, Cocco V, Contessi T, Costa E, Del Monte E, De Paris G, Di Cocco G, Evangelista Y, Feroci M, Ferrari A, Fiorini M, Froysland T, Frutti M, 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, Scalise E, Soffitta P, Striani E, Trifoglio M, Trois A, Vallazza E, Zambra A, Zanello D, Pittori C, Santolamazza P, Verrecchia F, Giommi P, Antonelli A, Colafrancesco S, Salotti L, I., Donnarumma, G., Pucella, V., Vittorini, F., D'Ammando, S., Vercellone, C. M., Raiteri, M., Villata, M., Perri, W. P., Chen, R. L., Smart, J., Kataoka, N., Kawai, Y., Mori, G., Tosti, D., Impiombato, T., Takahashi, R., Sato, M., Tavani, A., Bulgarelli, A. W., Chen, A., Giuliani, Longo, Francesco, L., Pacciani, A., Argan, G., Barbiellini, F., Boffelli, P., Caraveo, P. W., Cattaneo, V., Cocco, T., Contessi, E., Costa, E. D., Monte, G. D., Pari, G. D., Cocco, Y., Evangelista, M., Feroci, A., Ferrari, M., Fiorini, T., Froysland, M., Frutti, F., Fuschino, M., Galli, F., Gianotti, C., Labanti, I., Lapshov, F., Lazzarotto, P., Lipari, M., Marisaldi, M., Mastropietro, S., Mereghetti, E., Morelli, E., Moretti, A., Morselli, A., Pellizzoni, F., Perotti, G., Piano, P., Picozza, M., Pilia, G., Porrovecchio, M., Prest, M., Rapisarda, A., Rappoldi, A., Rubini, S., Sabatini, E., Scalise, P., Soffitta, E., Striani, M., Trifoglio, A., Troi, E., Vallazza, A., Zambra, D., Zanello, C., Pittori, P., Santolamazza, F., Verrecchia, P., Giommi, A., Antonelli, S., Colafrancesco, and L., Salotti

Subjects
Agile, Photon, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, galaxies: active, Flux, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, High Energy Gamma-ray Astronomy, AGILE satellite, Active Galactic Nuclei, blazar, law.invention, law, Target of opportunity, quasars: general, multiwavelength campaign, Blazar, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Line (formation), Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), We report on the second Astrorivelatore Gamma a Immagini Leggero (AGILE) multiwavelength campaign of the blazar 3C 454.3 during the first half of 2007 December. This campaign involved AGILE, Spitzer, Swift, Suzaku, the Whole Earth Blazar Telescope (WEBT) consortium, the Rapid Eye Mount (REM), and the Multicolor Imaging Telescopes for Survey and Monstrous Explosions (MITSuME) telescopes, offering a broadband coverage that allowed for a simultaneous sampling of the synchrotron and inverse Compton (IC) emissions. The two-week AGILE monitoring was accompanied by radio to optical monitoring by WEBT and REM, and by sparse observations in mid-infrared and soft/hard X-ray energy bands performed by means of Target of Opportunity observations by Spitzer, Swift, and Suzaku, respectively. The source was detected with an average flux of ~250 × 10^-8 photons cm^-2 s^-1 above 100 MeV, typical of its flaring states. The simultaneous optical and γ-ray monitoring allowed us to study the time lag associated with the variability in the two energy bands, resulting in a possible lsimone-day delay of the γ-ray emission with respect to the optical one. From the simultaneous optical and γ-ray fast flare detected on December 12, we can constrain the delay between the γ-ray and optical emissions within 12 hr. Moreover, we obtain three spectral energy distributions (SEDs) with simultaneous data for 2007 December 5, 13, and 15, characterized by the widest multifrequency coverage. We found that a model with an external Compton on seed photons by a standard disk and reprocessed by the broad-line regions does not describe in a satisfactory way the SEDs of 2007 December 5, 13, and 15. An additional contribution, possibly from the hot corona with T = 106 K surrounding the jet, is required to account simultaneously for the softness of the synchrotron and the hardness of the IC emissions during those epochs, Astronomy and Astrophysics, galaxies: jets, radiation mechanisms: non-thermal, Corona, Synchrotron, Space and Planetary Science, galaxies: individual: 3C 454.3, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, gamma rays: observations, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Flare
Abstract

著者人数：79名, Accepted: 2009-10-29, 資料番号: SA1000754000

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2009

18. Monitoring the hard X-ray sky with SuperAGILE

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S. Cutini, S. Stellato, M. Trifoglio, Ennio Morelli, G. De Paris, Martino Marisaldi, Massimiliano Fiorini, F. Boffelli, G. Fanari, F. Fuschino, F. Fornari, C. Pittori, I. Donnarumma, T. Froysland, A. W. Chen, F. Liello, F. Perotti, A. Pellizzoni, Francesco Longo, Attilio Ferrari, A. Morselli, Guido Barbiellini, V. Vittorini, A. Antonelli, G. Pucella, A. Argan, Alessandro Traci, Marco Tavani, S. Sabatini, Andrea Bulgarelli, Sergio Colafrancesco, Enrico Costa, F. Mauri, Sandro Mereghetti, Francesco Lazzarotto, P. W. Cattaneo, M. Prest, R. Primavera, M. Galli, Piergiorgio Picozza, F. Tamburelli, P. Santolamazza, F. Verrecchia, Paolo Lipari, Elena Moretti, Marco Feroci, Luigi Pacciani, Alda Rubini, I. Lapshov, A. Mauri, Paolo Giommi, F. D'Ammando, A. Rappoldi, E. Vallazza, V. Cocco, A. Giuliani, P. A. Caraveo, Dario Gasparrini, Y. Evangelista, G. Piano, L. Salotti, A. Zambra, C. Pontoni, E. Rossi, Massimo Rapisarda, D. Zanello, Claudio Labanti, E. Del Monte, E. Mattaini, G. Di Cocco, Massimo Frutti, S. Vercellone, G. Di Persio, Paolo Soffitta, B. Preger, Marcello Mastropietro, Maura Pilia, Alessio Trois, Fulvio Gianotti, Geiland Porrovecchio, M., Feroci, E., Costa, E. D., Monte, I., Donnarumma, Y., Evangelista, I., Lapshov, F., Lazzarotto, L., Pacciani, M., Rapisarda, P., Soffitta, G. D., Persio, M., Frutti, M., Mastropietro, E., Morelli, G., Porrovecchio, A., Rubini, A., Antonelli, A., Argan, G., Barbiellini, F., Boffelli, A., Bulgarelli, P., Caraveo, P. W., Cattaneo, A. W., Chen, V., Cocco, S., Colafrancesco, S., Cutini, F., D'Ammando, G. D., Pari, G. D., Cocco, G., Fanari, A., Ferrari, M., Fiorini, F., Fornari, F., Fuschino, T., Froysland, M., Galli, D., Gasparrini, F., Gianotti, P., Giommi, A., Giuliani, C., Labanti, F., Liello, P., Lipari, Longo, Francesco, E., Mattaini, M., Marisaldi, A., Mauri, F., Mauri, S., Mereghetti, E., Moretti, A., Morselli, A., Pellizzoni, F., Perotti, G., Piano, P., Picozza, M., Pilia, C., Pittori, C., Pontoni, B., Preger, M., Prest, R., Primavera, G., Pucella, A., Rappoldi, E., Rossi, S., Sabatini, P., Santolamazza, M., Tavani, S., Stellato, F., Tamburelli, A., Traci, M., Trifoglio, A., Troi, E., Vallazza, S., Vercellone, F., Verrecchia, V., Vittorini, A., Zambra, D., Zanello, L., Salotti, Feroci M, Costa E, Del Monte E, Donnarumma I, Evangelista Y, Lapshov I, Lazzarotto F, Pacciani L, Rapisarda M, Soffitta P, Di Persio G, Frutti M, Mastropietro M, Morelli E, Porrovecchio G, Rubini A, Antonelli A, Argan A, Barbiellini G, Boffelli F, Bulgarelli A, Caraveo P, Cattaneo PW, Chen AW, Cocco V, Colafrancesco S, Cutini S, DAmmando F, De Paris G, Di Cocco G, Fanari G, Ferrari A, Fiorini M, Fornari F, Fuschino F, Froysland T, Galli M, Gasparrini D, Gianotti F, Giommi P, Giuliani A, Labanti C, Liello F, Lipari P, Longo F, Mattaini E, Marisaldi M, Mauri A, Mauri F, Mereghetti S, Moretti E, Morselli A, Pellizzoni A, Perotti F, Piano G, Picozza P, Pilia M, Pittori C, Pontoni C, Preger B, Prest M, Primavera R, Pucella G, Rappoldi A, Rossi E, Sabatini S, Santolamazza P, Tavani M, Stellato S, Tamburelli F, Traci A, Trifoglio M, Trois A, Vallazza E, Vercellone S, Verrecchia F, Vittorini V, Zambra A, Zanello D, and Salotti L

Subjects
Agile, Photon, High Energy Gamma-ray Astronomy, AGILE satellite, X-ray sources, media_common.quotation_subject, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Field of view, SuperAgile, x-ray detector, extragalactic and galactic sources, Optics, Angular resolution, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), media_common, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), COSMIC cancer database, business.industry, Detector, Gamma ray, Astronomy and Astrophysics, instrumentation: detectors – X-rays: binaries – X-rays: general, Space and Planetary Science, Sky, Celestial coordinate system, business, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

SuperAGILE is the hard X-ray monitor of the AGILE gamma ray mission, in orbit since 23$^{rd}$ April 2007. It is an imaging experiment based on a set of four independent silicon strip detectors, equipped with one-dimensional coded masks, operating in the nominal energy range 18-60 keV. The main goal of SuperAGILE is the observation of cosmic sources simultaneously with the main gamma-ray AGILE experiment, the Gamma Ray Imaging Detector (GRID). Given its $\sim$steradian-wide field of view and its $\sim$15 mCrab day-sensitivity, SuperAGILE is also well suited for the long-term monitoring of Galactic compact objects and the detection of bright transients. The SuperAGILE detector properties and design allow for a 6 arcmin angular resolution in each of the two independent orthogonal projections of the celestial coordinates. Photon by photon data are continuously available by the experiment telemetry, and are used to derive images and fluxes of individual sources, with integration times depending on the source intensity and position in the field of view. In this paper we report on the main scientific results achieved by SuperAGILE over its first two years in orbit, until April 2009., Comment: Accepted for publication on Astronomy & Astrophysics

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2009
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19. THE JUNE 2008 FLARE OF MARKARIAN 421 FROM OPTICAL TO TeV ENERGIES

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I. Donnarumma, V. Vittorini, S. Vercellone, E. Del Monte, M. Feroci, F. D'Ammando, L. Pacciani, A. W. Chen, M. Tavani, A. Bulgarelli, A. Giuliani, F. Longo, G. Pucella, A. Argan, G. Barbiellini, F. Boffelli, P. Caraveo, P. W. Cattaneo, V. Cocco, E. Costa, G. De Paris, G. Di Cocco, Y. Evangelista, M. Fiorini, T. Froysland, M. Frutti, F. Fuschino, M. Galli, F. Gianotti, C. Labanti, I. Lapshov, F. Lazzarotto, P. Lipari, M. Marisaldi, M. Mastropietro, S. Mereghetti, E. Morelli, A. Morselli, A. Pellizzoni, F. Perotti, P. Picozza, G. Porrovecchio, M. Prest, M. Rapisarda, A. Rappoldi, A. Rubini, P. Soffitta, M. Trifoglio, A. Trois, E. Vallazza, A. Zambra, D. Zanello, C. Pittori, P. Santolamazza, F. Verrecchia, P. Giommi, S. Colafrancesco, L. Salotti, M. Villata, C. M. Raiteri, W. P. Chen, N. V. Efimova, B. Jordan, T. S. Konstantinova, E. Koptelova, O. M. Kurtanidze, V. M. Larionov, J. A. Ros, A. C. Sadun, H. Anderhub, L. A. Antonelli, P. Antoranz, M. Backes, C. Baixeras, S. Balestra, J. A. 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A., William, S., Wissel, M., Wood, B., Zitzer, Donnarumma I, Vittorini V, Vercellone S, del Monte E, Feroci M, DAmmando F, Pacciani L, Chen A W, Tavani M, Bulgarelli A, Giuliani A, Longo F, Pucella G, Argan A, Barbiellini G, Boffelli F, Caraveo P, Cattaneo P W, Cocco V, Costa E, DeParis G, Di Cocco G, Evangelista Y, Fiorini M, Froysland T, Frutti M, Fuschino F, Galli M, Gianotti F, Labanti C, Lapshov I, Lazzarotto F, Lipari P, Marisaldi M, Mastropietro M, Mereghetti S, Morelli E, Morselli A, Pellizzoni A, Perotti F, Picozza P, Porrovecchio G, Prest M, Rapisarda M, Rappoldi A, Rubini A, Soffitta P, Trifoglio M, Trois A, Vallazza E, Zambra A, Zanello D, Pittori C, Santolamazza P, Verrecchia F, Giommi P, Colafrancesco S, Salotti L, Villata M, Raiteri C M, Chen W P, Efimova N V, Jordan B, Konstantinova T S, Koptelova E, Kurtanidze O M, Larionov V M, Ros J A, Sadun A C, Anderhub H, Antonelli L A, Antoranz P, Backes M, Baixeras C, Balestra S, Barrio J A, Bartko H, Bastieri D, González J Becerra, Becker J K, Bednarek W, Berger K, Bernardini E, Biland A, Bock R K, Bonnoli G, Bordas P, Tridon D Borla, Bosch-Ramon V, Bretz T, Britvitch I, Camara M, Carmona E, Chilingarian A, Commichau S, Contreras J L, Cortina J, Costado M T, Covino S, Curtef V, Dazzi F, DeAngelis A, DeCea del Pozo E, de los Reyes R, DeLotto B, DeMaria M, DeSabata F, Mendez C Delgado, Dominguez A, Dorner D, Doro M, Elsaesser D, Errando M, Ferenc D, Fernández E, Firpo R, Fonseca M V, Font L, Galante N, García López R J, Garczarczyk M, Gaug M, Goebel F, Hadasch D, Hayashida M, Herrero A, Höhne-Mönch D, Hose J, Hsu C C, Huber S, Jogler T, Kranich D, La Barbera A, Laille A, Leonardo E, Lindfors E, Lombardi S, López M, Lorenz E, Majumdar P, Maneva G, Mankuzhiyil N, Mannheim K, Maraschi L, Mariotti M, Martínez M, Mazin D, Meucci M, Meyer M, Miranda J M, Mirzoyan R, Moldón J, Moles M, Moralejo A, Nieto D, Nilsson K, Ninkovic J, Oya I, Paoletti R, Paredes J M, Pasanen M, Pascoli D, Pauss F, Pegna R G, Perez-Torres M A, Persic M, Peruzzo L, Prada F, Prandini E, Puchades N, Raymers A, Rhode W, Ribó M, Rico J, Rissi M, Robert A, Rügamer S, Saggion A, Saito T Y, Salvati M, Sanchez-Conde M, Sartori P, Satalecka K, Scalzotto V, Scapin V, Schweizer T, Shayduk M, Shinozaki K, Shore S N, Sidro N, Sierpowska-Bartosik A, Sillanpää A, Sitarek J, Sobczynska D, Spanier F, Stamerra A, Stark L S, Takalo L, Tavecchio F, Temnikov P, Tescaro D, Teshima M, Tluczykont M, Torres D F, Turini N, Vankov H, Venturini A, Vitale V, Wagner R M, Wittek W, Zabalza V, Zandanel F, Zanin R, Zapatero J, Acciari V, Aliu E, Arlen T, Beilicke M, Benbow W, Bradbury S M, Buckley J H, Bugaev V, Butt Y, Byrum K, Cannon A, Cesarini A, Chow Y C, Ciupik L, Cogan P, Colin P, Cui W, Daniel M K, Dickherber R, Duke C, Ergin T, Fegan S J, Finley J P, Finnegan G, Fortin P, Furniss A, Gall D, Gillanders G H, Guenette R, Gyuk G, Grube J, Hanna D, Holder J, Horan D, Hui C M, Humensky T Brian, Imran A, Kaaret P, Karlsson N, Kertzman M, Kieda D, Kildea J, Konopelko A, Krawczynski H, Krennrich F, Lang M J, LeBohec S, Maier G, McCann A, McCutcheon M, Milovanovic A, Moriarty P, Nagai T, Ong R A, Otte A N, Pandel D, Perkins J S, Pichel A, Pohl M, Ragan K, Reyes L C, Reynolds P T, Roache E, Rose H J, Schroedter M, Sembroski G H, Smith A W, Steele D, Swordy S P, Theiling M, Toner J A, Valcarcel L, Varlotta A, Wakely S P, Ward J E, Weekes T C, Weinstein A, Williams D A, Wissel S, Wood M, and Zitzer B

Subjects
campaign, Raigs còsmics, BL Lacertae: individual: Mrk421, galaxies: jets, X-Rays: Galaxies, gamma rays: observations, radiation mechanisms: nonthermal, bl-lacertae objects, blazars, Flux, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, High Energy Gamma-ray Astronomy, law.invention, Raigs gamma, law, optical, MAGIC (telescope), Agile, blazr, X-ray, gamma, high energy observation, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, webt, Physics, x-ray-spectra, Astrophysics (astro-ph), gamma-rays, lac objects, xmm-newton, Spectral energy distribution, Electrónica, Física nuclear, Raigs X, Electricidad, Flare, outburst, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, 0103 physical sciences, X-rays, BL Lacertae objects: individual (Mrk 421) – gamma rays: observations – galaxies: jets – radiation mechanisms: non-thermal – X-rays: galaxies, Blazar, Cosmic rays, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Gamma rays, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Active Galactic Nuclei, radiation mechanisms: non-thermal, Light curve, Galaxies, Galàxies, MAGIC telescope, Space and Planetary Science, Very High Energy Gamma-ray Astronomy, ddc:520, AGILE satellite, bl lacertae objects: individual (mrk 421), Energy (signal processing), Lepton
Abstract

We present optical, X-ray, high energy ($\lessapprox 30$ GeV) and very high energy ($\gtrapprox 100$ GeV; VHE) observations of the high-frequency peaked blazar Mrk 421 taken between 2008 May 24 and June 23. A high energy $\gamma$-ray signal was detected by AGILE with \sqrt{TS}=4.5 on June 9--15, with $F(E>100 \mathrm{MeV})= 42^{+14}_{-12}\times 10^{-8}$ photons cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$. This flaring state is brighter than the average flux observed by EGRET by a factor of $\sim$3, but still consistent with the highest EGRET flux. In hard X-rays (20-60 keV) SuperAGILE resolved a 5-day flare (June 9-15) peaking at $\sim$ 55 mCrab. SuperAGILE, RXTE/ASM and Swift/BAT data show a correlated flaring structure between soft and hard X-rays. Hints of the same flaring behavior are also detected in the simultaneous optical data provided by the GASP-WEBT. A Swift/XRT observation near the flaring maximum revealed the highest 2-10 keV flux ever observed from this source, of 2.6 $\times 10^{-9}$ erg cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$ (i.e. > 100 mCrab). A peak synchrotron energy of $\sim$3 keV was derived, higher than typical values of $\sim$0.5-1 keV. VHE observations with MAGIC and VERITAS on June 6-8 show the flux peaking in a bright state, well correlated with the X-rays. This extraordinary set of simultaneous data, covering a twelve-decade spectral range, allowed for a deep analysis of the spectral energy distribution as well as of correlated light curves. The $\gamma$-ray flare can be interpreted within the framework of the synchrotron self-Compton model in terms of a rapid acceleration of leptons in the jet., Comment: accepted for publication in ApJL, 7 pages, 2 figures, 1 table

Published
2009

20. High energy variability of 3C 273 during the AGILE multiwavelength campaign of December 2007-January 2008

Author

F. Perotti, V. Vittorini, Y. Evangelista, Marco Feroci, M. Trifoglio, Luigi Pacciani, Mariateresa Fiocchi, A. W. Chen, E. Vallazza, L. A. Antonelli, D. Impiombato, Sandro Mereghetti, Paolo Lipari, P. W. Cattaneo, C. Pittori, V. Cocco, Claudio Labanti, T. Froysland, A. Pellizzoni, Dario Gasparrini, A. Argan, Gino Tosti, A. Giuliani, Andrea Bulgarelli, F. Boffelli, Enrico Costa, I. Donnarumma, L. Salotti, F. Fuschino, G. Di Cocco, I. Lapshov, Fulvio Gianotti, M. Galli, Piergiorgio Picozza, F. Verrecchia, D. Zanello, Francesco Lazzarotto, P. A. Caraveo, Marco Tavani, Massimo Rapisarda, Alessio Trois, M. Prest, Sergio Colafrancesco, Martino Marisaldi, Filippo D'Ammando, Paolo Soffitta, G. Stratta, Francesco Longo, S. Vercellone, A. Morselli, Paolo Giommi, Guido Barbiellini, S. Cutini, E. Del Monte, G. Pucella, L., Pacciani, I., Donnarumma, V., Vittorini, F., D'Ammando, M. T., Fiocchi, D., Impiombato, G., Stratta, F., Verrecchia, A., Bulgarelli, A. W., Chen, A., Giuliani, Longo, Francesco, G., Pucella, S., Vercellone, M., Tavani, A., Argan, G., Barbiellini, F., Boffelli, P. A., Caraveo, P. W., Cattaneo, V., Cocco, E., Costa, E. D., Monte, G. D., Cocco, Y., Evangelista, M., Feroci, T., Froysland, F., Fuschino, M., Galli, F., Gianotti, C., Labanti, I., Lapshov, F., Lazzarotto, P., Lipari, M., Marisaldi, S., Mereghetti, A., Morselli, A., Pellizzoni, F., Perotti, P., Picozza, M., Prest, M., Rapisarda, P., Soffitta, M., Trifoglio, G., Tosti, A., Troi, E., Vallazza, D., Zanello, L. A., Antonelli, S., Colafrancesco, S., Cutini, D., Gasparrini, P., Giommi, C., Pittori, L., Salotti, Pacciani L, Donnarumma I, Vittorini V, DAmmando F, Fiocchi MT, Impiombato D, Stratta G, Verrecchia F, Bulgarelli A, Chen AW, Giuliani A, Longo F, Pucella G, Vercellone S, Tavani M, Argan A, Barbiellini G, Boffelli F, Caraveo PA, Cattaneo PW, Cocco V, Costa E, Del Monte E, Di Cocco G, Evangelista Y, Feroci M, Froysland T, Fuschino F, Galli M, Gianotti F, Labanti C, Lapshov I, Lazzarotto F, Lipari P, Marisaldi M, Mereghetti S, Morselli A, Pellizzoni A, Perotti F, Picozza P, Prest M, Rapisarda M, Soffitta P, Trifoglio M, Tosti G, Trois A, Vallazza E, Zanello D, Antonelli LA, Colafrancesco S, Cutini S, Gasparrini D, Giommi P, Pittori C, and Salotti L

Subjects
High Energy Gamma-ray Astronomy, Active Galactic Nuclei, AGILE satellite, Agile, Photon, multi-wavelength campaign, radio quasar, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Population, Flux, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Electron, gamma rays: observations – galaxies: active – galaxies: quasar: general – galaxies: individual: 3C 273 – radiation mechanisms: non-thermal, Observatory, Egret, education, Physics, education.field_of_study, biology, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Astronomy and Astrophysics, Quasar, Light curve, biology.organism_classification, Space and Planetary Science
Abstract

We report the results of a 3-weeks multi-wavelength campaign on the flat spectrum radio quasar 3C 273 carried out with the AGILE gamma-ray mission, covering the 30 MeV -50 GeV and 18-60 keV, the REM observatory (covering the near-IR and optical), Swift (near-UV/Optical, 0.2-10 keV and 15-50 keV), INTEGRAL (3 - 200 keV) and Rossi XTE (2-12 keV). This is the first observational campaign including gamma-ray data, after the last EGRET observations, more than 8 years ago. Our study was carried out using simultaneous light curves of the source flux from all the involved instruments, in the different energy ranges, in search for correlated variability. Then a time-resolved SED was used for a detailed physical modelling of the emission mechanisms. The source was detected in gamma-rays only in the second week of our campaign. We found indication of a possible anti-correlation between the emission at gamma-rays and at soft and hard X-rays, supported by the complete set of instruments. Instead, optical data do not show short term variability. Only in two EGRET observations (in 1993 and 1997) 3C 273 showed intra-observation variability in gamma-rays. The SED with almost simultaneous data, partially covers the regions of the synchrotron emission, the big blue bump, and the inverse-Compton. The soft X-ray emission is consistent with combined SSC and EC mechanisms, while hard X and gamma-ray emissions are compatible with EC from thermal photons of the disk. The time evolution of the SED is well interpreted and modelled in terms of an acceleration episode of the electrons population, leading to a shift in the IC peak towards higher energies., Comment: Regular paper, Acceped by Astronomy & Astrophysics, 25 pages, 7 tables, 5 figures

Published
2009

21. DISCOVERY OF NEW GAMMA-RAY PULSARS WITH AGILE

Author

Francesco Longo, S. Sabatini, Maura Pilia, Y. Evangelista, Alessio Trois, A. De Luca, Teresa Mineo, G. De Paris, P. A. Caraveo, D. Zanello, Marco Tavani, Fulvio Gianotti, V. Vittorini, Martino Marisaldi, G. Di Cocco, M. Trifoglio, A. W. Chen, Massimiliano Fiorini, B. Preger, A. Rappoldi, E. Vallazza, Ismaël Cognard, Patrick Weltevrede, F. Fornari, Paolo Esposito, M. Prest, Claudio Labanti, A. Giuliani, V. Cocco, N. D'Amico, Massimo Rapisarda, Sandro Mereghetti, P. W. Cattaneo, A. Argan, Andrea Bulgarelli, F. Perotti, Enrico Costa, I. Lapshov, Simon Johnston, I. Donnarumma, L. Salotti, A. Zambra, Francesco Lazzarotto, E. Del Monte, F. Boffelli, M. Galli, Piergiorgio Picozza, F. Verrecchia, Alessandro Corongiu, C. Pittori, T. Froysland, A. Pellizzoni, Paolo Lipari, Giovanni F. Bignami, Gilles Theureau, F. Fuschino, M. Burgay, A. Morselli, G. Pucella, Michael Kramer, Marco Feroci, Luigi Pacciani, S. Vercellone, G. Piano, Guido Barbiellini, P. Santolamazza, Paolo Giommi, Filippo D'Ammando, Paolo Soffitta, Andrea Possenti, INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari (OAC), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Milano (OAM), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma (OAR), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna (OABO), Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace (LPC2E), Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation [Canberra] (CSIRO), Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics (JBCA), University of Manchester [Manchester], Università degli studi di Trieste, Galaxies, Etoiles, Physique, Instrumentation (GEPI), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pavia (INFN), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare [Sezione di Roma 1] (INFN), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori (IUSS), Pellizzoni A, Pilia M, Possenti A, Chen A, Giuliani A, Trois A, Caraveo P, Del Monte E, Fornari F, Fuschino F, Mereghetti S, Tavani M, Argan A, Burgay M, Cognard I, Corongiu A, Costa E, D'Amico N, De Luca A, Esposito P, Evangelista Y, Feroci M, Johnston S, Kramer M, Longo F, Marisaldi M, Theureau G, Weltevrede P, Barbiellini G, Boffelli F, Bulgarelli A, Cattaneo P W, Cocco V, DAmmando F, DeParis G, Di Cocco G, Donnarumma I, Fiorini M, Froysland T, Galli M, Gianotti F, Labanti C, Lapshov, I., Lazzarotto, F., Lipari P, Mineo T, Morselli A, Pacciani L, Perotti F, Piano G, Picozza P, Prest M, Pucella G, Rapisarda M, Rappoldi A, Sabatini S, Soffitta P, Trifoglio M, Vallazza E, Vercellone S, Vittorini V, Zambra A, Zanello D, Pittori C, Verrecchia F, Preger B, Santolamazza P, Giommi P, Salotti L, Bignami G F, A., Pellizzoni, M., Pilia, A., Possenti, A., Chen, A., Giuliani, A., Troi, P., Caraveo, E. D., Monte, F., Fornari, F., Fuschino, S., Mereghetti, M., Tavani, A., Argan, M., Burgay, I., Cognard, A., Corongiu, E., Costa, N., D'Amico, A. D., Luca, P., Esposito, Y., Evangelista, M., Feroci, S., Johnston, M., Kramer, Longo, Francesco, M., Marisaldi, G., Theureau, P., Weltevrede, G., Barbiellini, F., Boffelli, A., Bulgarelli, P. W., Cattaneo, V., Cocco, F., D'Ammando, G. D., Pari, G. D., Cocco, I., Donnarumma, M., Fiorini, T., Froysland, M., Galli, F., Gianotti, C., Labanti, I., Lapshov, F., Lazzarotto, P., Lipari, T., Mineo, A., Morselli, L., Pacciani, F., Perotti, G., Piano, P., Picozza, M., Prest, G., Pucella, M., Rapisarda, A., Rappoldi, S., Sabatini, 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, and G. F., Bignami

Subjects
Agile, High Energy Gamma-ray Astronomy, AGILE satellite, Pulsars, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, radio pulsar, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, stars: neutron, Pulsar, Millisecond pulsar, pulsars: general, 0103 physical sciences, Egret, pulsars: individual (PSR J2229+6114 PSR B1509–58 PSR B1821–24), 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), biology, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, [SDU.ASTR.SR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Solar and Stellar Astrophysics [astro-ph.SR], Gamma ray, Static timing analysis, Astronomy and Astrophysics, biology.organism_classification, gamma rays: observations, pulsars: general, pulsars: individual: PSR J2229 + 6114 PSR B1509 – 58 PSR B1821 – 24, stars: neutron, Space and Planetary Science, Globular cluster, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, gamma rays: observations
Abstract

Using gamma-ray data collected by the Astrorivelatore Gamma ad Immagini LEggero (AGILE) satellite over a period of almost one year (from 2007 July to 2008 June), we searched for pulsed signals from 35 potentially interesting radio pulsars, ordered according to $F_{\gamma}\propto \sqrt{\dot{E}} d^{-2}$ and for which contemporary or recent radio data were available. AGILE detected three new top-ranking nearby and Vela-like pulsars with good confidence both through timing and spatial analysis. Among the newcomers we find pulsars with very high rotational energy losses, such as the remarkable PSR B1509-58 with a magnetic field in excess of 10^13 Gauss, and PSR J2229+6114 providing a reliable identification for the previously unidentified EGRET source 3EG 2227+6122. Moreover, the powerful millisecond pulsar B1821-24, in the globular cluster M28, is detected during a fraction of the observations. Four other promising gamma-ray pulsar candidates, among which is the notable J2043+2740 with an age in excess of 1 million years, show a possible detection in the timing analysis only and deserve confirmation., Comment: Minor changes to match the final ApJ version. 5 pages in emulate-apj style, 1 table, 3 figures

Published
2009

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

Author

A. Morselli, A. W. Chen, P. Giommi, Sandro Mereghetti, P. W. Cattaneo, F. Perotti, I. Donnarumma, Y. Evangelista, A. Argan, A. Trois, Andrea Bulgarelli, S. Colafrancesco, Martino Marisaldi, F. Lazzarotto, Enrico Costa, G. De Paris, P. Picozza, M. Prest, F. Fornari, M. Rapisarda, P. Soffitta, Y. Lapshov, F. Longo, A. Pellizzoni, F. Fuschino, M. Galli, F. Verrecchia, L. Salotti, Marco Tavani, A. Giuliani, B. Preger, C. Pittori, T. Froysland, P. A. Caraveo, G. Tosti, Fulvio Gianotti, V. Cocco, M. Trifoglio, Paolo Lipari, E. Vallazza, A. Rappoldi, Dario Gasparrini, A. Zambra, F. D'Ammando, M. Feroci, M. Fiorini, E. Del Monte, G. Pucella, Domenico Impiombato, Guido Barbiellini, V. Vittorini, P. Santolamazza, Claudio Labanti, D. Zanello, G. Di Cocco, F. Boelli, S. Cutini, L. Pacciani, S. Vercellone, Giuliani A, DAmmando F, Vercellone S, Vittorini V, Chen AW, Donnarumma I, Pacciani L, Pucella G, Trois A, Bulgarelli A, Longo F, Tavani M, Tosti G, Impiombato D, Argan A, Barbiellini F, Boffelli F, Caraveo PA, Cattaneo PW, Cocco V, Costa E, Del Monte E, De Paris G, Di Cocco G, Evangelista Y, Feroci M, Fiorini M, Fornari F, Froysland T, Fuschino F, Galli M, Gianotti F, Labanti C, Lapshov Y, Lazzarotto F, Lipari P, Marisaldi M, Mereghetti S, Morselli A, Pellizzoni A, Perotti F, Picozza P, Prest M, Rapisarda M, Rappoldi A, Soffitta P, Trifoglio M, Vallazza E, Zambra A, Zanello D, Cutini S, Gasparrini D, Pittori C, Preger B, Santolamazza P, Verrecchia F, Giommi P, Colafrancesco S, Salotti L, A., Giuliani, F., D'Ammando, S., Vercellone, V., Vittorini, A. W., Chen, I., Donnarumma, L., Pacciani, G., Pucella, A., Troi, A., Bulgarelli, Longo, Francesco, M., Tavani, G., Tosti, D., Impiombato, A., Argan, F., Barbiellini, F., Boffelli, P. A., Caraveo, P. W., Cattaneo, V., Cocco, E., Costa, E. D., Monte, G. D., Pari, G. D., 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, and L., Salotti

Subjects
High Energy Gamma-ray Astronomy, Active Galactic Nuclei, AGILE satellite, Agile, Photon, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, X and gamma emission, Astrophysics, gamma-ray flare, law.invention, Telescope, law, gamma rays: observations, galaxies: quasars: individual: 3C 279, quasar, Blazar, Physics, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Compton scattering, Gamma ray, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Quasar, Space and Planetary Science, Spectral energy distribution, Flare
Abstract

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 July 9-13. Aims. The simultaneous optical, X-ray and gamma-ray covering allows us to study the spectral energy distribution (SED) and the theoretical models relative to the flaring episode of mid-July. Methods. AGILE observed the source during its Science Performance Verification Phase with its two co-aligned imagers: the Gamma- Ray Imaging Detector (GRID) and the hard X-ray imager (Super-AGILE) sensitive in the 30 MeV - 50 GeV and 18 - 60 keV respectively. During the AGILE observation the source was monitored simultaneously in optical band by the REM telescope and in the X-ray band by the Swift satellite through 4 ToO observations. Results. During 2007 July 9-13 July 2007, AGILE-GRID detected gamma-ray emission from 3C 279, with the source at ~2 deg from the center of the Field of View, with an average flux of (210+-38) 10^-8 ph cm^-2 s^-1 for energy above 100 MeV. No emission was detected by Super-AGILE, with a 3-sigma upper limit of 10 mCrab. During the observation lasted about 4 days no significative gamma-ray flux variation was observed. Conclusions. The Spectral Energy Distribution is modelled with a homogeneous one-zone Synchrotron Self Compton emission plus the contributions by external Compton scattering of direct disk radiation and, to a lesser extent, by external Compton scattering of photons from the Broad Line Region., Accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Published
2009

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

Author

F. Perotti, A. W. Chen, P. Giommi, Dario Gasparrini, Paolo Lipari, L. A. Antonelli, F. Boffelli, Arnaud Ferrari, Sandro Mereghetti, P. W. Cattaneo, Marco Feroci, Luigi Pacciani, D. Carosati, D. Zanello, C. Labanti, Francesco Lazzarotto, C. Pittori, Martino Marisaldi, T. Froysland, A. Argan, M. Pasanen, Valeri M. Larionov, A. Pellizzoni, Andrea Bulgarelli, Enrico Costa, Massimo Frutti, I. Donnarumma, S. Vercellone, G. De Paris, I. Lapshov, F. Fuschino, Massimo Rapisarda, Marco Tavani, Marcello Mastropietro, Fulvio Gianotti, A. Morselli, P. Caraveo, Sergio Colafrancesco, M. Prest, M. Villata, E. Del Monte, Paolo Soffitta, A. Giuliani, Geiland Porrovecchio, M. Galli, Piergiorgio Picozza, Alessio Trois, Ennio Morelli, F. Verrecchia, Massimiliano Fiorini, S. Cutini, P. Santolamazza, G. Pucella, Alda Rubini, Omar M. Kurtanidze, Guido Barbiellini, Y. Evangelista, V. Vittorini, M. Trifoglio, L. Salotti, A. Zambra, Filippo D'Ammando, C. M. Raiteri, Francesco Longo, V. Cocco, A. Rappoldi, E. Vallazza, G. Di Cocco, Chen AW, DAmmando F, Villata M, Raiteri CM, Tavani M, Vittorini V, Bulgarelli A, Donnarumma I, Ferrari A, Giuliani A, Longo F, Pacciani L, Pucella G, Vercellone S, Argan A, Barbiellini G, Boffelli F, Caraveo P, Carosati D, Cattaneo PW, Cocco V, Costa E, Del Monte E, De Paris G, Di Cocco G, Evangelista Y, Feroci M, Fiorini M, Froysland T, Frutti M, Fuschino F, Galli M, Gianotti F, Kurtanidze OM, Labanti C, Lapshov I, Larionov VM, Lazzarotto F, Lipari P, Marisaldi M, Mastropietro M, Mereghetti S, Morelli E, Morselli A, Pasanen M, Pellizzoni A, Perotti F, Picozza P, Porrovecchio G, Prest M, Rapisarda M, Rappoldi A, Rubini A, Soffitta P, Trifoglio M, Trois A, Vallazza E, Zambra A, Zanello D, Cutini S, Gasparrini D, Pittori C, Santolamazza P, Verrecchia F, Giommi P, Antonelli LA, Colafrancesco S, Salotti L, A. W., Chen, F., D'Ammando, M., Villata, C. M., Raiteri, M., Tavani, V., Vittorini, A., Bulgarelli, I., Donnarumma, A., Ferrari, A., Giuliani, Longo, Francesco, L., Pacciani, G., Pucella, S., Vercellone, A., Argan, G., Barbiellini, F., Boffelli, P., Caraveo, D., Carosati, P. W., Cattaneo, V., Cocco, E., Costa, E. D., Monte, G. D., Pari, G. D., Cocco, Y., Evangelista, M., Feroci, M., Fiorini, T., Froysland, M., Frutti, F., Fuschino, M., Galli, F., Gianotti, O. M., Kurtanidze, C., Labanti, I., Lapshov, V. M., Larionov, F., Lazzarotto, P., Lipari, M., Marisaldi, M., Mastropietro, S., Mereghetti, E., Morelli, A., Morselli, M., Pasanen, A., Pellizzoni, F., Perotti, P., Picozza, G., Porrovecchio, M., Prest, M., Rapisarda, A., Rappoldi, A., Rubini, P., Soffitta, M., Trifoglio, A., Troi, E., Vallazza, A., Zambra, D., Zanello, S., Cutini, D., Gasparrini, C., Pittori, P., Santolamazza, F., Verrecchia, P., Giommi, L. A., Antonelli, S., Colafrancesco, and L., Salotti

Subjects
Physics, High Energy Gamma-ray Astronomy, Active Galactic Nuclei, AGILE satellite, Photon, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Gamma ray, Spectral density, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, BL Lac S5 0716+714, Astrophysics, Light curve, law.invention, Space and Planetary Science, law, gamma rays: observations – galaxies: BL Lacertae objects: general – galaxies: BL Lacertae objects: individual: S5 0716+714, Blazar, Energy (signal processing), Flare, BL Lac object
Abstract

We report the gamma-ray activity from the intermediate BL Lac S5 0716+714 during observations acquired by the AGILE satellite in September and October 2007. These detections of activity were contemporaneous with a period of intense optical activity, which was monitored by GASP-WEBT. This simultaneous optical and gamma-ray coverage allows us to study in detail the light curves, time lags, gamma-ray photon spectrum, and Spectral Energy Distributions (SEDs) during different states of activity. AGILE observed the source with its two co-aligned imagers, the Gamma-Ray Imaging Detector (GRID) and the hard X-ray imager (Super-AGILE), which are sensitive to the 30 MeV-50 GeV and 18-60 keV energy ranges, respectively. Observations were completed in two different periods, the first between 2007 September 4-23, and the second between 2007 October 24-November 1. Over the period 2007 September 7-12, AGILE detected gamma-ray emission from the source at a significance level of 9.6-sigma with an average flux (E>100 MeV) of (97 +/- 15) x 10^{-8} photons cm^{-2} s^{-1}, which increased by a factor of at least four within three days. No emission was detected by Super-AGILE for the energy range 18-60 keV to a 3-sigma upper limit of 10 mCrab in 335 ksec. In October 2007, AGILE repointed toward S5 0716+714 following an intense optical flare, measuring an average flux of (47 +/- 11) x 10^{-8} photons cm^{-2} s^{-1} at a significance level of 6.0-sigma. The gamma-ray flux of S5 0716+714 detected by AGILE is the highest ever detected for this blazar and one of the most intense gamma-ray fluxes detected from a BL Lac object. The SED of mid-September appears to be consistent with the synchrotron self-Compton (SSC) emission model, but only by including two SSC components of different variabilities., 5 pages, 5 figures, accepted by A&A Letters 18/8/2008

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2008

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

Author

C. Pittori, T. Froysland, A. Pellizzoni, Alessio Trois, Margo F. Aller, H. D. Aller, F. Boffelli, Filippo D'Ammando, Marco Feroci, D. Zanello, Luigi Pacciani, G. Pucella, F. Perotti, Fulvio Gianotti, C. M. Raiteri, A. Rappoldi, E. Vallazza, E. Del Monte, Francesco Longo, A. W. Chen, G. De Paris, V. Cocco, Francesco Lazzarotto, Y. Evangelista, Marco Tavani, S. Cutini, G. Di Cocco, M. Prest, Sergio Colafrancesco, M. Villata, L. A. Antonelli, Sandro Mereghetti, P. W. Cattaneo, I. Donnarumma, A. Argan, M. Fiorini, Massimo Rapisarda, D. Carosati, P. Lipari, Andrea Bulgarelli, Dario Gasparrini, F. Fuschino, Enrico Costa, Martino Marisaldi, V. Vittorini, Valeri M. Larionov, M. Trifoglio, A. Giuliani, I. Lapshov, A. Morselli, P. A. Caraveo, Claudio Labanti, M. Galli, Piergiorgio Picozza, F. Verrecchia, L. Salotti, A. Zambra, Guido Barbiellini, R. Ligustri, Paolo Giommi, S. Vercellone, Paolo Soffitta, 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., Delmonte, G. D., Pari, G. D., 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, Longo, Francesco, 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., Troi, 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, Pucella G, Vittorini V, DAmmando F, Tavani M, Raiteri CM, Villata M, Argan A, Barbiellini G, Boffelli F, Bulgarelli A, Caraveo P, Cattaneo PW, Chen AW, Cocco V, Costa E, DelMonte E, De Paris G, Di Cocco G, Donnarumma I, Evangelista Y, Feroci M, Fiorini M, Froysland T, Fuschino F, Galli M, Gianotti F, Giuliani A, Labanti C, Lapshov I, Lazzarotto F, Lipari P, Longo F, Marisaldi M, Mereghetti S, Morselli A, Pacciani L, Pellizzoni A, Perotti F, Picozza P, Prest M, Rapisarda M, Rappoldi A, Soffitta P, Trifoglio M, Trois A, Vallazza E, Vercellone S, Zambra A, Zanello D, Antonelli LA, Colafrancesco S, Cutini S, Gasparrini D, Giommi P, Pittori C, Verrecchia F, Salotti L, Aller MF, Aller HD, Carosati D, Larionov VM, and Ligustri R

Subjects
High Energy Gamma-ray Astronomy, Active Galactic Nuclei, AGILE satellite, Photon, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, satellite, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Photon energy, law.invention, Telescope, AGILE, law, gamma ray satellite, quasar, Blazar, Physics, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Gamma ray, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Quasar, gamma rays: observations -- radiation mechanisms: non-thermal -- quasars: individual: PKS 1510-089, Space and Planetary Science, Spectral energy distribution, Flare
Abstract

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 23 August to 1 September 2007. During the observation period, the source was in optical decrease following a flaring event monitored by the GLAST-AGILE Support Program (GASP) of the Whole Earth Blazar Telescope (WEBT). The simultaneous gamma-ray, optical, and radio coverage allows us to study the spectral energy distribution and the theoretical models based on the synchrotron and inverse Compton (IC) emission mechanisms. AGILE observed the source with its two co-aligned imagers, the Gamma-Ray Imaging Detector and the hard X-ray imager Super-AGILE sensitive in the 30 MeV - 50 GeV and 18 - 60 keV bands, respectively. Between 23 and 27 August 2007, AGILE detected gamma-ray emission from PKS 1510-089 when this source was located about 50 degrees off-axis, with an average flux of (270 +/- 65) x 10^{-8} photons cm^{-2} s^{-1} for photon energy above 100 MeV. In the following period, 28 August - 1 September, after a satellite re-pointing, AGILE detected the source at about 35 degrees off-axis, with an average flux (E > 100 MeV) of (195 +/- 30) x 10^{-8} photons cm^{-2} s^{-1}. No emission was detected by Super-AGILE, with a 3-sigma upper limit of 45 mCrab in 200 ksec. The spectral energy distribution is modelled with a homogeneous one-zone synchrotron self Compton (SSC) emission plus contributions by external photons: the SSC emission contributes primarily to the X-ray band, whereas the contribution of the IC from the external disc and the broad line region match the hard gamma-ray spectrum observed., 5 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in A&A

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2008
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25. Gamma-ray burst detection with the AGILE mini-calorimeter

Author

Marco Feroci, Luigi Pacciani, F. Fuschino, Marco Tavani, G. Di Persio, Sergio Colafrancesco, A. Argan, Claudio Labanti, Francesco Longo, A. Morselli, Andrea Bulgarelli, F. Mauri, Massimo Frutti, Martino Marisaldi, Geiland Porrovecchio, Enrico Costa, Filippo D'Ammando, Y. Evangelista, Paolo Soffitta, S. Cutini, V. Vittorini, L. A. Antonelli, F. Liello, Attilio Ferrari, C. Pittori, E. Mattaini, G. Di Cocco, Sandro Mereghetti, P. W. Cattaneo, M. Trifoglio, A. W. Chen, Fulvio Gianotti, E. Del Monte, G. De Paris, Dario Gasparrini, E. Rossi, Guido Barbiellini, V. Cocco, T. Froysland, P. Santolamazza, Francesco Lazzarotto, A. Pellizzoni, C. Pontoni, Massimo Rapisarda, Alda Rubini, Paolo Giommi, S. Vercellone, I. Lapshov, I. Donnarumma, A. Giuliani, Ennio Morelli, Massimiliano Fiorini, Alessandro Traci, P. Lipari, M. Basset, F. Boffelli, Alessio Trois, A. Mauri, A. Rappoldi, E. Vallazza, L. Salotti, A. Zambra, B. Preger, Marcello Mastropietro, M. Galli, Piergiorgio Picozza, F. Verrecchia, D. Zanello, G. Pucella, F. Perotti, P. A. Caraveo, L. Foggetta, M. Prest, 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, DAmmando 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 M, 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, 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. D., Monte, G. D., Pari, G. D., Cocco, G. D., 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, Longo, Francesco, 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., Troi, 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, and L., Salotti

Subjects
Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Scintillator, High Energy Gamma-ray Astronomy, AGILE satellite, minicalorimeter, Physics, Millisecond, gamma rays: bursts, instrumentation: detectors, Calorimeter (particle physics), Payload, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Detector, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Gamma-ray Bursts, Space and Planetary Science, Gamma-ray Burst, Satellite, Gamma-ray burst, Energy (signal processing)
Abstract

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 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. In this paper the results of GRB detections with MCAL after one year of operation in space are presented and discussed. A flexible trigger logic implemented in the AGILE payload data-handling unit allows the on-board detection of GRBs. For triggered events, energy and timing information are sent to telemetry on a photon-by-photon basis, so that energy and time binning are limited by counting statistics only. When the trigger logic is not active, GRBs can be detected offline in ratemeter data, although with worse energy and time resolution. Between the end of June 2007 and June 2008 MCAL detected 51 GRBs, with a detection rate of about 1 GRB/week, plus several other events at a few milliseconds timescales. Since February 2008 the on-board trigger logic has been fully active. Comparison of MCAL detected events and data provided by other space instruments confirms the sensitivity and effective area estimations. MCAL also joined the 3rd Inter-Planetary Network, to contribute to GRB localization by means of triangulation., 6 pages, 7 figures, accepted for publication by A&A 13/08/2008

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2008

26. Multiwavelength observations of 3C 454.3. I. The AGILE 2007 November campaign on the 'Crazy Diamond'

Author

P. Santolamazza, I. Donnarumma, Francesco Longo, M. Galli, A. Argan, P. Romano, Piergiorgio Picozza, F. Verrecchia, S. Vercellone, L. Salotti, A. Zambra, Andrea Bulgarelli, G. De Paris, Paolo Giommi, Francesco Lazzarotto, V. Cocco, Sandro Mereghetti, Enrico Costa, P. W. Cattaneo, Paolo Soffitta, Filippo D'Ammando, G. Barbiellini, G. Novara, C. M. Raiteri, F. Fornari, Attilio Ferrari, Massimo Rapisarda, G. Di Cocco, A. Morselli, F. Senziani, Angela Bazzano, Y. Evangelista, Claudio Labanti, Mariateresa Fiocchi, F. Fuschino, C. Pittori, A. Rappoldi, T. Froysland, Gino Tosti, S. Cutini, Andrea Belfiore, Marco Tavani, Wen Ping Chen, A. W. Chen, A. Pellizzoni, Sergio Colafrancesco, P. Lipari, E. Del Monte, A. Giuliani, Massimiliano Fiorini, Dario Gasparrini, I. Lapshov, F. Boffelli, Alessio Trois, Marco Feroci, Luigi Pacciani, D. Impiombato, Pietro Ubertini, V. Vittorini, M. Trifoglio, D. Zanello, B. Preger, Fulvio Gianotti, E. Vallazza, G. Pucella, F. Perotti, A. De Luca, P. A. Caraveo, M. Prest, M. Villata, Martino Marisaldi, S., Vercellone, A. W., Chen, V., Vittorini, A., Giuliani, F., D'Ammando, M., Tavani, I., Donnarumma, G., Pucella, C. M., Raiteri, M., Villata, W. P., Chen, G., Tosti, D., Impiombato, P., Romano, A., Belfiore, A. D., Luca, G., Novara, F., Senziani, A., Bazzano, M. T., Fiocchi, P., Ubertini, A., Ferrari, A., Argan, G., Barbiellini, F., Boffelli, A., Bulgarelli, P., Caraveo, P. W., Cattaneo, V., Cocco, E., Costa, E. D., Monte, G. D., Pari, G. D., Cocco, Y., Evangelista, M., Feroci, M., Fiorini, F., Fornari, T., Froysland, F., Fuschino, M., Galli, F., Gianotti, C., Labanti, I., Lapshov, F., Lazzarotto, P., Lipari, Longo, Francesco, M., Marisaldi, S., Mereghetti, A., Morselli, A., Pellizzoni, L., Pacciani, F., Perotti, P., Picozza, M., Prest, M., Rapisarda, A., Rappoldi, P., Soffitta, M., Trifoglio, A., Troi, E., Vallazza, A., Zambra, D., Zanello, C., Pittori, F., Verrecchia, P., Santolamazza, B., Preger, D., Gasparrini, S., Cutini, P., Giommi, S., Colafrancesco, L., Salotti, Vercellone S, Chen AW, Vittorini V, Giuliani A, DAmmando F, Tavani M, Donnarumma I, Pucella G, Raiteri CM, Villata M, Chen WP, Tosti G, Impiombato D, Romano P, Belfiore A, De Luca A, Novara G, Senziani F, Bazzano A, Fiocchi MT, Ubertini P, Ferrari A, Argan A, Barbiellini G, Boffelli F, Bulgarelli A, Caraveo P, Cattaneo PW, Cocco V, Costa E, Del Monte E, De Paris G, Di Cocco G, Evangelista Y, Feroci M, Fiorini M, Fornari F, Froysland T, Fuschino F, Galli M, Gianotti F, Labanti C, Lapshov I, Lazzarotto F, Lipari P, Longo F, Marisaldi M, Mereghetti S, Morselli A, Pellizzoni A, Pacciani L, Perotti F, Picozza P, Prest M, Rapisarda M, Rappoldi A, Soffitta P, Trifoglio M, Trois A, Vallazza E, Zambra A, Zanello D, Pittori C, Verrecchia F, Santolamazza P, Preger B, Gasparrini D, Cutini S, Giommi P, Colafrancesco S, and Salotti L

Subjects
High Energy Gamma-ray Astronomy, Active Galactic Nuclei, AGILE satellite, Agile, Photon, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Inverse, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Electron, blazar, law.invention, Telescope, law, Blazar, Electronic band structure, galaxies: active – galaxies: jets – quasars: general – quasars: individual (3C 454.3) – radiation mechanisms: non-thermal, Line (formation), Physics, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Compton scattering, multiwavelength observation, Astronomy and Astrophysics, galaxies: active, galaxies: jets, quasars: general, quasars: individual: 3C 454.3, radiation mechanisms: non-thermal, Space and Planetary Science
Abstract

[Abridged] We report on a multiwavelength observation of the blazar 3C 454.3 (which we dubbed "crazy diamond") carried out on November 2007 by means of the astrophysical satellites AGILE, INTEGRAL, Swift, the WEBT Consortium, and the optical-NIR telescope REM. 3C 454.3 is detected at a $\sim 19-\sigma$ level during the 3-week observing period, with an average flux above 100 MeV of $F_{\rm E>100MeV} = (170 \pm 13) \times 10^{-8}$ \phcmsec. The gamma-ray spectrum can be fit with a single power-law with photon index $\Gamma_{\rm GRID} = 1.73 \pm 0.16$ between 100 MeV and 1 GeV. We detect significant day-by-day variability of the gamma-ray emission during our observations, and we can exclude that the fluxes are constant at the 99.6% ($\sim 2.9 \sigma$) level. The source was detected typically around 40 degrees off-axis, and it was substantially off--axis in the field of view of the AGILE hard X-ray imager. However, a 5-day long ToO observation by INTEGRAL detected 3C 454.3 at an average flux of about $F_{\rm 20-200 keV} = 1.49 \times 10^{-3}$ \phcmsec with an average photon index of $\Gamma_{\rm IBIS} = 1.75 \pm 0.24$ between 20--200 keV. Swift also detected 3C 454.3 with a flux in the 0.3--10 keV energy band in the range $(1.23-1.40) \times 10^{-2}$ \phcmsec{} and a photon index in the range $\Gamma_{\rm XRT} = 1.56-1.73$. In the optical band, both WEBT and REM show an extremely variable behavior in the $R$ band. A correlation analysis based on the entire data set is consistent with no time-lags between the gamma-ray and the optical flux variations. Our simultaneous multifrequency observations strongly indicate that the dominant emission mechanism between 30 MeV and 30 GeV is dominated by inverse Compton scattering of relativistic electrons in the jet on the external photons from the broad line region., Comment: Accepted for publication in ApJ. Abridged Abstract. 37 pages, 14 Figures, 3 Tables

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2008
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27. The AGILE mission and its scientific instrument

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F. Fuschino, Marco Feroci, Luigi Pacciani, Claudio Labanti, Francesco Lazzarotto, L. Foggetta, Alessio Trois, F. Mauri, M. Prest, E. Rossi, Sandro Mereghetti, F. Boffelli, Alda Rubini, F. Perotti, A. W. Chen, G. De Paris, M. Trifoglio, E. Vallazza, M. Fiorini, I. Donnarumma, Massimo Rapisarda, M. Basset, Ennio Morelli, A. Pellizzoni, Martino Marisaldi, M. Galli, I. Lapshov, E. Mattaini, G. Di Cocco, A. Giuliani, Paolo Lipari, Fulvio Gianotti, A. Argan, P. A. Caraveo, Andrea Bulgarelli, F. Longo, Enrico Costa, M. Mastropietro, Guido Barbiellini, A. Morselli, C. Pontoni, F. Liello, Marco Tavani, A. Zambra, Alessandro Traci, E. Del Monte, G. Pucella, Massimo Frutti, C. Pittori, T. Froysland, D. Zanello, Geiland Porrovecchio, P. Picozza, Paolo Soffitta, S. Vercellone, Turner, Martin J. L., Hasinger, Günther, M., Tavani, BARBIELLINI AMIDEI, Guido, A., Argan, M., Basset, F., Boffelli, A., Bulgarelli, P., Caraveo, A., Chen, E., Costa, Paris, G., Monte, E., Cocco, G., I., Donnarumma, M., Feroci, M., Fiorini, L., Foggetta, T., Froysland, M., Frutti, F., Fuschino, M., Galli, F., Gianotti, A., Giuliani, C., Labanti, I., Lapshov, F., Lazzarotto, F., Liello, P., Lipari, Longo, Francesco, M., Marisaldi, M., Mastropietro, E., Mattaini, F., Mauri, S., Mereghetti, E., Morelli, A., Morselli, L., Pacciani, A., Pellizzoni, F., Perotti, P., Picozza, C., Pittori, C., Pontoni, G., Porrovecchio, M., Prest, G., Pucella, M., Rapisarda, E., Rossi, A., Rubini, P., Soffitta, A., Traci, M., Trifoglio, A., Troi, E., Vallazza, S., Vercellone, A., Zambra, and D., Zanello

Subjects
Physics, Scientific instrument, Active galactic nucleus, business.industry, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, media_common.quotation_subject, Detector, Astronomy, Astrophysics, High Energy Gamma-ray Astronomy, Universe, Supernova, gamma ray physics, Pulsar, Angular resolution, AGILE mission, business, Agile software development, media_common
Abstract

The AGILE Mission will explore the gamma-ray Universe with a very innovative instrument combining for the first time a gamma-ray imager (sensitive in the range 30 MeV - 50 GeV) and a hard X-ray imager (sensitive in the range 15-45 keV). An optimal angular resolution and a large field of view are obtained by the use of state-of-the-art Silicon detectors integrated in a very compact instrument. AGILE will be operational at the beginning of 2007 and it will provide crucial data for the study of Active Galactic Nuclei, Gamma-Ray Bursts, unidentified gamma-ray sources, Galactic compact objects, supernova remnants, TeV sources, and fundamental physics by microsecond timing.

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2006

28. AGILE and Gamma-Ray Bursts

Author

A. Rubini, M. Trifoglio, E. Vallazza, F. Perotti, Geiland Porrovecchio, F. Liello, C. Pontoni, F. Lazzarotto, Francesco Longo, A. Trois, Martino Marisaldi, P. W. Cattaneo, I. Donnarumma, M. Feroci, A. Argan, E. Rossi, E. Mattaini, G. Di Cocco, F. Mauri, P. Picozza, F. Boffelli, Andrea Bulgarelli, G. Barbiellini, M. Fiorini, Enrico Costa, L. Foggetta, Claudio Labanti, A. Morselli, C. Pittori, E. Del Monte, D. Zanello, M. Mastropietro, T. Froysland, M. Prest, Sandro Mereghetti, G. Di Persio, L. Pacciani, A. W. Chen, M. Galli, E. Morelli, A. Pellizzoni, M. Basset, Alessandro Traci, P. A. Caraveo, A. Giuliani, P. Lipari, I. Lapshov, Marco Tavani, Massimo Frutti, M. Rapisarda, S. Vercellone, P. Soffitta, F. Gianotti, F. Fuschino, Longo, Francesco, M., Tavani, BARBIELLINI AMIDEI, Guido, A., Argan, M., Basset, F., Boffelli, A., Bulgarelli, P., Caraveo, P. W., Cattaneo, A., Chen, E., Costa, E., DEL MONTE, G., DI COCCO, G., DI PERSIO, I., Donnarumma, M., Feroci, M., Fiorini, L., Foggetta, T., Froysland, M., Frutti, F., Fuschino, M., Galli, F., Gianotti, A., Giuliani, C., Labanti, I., Lapshov, F., Lazzarotto, F., Liello, P., Lipari, M., Marisaldi, M., Mastropietro, E., Mattaini, F., Mauri, S., Mereghetti, E., Morelli, A., Morselli, L., Pacciani, A., Pellizzoni, F., Perotti, P., Picozza, C., Pittori, C., Pontoni, G., Porrovecchio, M., Prest, M., Rapisarda, E., Rossi, A., Rubini, P., Soffitta, A., Traci, M., Trifoglio, A., Troi, E., Vallazza, S., Vercellone, and D., Zanello

Subjects
Physics, Photon, Calorimeter (particle physics), Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, media_common.quotation_subject, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy, Astrophysics, gamma ray burst, Particle acceleration, Microsecond, AGILE satellite, Sky, Broadband, Satellite, Nuclear Experiment, Gamma-ray burst, media_common
Abstract

AGILE is a Scientific Mission dedicated to high‐energy astrophysics supported by ASI with scientific participation of INAF and INFN. The AGILE instrument is designed to simultaneously detect and image photons in the 30 MeV – 50 GeV and 15 – 45 keV energy bands with excellent imaging and timing capabilities, and a large field of view covering ∼ 1/5 of the entire sky at energies above 30 MeV. A CsI calorimeter is capable of GRB triggering in the energy band 0.3–50 MeV. The broadband detection of GRBs and the study of implications for particle acceleration and high energy emission are primary goals of th emission. AGILE can image GRBs with 2–3 arcminutes error boxes in the hard X‐ray range, and provide broadband photon‐by photon detection in the 15–45 keV, 03–50 MeV, and 30 MeV–30 GeV energy ranges. Microsecond on‐board photon tagging and a ∼ 100 microsecond gamma‐ray detection deadtime will be crucial for fast GRB timing. On‐board calculated GRB coordinates and energy fluxes will be quickly transmitted to the ground by an ORBCOMM transceiver. AGILE have recently (December 2005) completed its gamma‐ray calibration. It is now (January 2006) undergoing satellite integration and testing. The PLSV launch is planned in early 2006. AGILE is then foreseen to be fully operational during the summer of 2006. It will be the only mission entirely dedicated to high‐energy astrophysics above 30 MeV during the period mid‐2006/mid‐2007.

Published
2006

29. AGILE and gamma-ray astrophysics

Author

Paolo Lipari, F. Gianotti, Natalia Auricchio, Francesco Longo, Sandro Mereghetti, Claudio Labanti, E. Celesti, J. Porrovecchio, C. Pittori, Alessandro Traci, E. Vallazza, I. Lapshov, S. Vercellone, T. Froysland, D. Zanello, L. Pacciani, A. W. Chen, P. Soffitta, F. Perotti, C. Pontoni, F. Lazzarotto, A. Pellizzoni, A. Morselli, A. Rubini, G. Di Cocco, A. Mauri, V. Cocco, A. Giuliani, G. Fedel, M. Trifoglio, P. Picozza, Marco Tavani, B. Preger, E. Rossi, A. Argan, Martino Marisaldi, M. Feroci, Andrea Bulgarelli, Massimo Rapisarda, E. Morelli, Enrico Costa, M. Fiorini, Guido Barbiellini, M. Galli, P. A. Caraveo, M. Prest, F. Paladin, Longo, Francesco, A., Argan, N., Auricchio, G., Barbiellini, A., Bulgarelli, P., Caraveo, E., Celesti, A., Chen, V., Cocco, E., Costa, Cocco, G., G., Fedel, M., Feroci, M., Fiorini, T., Froysland, M., Galli, F., Gianotti, A., Giuliani, C., Labanti, I., Lapshov, F., Lazzarotto, P., Lipari, A., Mauri, M., Marisaldi, S., Mereghetti, E., Morelli, A., Morselli, L., Pacciani, F., Paladin, A., Pellizzoni, F., Perotti, P., Picozza, C., Pittori, C., Pontoni, J., Porrovecchio, B., Preger, M., Prest, M., Rapisarda, E., Rossi, A., Rubini, P., Soffitta, M., Tavani, A., Traci, M., Trifoglio, E., Vallazza, S., Vercellone, and D., Zanello

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, satellites, gamma-ray astrophysics, business.industry, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Physics beyond the Standard Model, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Gamma ray astrophysics, business, Agile software development
Abstract

The study of γ rays is fundamental for our understanding of the universe: γ rays probe the most energetic phenomena occurring in nature, and several signatures of new physics are associated with the emission of γ rays. The main science objectives and the status of the new generation high-energy gamma-ray astrophysics experiment AGILE are presented.

Published
2003

30. The science of AGILE: part II

Author

C. Pittori, M. Tavani, G. Barbiellini, A. Argan, N. Auricchio, A. Bulgarelli, P. Caraveo, E. Celesti, A. Chen, V. Cocco, E. Costa, E. Del Monte, G. Di Cocco, G. Fedel, M. Feroci, M. Fiorini, T. Froysland, M. Galli, F. Gianotti, A. Giuliani, C. Labanti, I. Lapshov, F. Lazzarotto, P. Lipari, F. Longo, E. Mattaini, S. Mereghetti, E. Morelli, A. Morselli, L. Pacciani, A. Pellizzoni, F. Perotti, P. Picozza, C. Pontoni, G. Porrovecchio, B. Preger, M. Prest, M. Rapisarda, E. Rossi, A. Rubini, P. Soffitta, M. Trifoglio, E. Vallazza, S. Vercellone, D. Zanello, C., Pittori, M., Tavani, G., Barbiellini, A., Argan, N., Auricchio, A., Bulgarelli, P., Caraveo, E., Celesti, A., Chen, V., Cocco, E., Costa, Monte, E., Cocco, G., G., Fedel, M., Feroci, M., Fiorini, T., Froysland, M., Galli, F., Gianotti, A., Giuliani, C., Labanti, I., Lapshov, F., Lazzarotto, P., Lipari, Longo, Francesco, E., Mattaini, S., Mereghetti, E., Morelli, A., Morselli, L., Pacciani, A., Pellizzoni, F., Perotti, P., Picozza, C., Pontoni, G., Porrovecchio, B., Preger, M., Prest, M., Rapisarda, E., Rossi, A., Rubini, P., Soffitta, M., Trifoglio, E., Vallazza, S., Vercellone, and D., Zanello

Subjects
AGILE, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, gamma-ray astrophysics, satellite, track reconstruction, X and gamma imaging, point spread function, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Published
2002

31. The science of AGILE: part I

Author

C. Pontoni, S. Vercellone, A. Rubini, E. Mattaini, G. Di Cocco, E. Rossi, L. Pacciani, Geiland Porrovecchio, G. Fedel, Marco Tavani, Natalia Auricchio, M. Prest, A. Pellizzoni, C. Pittori, Sandro Mereghetti, G. Barbiellini, A. Giuliani, A. Argan, T. Froysland, Andrea Bulgarelli, P. Picozza, Massimo Rapisarda, Enrico Costa, I. Lapshov, P. A. Caraveo, P. Lipari, Claudio Labanti, M. Feroci, E. Del Monte, F. Gianotti, M. Fiorini, D. Zanello, M. Galli, E. Vallazza, B. Preger, A. W. Chen, E. Celesti, V. Cocco, M. Trifoglio, A. Morselli, P. Soffitta, E. Morelli, F. Perotti, F. Lazzarotto, F. Longo, V., Cocco, M., Tavani, G., Barbiellini, A., Argan, N., Auricchio, A., Bulgarelli, P., Caraveo, E., Celesti, A., Chen, E., Costa, Monte, E., Cocco, G., G., Fedel, M., Feroci, M., Fiorini, T., Froysland, M., Galli, F., Gianotti, A., Giuliani, C., Labanti, I., Lapshov, F., Lazzarotto, P., Lipari, Longo, Francesco, E., Mattaini, S., Mereghetti, E., Morelli, A., Morselli, L., Pacciani, A., Pellizzoni, F., Perotti, P., Picozza, C., Pittori, C., Pontoni, G., Porrovecchio, B., Preger, M., Prest, M., Rapisarda, E., Rossi, A., Rubini, P., Soffitta, M., Trifoglio, E., Vallazza, S., Vercellone, and D., Zanello

Subjects
Physics, Point spread function, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Active galactic nucleus, Photon, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, media_common.quotation_subject, Astronomy, Astrophysics, gamma ray satellite, point spread function, on-board data processing, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, AGILE, gamma-ray astrophysics, satellites, Pulsar, Sky, Temporal resolution, Satellite, gamma-ray astrophysics, satellites, on-board data processing, temporal resolution, Image resolution, media_common
Abstract

AGILE is an ASI Small Scientific Mission dedicated to gamma-ray astrophysics, which will detect and image photons in the 30 MeV – 50 GeV and in the 10–40 keV energy ranges. It is planned to be operational in early 2004 and it will be the only Mission entirely dedicated to source detection above 30 MeV during the period 2004–2006. AGILE will be an excellent gamma-ray imager with a spatial resolution of ∼ 40 μm and a very large FOV (∼ 1/5 of the sky). It allows simultaneous observations in the hard X-ray and in the γ-ray bands and it is characterized by an optimal temporal resolution (absolute timing of ∼ 2 μs and deadtimes of ∼ 100 μs for the GRID and of ∼ 5 μs for Super-AGILE and the Mini-Calorimeter). AGILE main scientific objectives will be: Active Galactic Nuclei, Gamma-Ray Bursts, Pulsars, unidentified gamma-ray sources and diffuse Galactic and extragalactic gamma-ray emission. In this paper (Part I) we focus on the AGILE scientific goals, the AGILE instrument and the on-board data processing.

Published
2002

32. Detection of terrestrial gamma ray flashes up to 40 MeV by the AGILE satellite

Author

Martino Marisaldi, A. Zambra, E. Striani, I. Donnarumma, M. Trifoglio, C. Pittori, Claudio Labanti, I. Lapshov, T. Froysland, M. Fiorini, D. Zanello, Marco Tavani, F. Fuschino, A. Argan, P. A. Caraveo, M. Pilia, M. Galli, Marco Feroci, Luigi Pacciani, Andrea Bulgarelli, M. Prest, L. Salotti, F. Verrecchia, F. Boffelli, G. Di Persio, Sandro Mereghetti, F. Perotti, E. Del Monte, Enrico Costa, G. Pucella, Elena Moretti, Paolo Soffitta, L. A. Antonelli, Francesco Lazzarotto, Arnaud Ferrari, A. Rappoldi, E. Vallazza, Dario Gasparrini, G. Di Cocco, S. Cutini, G. De Paris, S. Sabatini, S. Colafrancesco, A. Morselli, S. Vercellone, V. Cocco, P. Santolamazza, A. W. Chen, Paolo Lipari, Alda Rubini, P. Picozza, P. Giommi, P. W. Cattaneo, G. Piano, Massimo Rapisarda, Guido Barbiellini, V. Vittorini, Y. Evangelista, A. Pellizzoni, A. Giuliani, B. Preger, Filippo D'Ammando, Francesco Longo, Alessio Trois, and Fulvio Gianotti

Subjects
Physics, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Detector, Bremsstrahlung, Gamma ray, Paleontology, Soil Science, Astronomy, Forestry, Aquatic Science, Oceanography, Geographic distribution, Geophysics, Relativistic runaway electron avalanche, Space and Planetary Science, Geochemistry and Petrology, Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous), Gamma ray detectors, Satellite, Earth-Surface Processes, Water Science and Technology, Remote sensing, Terrestrial gamma-ray flash
Abstract

We report the detection by the Astrorivelatore Gamma a Immagini Leggero (AGILE) satellite of terrestrial gamma ray flashes (TGFs) obtained with the minicalorimeter (MCAL) detector operating in the ...

Published
2010

33. AGILE View of TGFs

Author

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

Subjects
Physics, COSMIC cancer database, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, media_common.quotation_subject, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Gamma ray, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Lightning, Sky, Observatory, Thunderstorm, Satellite, Gamma-ray burst, media_common
Abstract

The AGILE Satellite [8] [9], launched the 23rd April 2007, is an italian mission devoted to high energy gamma‐ray astrophysics in the 30 MeV–50 GeV range, with a window in the hard‐X domain 18–60 keV. One of the on‐board detectors, the Mini‐Calorimeter (MCAL), was also designed to work as all sky transient monitor in the energy range 0.33–100 MeV. Though the main purpose of MCAL is the detection of cosmological Gamma‐Ray‐Bursts (GRB), MCAL detected transient events with a very brief duration, few msec, that does not match timing and spectral features of known cosmic GRB. These events more likely agree with the features of typical Terrestrial Gamma‐Ray Flashes as described in the literature and previously detected by the BATSE instrument onboard the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory and the RHESSI satellite. The characteristics of the detected TGF candidate events, as well as their geographical distribution will be presented and discussed.

Published
2009

34. One year of in-orbit operation of the AGILE Payload

Author

C. Pittori, A. Pellizzoni, M. Mastropietro, V. Vittorini, Sandro Mereghetti, A. Giuliani, Marco Feroci, E. Mattaini, G. Di Cocco, Luigi Pacciani, F. Fornari, C. Pontoni, F. Longo, G. Di Persio, F. Viola, A. Zambra, Ennio Morelli, Paolo Soffitta, M. Rapisarda, F. Mauri, Marco Tavani, P. Santolamazza, A. Mauri, A. Rappoldi, F. Boffelli, E. Vallazza, Sergio Colafrancesco, E. Rossi, M. Fiorini, M. Prest, G. Barbiellini, F. Perotti, Alessandro Traci, Martino Marisaldi, Alda Rubini, L. Salotti, P. W. Cattaneo, S. Vercellone, Geiland Porrovecchio, G. Guarrera, G. Piano, E. Del Monte, G. Pucella, Francesco Lazzarotto, V. Cocco, F. Liello, Claudio Labanti, Massimo Frutti, A. Antonelli, I. Donnarumma, Y. Evangelista, P. Giommi, D. Zanello, M. Trifoglio, P. Lipari, I. Lapshov, G. De Paris, B. Preger, P. Picozza, Fulvio Gianotti, A. W. Chen, Alessio Trois, A. Argan, Andrea Bulgarelli, F. Fuschino, P. A. Caraveo, Enrico Costa, T. Froysland, F. D Ammando, A. Morselli, M. Galli, and F. Verrecchia

Subjects
Physics, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, business.industry, Payload, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Detector, Gamma ray, Field of view, Space exploration, Optics, Angular resolution, business, Gamma-ray burst, Image resolution, Remote sensing
Abstract

AGILE, an Italian Space Agency (ASI) mission dedicated to the exploration of the gamma-ray Universe, was successfully launched on April 23, 2007 from the Indian base of Sriharikota in an low-particle background equatorial orbit at 550 km height. AGILE gamma ray range cover the 30 MeV – 50 GeV band with its detectors combined together in the Gamma-Ray Imaging Detector (GRID). An X-ray imager (SuperAGILE) operates in the 18 – 60 keV band. Some of the payload instruments are also operated to detect transient X and gamma events with the main target being the Gamma Ray Burst in the SuperAGILE band and above 300 keV. The GRID instrument consists of a Silicon-Tungsten Tracker, a Caesium Iodide Mini-Calorimeter (MCAL), and a plastic-scintillator Anticoincidence system (ACS). The GRID achieves an angular resolution of about 15’ for bright sources with an unprecedented large field-of-view about 2.5 sr with a time resolution of few microsec and a very reduced dead-time (less than 200 microsec for a gamma detection). The hard X-ray imager (SuperAGILE) combines a tungsten coded mask with Si detector with a technology identical to the Si-Tracker. It is on top of the gamma-ray detector and has an optimal angular resolution (about 6 arcmin) with good sensitivity over about 1 sr field of view (10–15 mCrab on axis for a 1-day integration). The burst monitoring combines the data from SuperAGILE and from MCAL which operates independently with a specific operative mode from 300 keV up to several tens of MeV. All the detector operations are mastered by the Payload Data Handling Unit (PDHU) that includes several operation for data selection and background rejection. AGILE has very innovative scientific payload for what concern both its detectors and its operative mode. After more than one year of in orbit operation the in-flight performances of the instruments as well as the operation of the background reducing algorithm are presented and the main scientific results achieved are discussed.

Published
2008

35. The AGILE Mission and Gamma-Ray Bursts

Author

Geiland Porrovecchio, M. Rapisarda, F. Mauri, P. Soffitta, Francesco Longo, Martino Marisaldi, I. Donnarumma, M. Trifoglio, E. Del Monte, L. Foggetta, P. Picozza, A. Argan, G. Barbiellini, C. Pittori, M. Prest, T. Froysland, Andrea Bulgarelli, Claudio Labanti, F. Perotti, Enrico Costa, D. Zanello, A. Rubini, M. Galli, G. Di Persio, Massimo Frutti, L. Pacciani, A. W. Chen, E. Mattaini, G. Di Cocco, Alessandro Traci, Marco Tavani, F. Lazzarotto, M. Feroci, F. Liello, A. Trois, M. Mastropietro, M. Fiorini, E. Vallazza, P. A. Caraveo, F. Boffelli, C. Pontoni, P. Lipari, Sandro Mereghetti, E. Rossi, S. Vercellone, E. Morelli, M. Basset, A. Pellizzoni, P. W. Cattaneo, A. Giuliani, F. Fuschino, I. Lapshov, A. Morselli, F. Gianotti, Longo, Francesco, Tavani, M, BARBIELLINI AMIDEI, Guido, Argan, A, Basset, M, Boffelli, F, Bulgarelli, A, Caraveo, P, Cattaneo, P, Chen, A, Costa, E, DEL MONTE, E, DI COCCO, G, DI PERSIO, G, Donnarumma, I, Feroci, M, Fiorini, M, Foggetta, L, Froysland, T, Frutti, M, Fuschino, F, Galli, M, Gianotti, F, Giuliani, A, Labanti, C, Lapshov, I, Lazzarotto, F, Liello, F, Lipari, P, Marisaldi, M, Mastropietro, M, Mattaini, E, Mauri, F, Mereghetti, S, Morelli, E, Morselli, A, Pacciani, L, Pellizzoni, A, Perotti, F, Picozza, P, Pittori, C, Pontoni, C, Porrovecchio, G, Prest, M, Rapisarda, M, Rossi, E, Rubini, A, Soffitta, P, Traci, A, Trifoglio, M, Trois, A, Vallazza, E, Vercellone, S, and Zanello

Subjects
Physics, AGILE, gamma-ray satellite, gamma-ray burst, Photon, Active galactic nucleus, Calorimeter (particle physics), Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, media_common.quotation_subject, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Universe, Particle acceleration, Supernova, Sky, Gamma-ray burst, media_common
Abstract

The AGILE Mission will explore the gamma‐ray Universe with a very innovative instrument combining for the first time a gamma‐ray imager and a hard X‐ray imager. AGILE will be operational at the beginning of 2007 and it will provide crucial data for the study of Active Galactic Nuclei, Gamma‐Ray Bursts, unidentified gamma‐ray sources, Galactic compact objects, supernova remnants, TeV sources, and fundamental physics by microsecond timing. The AGILE instrument is designed to simultaneously detect and image photons in the 30 MeV – 50 GeV and 15 – 45 keV energy bands with excellent imaging and timing capabilities, and a large field of view covering ∼ 1/5 of the entire sky at energies above 30 MeV. A CsI calorimeter is capable of GRB triggering in the energy band 0.3–50 MeV. The broadband detection of GRBs and the study of implications for particle acceleration and high energy emission are primary goals of the mission. AGILE can image GRBs with 2–3 arcminute error boxes in the hard X‐ray range, and provide bro...

Published
2007

36. The data handling system for the AGILE satellite

Author

B. Preger, T. Froysland, M. Feroci, V. Cocco, Claudio Labanti, M. Trifoglio, S. Vercellone, M. Prest, F. Perotti, I. Lapshov, F. Gianotti, Martino Marisaldi, L. Nicolini, F. Longo, M. Galli, P. Soffitta, M. Palazzo, Marco Tavani, A. Argan, Andrea Bulgarelli, A. Pellizzoni, A. Giuliani, and E. Vallazza

Subjects
Physics, Data processing, Data acquisition, Group method of data handling, Payload, Assisted GPS, Real-time computing, Detector, Electronic engineering, Satellite, Energy (signal processing)
Abstract

AGILE, Astrorivelatore Gamma ad Immagini LEggero, is a small space mission of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) devoted to observations for astrophysics in the gamma ray energy range 30 MeV-50 GeV with a simultaneous window in the X-ray band 15 keV-45 keV. AGILE payload is composed of four scientific detectors: a tungsten-silicon tracker, a CsI mini-calorimeter, a silicon based X-ray imager and an anticoincidence system for particle background rejection. Moreover, the payload is completed by a power supply unit (PSU) and a payload data handling unit (PDHU) and by three ancillary sub-systems (a GPS receiver and two star sensors). The PDHU tasks are: the payload scientific and ancillary sub-systems control, the operational modes management, the scientific data processing and the telemetry and telecommands management. The scientific data processing involves the gamma-ray photons filtering, the X-ray data acquisition and a burst acquisition logic able to perform an on-board burst coordinates determination. The HW and SW design and implementation is in charge of the Alenia Spazio S.p.A. - Laben. In this paper we present a general description of the PDHU and the guidelines for the scientific simulations and the HW and SW testing activities.

Published
2005

37. The AGILE instrument

Author

Natalia Auricchio, Valter Cocco, E. Mattaini, Guido Barbiellini, G. De Paris, C. Pittori, T. Froysland, A. Pellizzoni, Claudio Labanti, E. Vallazza, Sandro Mereghetti, A. Zambra, Geiland Porrovecchio, A. Giuliani, M. Galli, A. Morselli, Piergiorgio Picozza, M. Fiorini, E. Celesti, F. Perotti, C. Pontoni, E. Rossi, E. Sant' Ambrogio, A. W. Chen, I. Lapshov, Marco Tavani, Alessandro Traci, Alda Rubini, Guido Di Cocco, P. Caraveo, D. Zanello, Marco Feroci, Luigi Pacciani, Massimo Rapisarda, F. Lazzarotto, L. Soli, B. Preger, M. Trifoglio, Paolo Lipari, A. Argan, M. Prest, Ennio Morelli, Giulio Fedel, Andrea Bulgarelli, Marcello Mastropietro, Enrico Costa, Ettore Del Monte, A. Mauri, Fulvio Gianotti, Paolo Soffitta, Alberto R. Bernabeo, S. Vercellone, and Francesco Longo

Subjects
Scientific instrument, Physics, Large field of view, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, High-energy astronomy, business.industry, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Detector, Gamma ray, Astronomy, Astrophysics, business, Energy (signal processing), Agile software development
Abstract

AGILE is an ASI gamma-ray astrophysics space Mission which will operate in the 30 MeV - 50 GeV range with imaging capabilities also in the 10 - 40 keV range. Primary scientific goals include the study of AGNs, gamma-ray bursts, Galactic sources, unidentified gamma-ray sources, diffuse Galactic and extragalactic gamma-ray emission, high-precision timing studies, and Quantum Gravity testing. The AGILE scientific instrument is based on an innovative design of three detecting systems: (1) a Silicon Tracker, (2) a Mini-Calorimeter, and (3) an ultralight coded mask system with Si-detectors (Super-AGILE). AGILE is designed to provide: (1) excellent imaging in the energy bands 30 MeV-50 GeV (5-10 arcmin for intense sources) and 10-40 keV (1-3 arcmin); (2) optimal timing capabilities, with independent readout systems and minimal deadtimes for the Silicon Tracker, Super-AGILE and Mini-Calorimeter; (3) large field of view for the gamma-ray imaging detector (~3 sr) and Super-AGILE (~1 sr). AGILE will be the only Mission entirely dedicated to source detection above 30 MeV during the period 2004-2006.

Published
2003

38. AGILE detection of GeV $\sf$γ-ray emission from the SNR W28

Author

A. Giuliani, M. Tavani, A. Bulgarelli, E. Striani, S. Sabatini, M. Cardillo, Y. Fukui, A. Kawamura, A. Ohama, N. Furukawa, K. Torii, H. Sano, F. A. Aharonian, F. Verrecchia, A. Argan, G. Barbiellini, P. A. Caraveo, P. W. Cattaneo, A. W. Chen, V. Cocco, E. Costa, F. D'Ammando, 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, C. Labanti, Y. Lapshov, F. Lazzarotto, P. Lipari, F. Longo, M. Marisaldi, S. Mereghetti, A. Morselli, E. Moretti, L. Pacciani, A. Pellizzoni, F. Perotti, P. Picozza, M. Pilia, M. Prest, G. Pucella, M. Rapisarda, A. Rappoldi, P. Soffitta, M. Trifoglio, A. Trois, E. Vallazza, S. Vercellone, V. Vittorini, A. Zambra, D. Zanello, C. Pittori, P. Santolamazza, P. Giommi, S. Colafrancesco, L. Salotti, A., Giuliani, M., Tavani, A., Bulgarelli, E., Striani, S., Sabatini, M., Cardillo, Y., Fukui, A., Kawamura, A., Ohama, N., Furukawa, K., Torii, H., Sano, F. A., Aharonian, F., Verrecchia, A., Argan, G., Barbiellini, P. A., Caraveo, P. W., Cattaneo, A. W., Chen, V., Cocco, E., Costa, F., D'Ammando, E. D., Monte, G. D., Pari, G. D., Cocco, I., Donnarumma, Y., Evangelista, M., Feroci, M., Fiorini, T., Froysland, F., Fuschino, M., Galli, F., Gianotti, C., Labanti, Y., Lapshov, F., Lazzarotto, P., Lipari, Longo, Francesco, M., Marisaldi, S., Mereghetti, A., Morselli, E., Moretti, L., Pacciani, A., Pellizzoni, F., Perotti, P., Picozza, M., Pilia, M., Prest, G., Pucella, M., Rapisarda, A., Rappoldi, P., Soffitta, M., Trifoglio, A., Troi, E., Vallazza, S., Vercellone, V., Vittorini, A., Zambra, D., Zanello, C., Pittori, P., Santolamazza, P., Giommi, S., Colafrancesco, L., Salotti, Giuliani A, Tavani M, Bulgarelli A, Striani E, Sabatini S, Cardillo M, Fukui Y, Kawamura A, Ohama A, Furukawa N, Torii K, Sano H, Aharonian FA, Verrecchia F, Argan A, Barbiellini G, Caraveo PA, Cattaneo PW, Chen AW, Cocco V, Costa E, DAmmando F, Del Monte E, De Paris G, Di Cocco G, Donnarumma I, Evangelista Y, Feroci M, Fiorini M, Froysland T, Fuschino F, Galli M, Gianotti F, Labanti C, Lapshov Y, Lazzarotto F, Lipari P, Longo F, Marisaldi M, Mereghetti S, Morselli A, Moretti E, Pacciani L, Pellizzoni A, Perotti F, Picozza P, Pilia M, Prest M, Pucella G, Rapisarda M, Rappoldi A, Soffitta P, Trifoglio M, Trois A, Vallazza E, Vercellone S, Vittorini V, Zambra A, Zanello D, Pittori C, Santolamazza P, Giommi P, Colafrancesco S, and Salotti L

Subjects
Supernova Remnants, Supernova, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Hadron, acceleration of particles – diffusion – ISM: supernova remnants – gamma rays: ISM, FOS: Physical sciences, Flux, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, AGILE, galactic cosmic rays, High Energy Gamma-ray Astronomy, Spectral line, law.invention, Telescope, law, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, Molecular cloud, AGILE satellite, Gamma ray, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

Supernova remnants (SNRs) are believed to be the main sources of Galactic cosmic rays. Molecular clouds associated with SNRs can produce gamma-ray emission through the interaction of accelerated particles with the concentrated gas. The middle aged SNR W28, for its associated system of dense molecular clouds, provides an excellent opportunity to test this hypothesis. We present the AGILE/GRID observations of SNR W28, and compare them with observations at other wavelengths (TeV and 12CO J=1-->0 molecular line emission). The gamma-ray flux detected by AGILE from the dominant source associated with W28 is (14 +- 5) 10^-8 ph cm^-2 s^-1 for E > 400 MeV. This source is positionally well correlated with the TeV emission observed by the HESS telescope. The local variations of the GeV to TeV flux ratio suggest a difference between the CR spectra of the north-west and south molecular cloud complexes. A model based on a hadronic-induced interaction and diffusion with two molecular clouds at different distances from the W28 shell can explain both the morphological and spectral features observed by AGILE in the MeV-GeV energy range and by the HESS telescope in the TeV energy range. The combined set of AGILE and H.E.S.S. data strongly support a hadronic model for the gamma-ray production in W28., Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics Letters

Published
2010

39. Science with AGILE

Author

Natalia Auricchio, A. Rubini, V. Cocco, G. Fedel, M. Trifoglio, A. W. Chen, M. Feroci, S. Vercellone, F. Gianotti, M. Tavani, A. Argan, Enrico Massaro, M. Fiorini, A. Pellizzoni, E. Costa, E. Vallazza, E. Rossi, A. Giuliani, I. Lapshov, C. Pontoni, Claudio Labanti, P. A. Caraveo, D. Zanello, P. Lipari, M. Prest, M. Galli, G. Di Cocco, F. Longo, M. Rapisarda, P. Soffitta, F. Perotti, P. Picozza, C. Pittori, T. Froysland, Sandro Mereghetti, A. Morselli, G. Barbiellini, and E. Morelli

Subjects
Physics, Large field of view, business.industry, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, media_common.quotation_subject, Science program, Astronomy, Gamma-ray astronomy, Astrophysics, Sky, Primary (astronomy), Astronomical spectra, Gamma-ray burst, business, media_common, Agile software development
Abstract

AGILE is an ASI Small Scientific Mission dedicated to high-energy astrophysics. The AGILE instrument is designed to detect and image photons in the 30 MeV–50 GeV and 10–40 keV energy bands, with excellent spatial resolution and timing capability, and an unprecedently large field of view covering ∼1/4 of the entire sky at energies above 30 MeV. Primary scientific goals include the study of AGNS, gamma-ray bursts, Galactic sources, unidentified gamma-ray sources, diffuse Galactic and extragalactic gamma-ray emission, high-precision timing studies, and Quantum Gravity testing. The AGILE Science Program will be open to the international scientific community. AGILE is planned to be operational during the year 2002, and will be the only mission entirely dedicated to high-energy astrophysics above 30 MeV to support multiwavelength studies during the period 2002–2005.

Published
2001

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

Author

L. Salotti, A. Trois, E. Mattaini, G. Di Cocco, Francesco Lucarelli, F. Gianotti, G. Barbiellini, R. Primavera, A. Rubini, F. Mauri, M. Prest, Alessandro Traci, F. Perotti, P. A. Caraveo, I. Donnarumma, Y. Evangelista, E. Moretti, Massimo Frutti, G. Valentini, Claudio Labanti, F. Liello, F. Fornari, L. A. Antonelli, G. De Paris, C. Pittori, M. Tavani, D. Zanello, F. Lazzarotto, G. Di Persio, L. Pacciani, A. Rappoldi, T. Froysland, G. Fanari, Martino Marisaldi, F. Fuschino, Geiland Porrovecchio, A. Argan, A. Morselli, P. Giommi, M. Pilia, P. Lipari, Andrea Bulgarelli, V. Cocco, S. Stellato, C. Pontoni, E. Morelli, M. Trifoglio, F. Longo, P. Picozza, E. Striani, S. Vercellone, T. Contessi, G. Piano, A. W. Chen, I. Lapshov, E. Del Monte, G. Pucella, S. Sabatini, A. Mauri, Sandro Mereghetti, A. Pellizzoni, E. Costa, M. Feroci, A. Giuliani, M. Fiorini, Elena M. Rossi, S. Colafrancesco, M. Mastropietro, V. Vittorini, M. Cardillo, Arnaud Ferrari, P. Santolamazza, P. W. Cattaneo, M. Rapisarda, P. Soffitta, E. Vallazza, M. Galli, F. Tamburelli, F. Verrecchia, F., Verrecchia, C., Pittori, A. W., Chen, A., Bulgarelli, M., Tavani, F., Lucarelli, P., Giommi, S., Vercellone, A., Pellizzoni, A., Giuliani, Longo, Francesco, BARBIELLINI AMIDEI, Guido, 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 Pari, 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, Moretti, Elena, 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., Troi, E., Vallazza, V., Vittorini, D., Zanello, L., Salotti, and G., Valentini

Subjects
catalog, Brightness, FOS: Physical sciences, Field of view, Astrophysics, gamma-ray source, gamma rays: galaxies, galaxie [gamma rays], Blazar, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, Nebula, Crab Pulsar, Mode (statistics), Gamma ray, Astronomy and Astrophysics, gamma rays: general, Galactic plane, silicon tracker, AGILE satellite, Space and Planetary Science, catalogs, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, general [gamma rays]
Abstract

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 pointing mode performed during a 2.3 year period from July 9, 2007 until October 30, 2009. The dataset of AGILE pointed observations covers a long time interval and its gamma-ray data archive is useful for monitoring studies of medium-to-high brightness gamma-ray sources. In the analysis reported here, we used data obtained with an improved event filter that covers a wider field of view, on a much larger (about 27.5 months) dataset, integrating data on observation block time scales, which mostly range from a few days to thirty days. The data processing resulted in a better characterized source list than 1AGL was, and includes 54 sources, 7 of which are new high galactic latitude (|BII| >= 5) sources, 8 are new sources on the galactic plane, and 20 sources from the previous catalogue with revised positions. Eight 1AGL sources (2 high-latitude and 6 on the galactic plane) were not detected in the final processing either because of low OB exposure and/or due to their position in complex galactic regions. We report the results in a catalogue of all the detections obtained in each single OB, including the variability results for each of these sources. In particular, we found that 12 sources out of 42 or 11 out of 53 are variable, depending on the variability index used, where 42 and 53 are the number of sources for which these indices could be calculated. Seven of the 11 variable sources are blazars, the others are Crab pulsar+nebula, LS I +61{\deg}303, Cyg X-3, and 1AGLR J2021+4030., Comment: 30 pages, 12 figures

41. Gamma-ray localization of terrestrial gamma-ray flashes

Author

M. Rapisarda, E. Del Monte, A. Argan, G. Pucella, I. Donnarumma, M. Pilia, Andrea Bulgarelli, Y. Evangelista, A. Rubini, Enrico Costa, S. Vercellone, P. Soffitta, A. Zambra, F. D'Ammando, Fulvio Gianotti, M. Feroci, Marco Tavani, M. Fiorini, F. Longo, Sandro Mereghetti, Claudio Labanti, E. Moretti, G. De Paris, A. W. Chen, A. Morselli, P. Giommi, S. Colafrancesco, Martino Marisaldi, D. Zanello, G. Di Persio, L. Pacciani, V. Vittorini, E. Vallazza, P. Santolamazza, F. Fuschino, G. Piano, P. A. Caraveo, Arnaud Ferrari, P. Lipari, G. Di Cocco, P. W. Cattaneo, S. Cutini, E. Striani, M. Prest, S. Sabatini, I. Lapshov, G. Barbiellini, A. Pellizzoni, A. Giuliani, A. Trois, Fabrizio Lucarelli, P. Picozza, M. Galli, F. Verrecchia, L. Salotti, M. Trifoglio, F. Perotti, F. Lazzarotto, C. Pittori, T. Froysland, L. A. Antonelli, A. Rappoldi, Marisaldi M, Argan A, Trois A, Giuliani A, Tavani M, Labanti C, Fuschino F, Bulgarelli A, Longo F, Barbiellini G, Del Monte E, Moretti E, Trifoglio M, Costa E, Caraveo P, Cattaneo PW, Chen A, DAmmando F, De Paris G, Di Cocco G, Di Persio G, Donnarumma I, Evangelista Y, Feroci M, Ferrari A, Fiorini M, Froysland T, Galli M, Gianotti F, Lapshov I, Lazzarotto F, Lipari P, Mereghetti S, Morselli A, Pacciani L, Pellizzoni A, Perotti F, Picozza P, Piano G, Pilia M, Prest M, Pucella G, Rapisarda M, Rappoldi A, Rubini A, Sabatini S, Soffitta P, Striani E, Vallazza E, Vercellone S, Vittorini V, Zambra A, Zanello D, Antonelli LA, Colafrancesco S, Cutini S, Giommi P, Lucarelli F, Pittori C, Santolamazza P, Verrecchia F, and Salotti L

Subjects
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), Physics, Agile, Photon, business.industry, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Attenuation, Gamma ray, FOS: Physical sciences, General Physics and Astronomy, minicalorimeter, terrestrial gamma-ray flashes, Astrophysics, Electromagnetic radiation, Particle detector, Semiconductor detector, Physics - Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics, Atmosphere of Earth, Optics, Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flashes, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics (physics.ao-ph), Satellite, business, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract

Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flashes (TGFs) are very short bursts of high energy photons and electrons originating in Earth's atmosphere. We present here a localization study of TGFs carried out at gamma-ray energies above 20 MeV based on an innovative event selection method. We use the AGILE satellite Silicon Tracker data that for the first time have been correlated with TGFs detected by the AGILE Mini-Calorimeter. We detect 8 TGFs with gamma-ray photons of energies above 20 MeV localized by the AGILE gamma-ray imager with an accuracy of 5-10 degrees at 50 MeV. Remarkably, all TGF-associated gamma rays are compatible with a terrestrial production site closer to the sub-satellite point than 400 km. Considering that our gamma rays reach the AGILE satellite at 540 km altitude with limited scattering or attenuation, our measurements provide the first precise direct localization of TGFs from space., Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures, 1 table, available at http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v105/i12/e128501

42. The test equipment of the AGILE minicalorimeter prototype

Author

A. Mauri, Andrea Bulgarelli, Claudio Labanti, E. Vallazza, T. Froysland, M. Trifoglio, M. Prest, F. Gianotti, G. Di Cocco, and E. Celesti

Subjects
Physics, Photon, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, business.industry, High-energy astronomy, Payload, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Detector, Gamma ray, Astronomy, Satellite, Aerospace engineering, business, Gamma-ray burst, Energy (signal processing)
Abstract

AGILE is an ASI (Italian Space Agency) Small Space Mission for high energy astrophysics in the range 30 MeV – 50 GeV. The AGILE satellite is currently in the C phase and is planned to be launched in 2005. The Payload shall consist of a Tungsten‐Silicon Tracker, a CsI Minicalorimeter, an anticoincidence system and a X‐Ray detector sensitive in the 10–40 KeV range. The purpose of the Minicalorimeter (MCAL) is twofold. It shall work in conjunction with the Tracker in order to evaluate the energy of the interacting photons, and it shall operate autonomously in the energy range 250KeV–250 MeV for detection of transients and gamma ray burst events and for the measurement of gamma ray background fluctuations. We present the architecture of the Test Equipment we have designed and developed in order to test and verify the MCAL Simplified Electrical Model prototype which has been manufactured in order to validate the design of the MCAL Proto Flight Model.

43. The AGILE scientific instrument

Author

A. Argan, G. Barbiellini, Enrico Massaro, M. Prest, Natalia Auricchio, F. Longo, C. Pontoni, Claudio Labanti, A. W. Chen, D. Zanello, F. Perotti, S. Vercellone, A. Pellizzoni, G. Di Cocco, E. Costa, M. Tavani, M. Galli, E. Vallazza, E. Morelli, E. Rossi, I. Lapshov, P. Picozza, A. Giuliani, V. Cocco, P. A. Caraveo, M. Trifoglio, P. Lipari, C. Pittori, T. Froysland, M. Feroci, A. Morselli, M. Fiorini, M. Rapisarda, P. Soffitta, F. Gianotti, Sandro Mereghetti, A. Rubini, and G. Fedel

Subjects
Scientific instrument, Physics, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, business.industry, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Detector, Computer Science::Software Engineering, Image processing, Gamma-ray astronomy, Computer Science::Robotics, Optics, Image sensor, business, Energy (signal processing), Agile software development, Gamma ray detection
Abstract

The AGILE scientific instrument is based on an innovative design based on three detecting systems: (1) a Silicon Tracker, (2) a Mini-Calorimeter, and (3) an ultralight coded mask system with Si-detectors (Super-AGILE). AGILE is designed to provide: (1) excellent imaging in the energy bands 30 MeV–50 GeV (5–10 arcmin for intense sources) and 10–40 keV (1–3 arcmin); (2) optimal timing capabilities, with independent readout systems and minimal deadtimes for the Silicon tracker, Super-AGILE and Mini-Calorimeter; (3) large fields of view for the gamma-ray imaging detector (∼3 sr) and Super-AGILE (∼1 sr).

44. Calibration of AGILE-GRID with On-ground Data and Monte Carlo Simulations.

Author

P. W. Cattaneo, A. Rappoldi, A. Argan, G. Barbiellini, F. Boffelli, A. Bulgarelli, B. Buonomo, M. Cardillo, A. W. Chen, V. Cocco, S. Colafrancesco, F. D’Ammando, I. Donnarumma, A. Ferrari, V. Fioretti, L. Foggetta, T. Froysland, F. Fuschino, M. Galli, and F. Gianotti

Subjects
CALIBRATION, MONTE Carlo method, ASTROPHYSICS, SIMULATION methods & models, PHOTONS
Abstract

AGILE is a mission of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) Scientific Program dedicated to γ-ray astrophysics, and has operated in a low Earth orbit since 2007 April 23. It is designed to be a very light and compact instrument, capable of simultaneously detecting and imaging photons in the 18–60 keV X-ray energy band and in the 30 MeV–50 GeV γ-ray energy range with a good angular resolution (≈1◦ @ 1 GeV). The core of the instrument is the Silicon Tracker, supplemented by a CsI calorimeter and an AntiCoincidence system, which form the Gamma Ray Imaging Detector (GRID). Before launch, the GRID needed on-ground calibration with a tagged γ-ray beam to estimate its performance and validate the Monte Carlo simulation. The GRID was calibrated using a tagged γ-ray beam with energy up to 500 MeV at the Beam Test Facilities at the INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati. These data are used to validate a GEANT 3-based simulation by comparing the data and the Monte Carlo simulation by measuring the angular and energy resolutions. The GRID angular and energy resolutions obtained using the beam agree well with the Monte Carlo simulation. Therefore the simulation, can be used to simulate the same performance on-flight with high reliability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2018
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45. Variable and transient galactic gamma-ray sources with AGILE

Author

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

Subjects
Microquasar, Microquasars, High Energy Gamma-ray Astronomy, Galactic sources
Abstract

AGILE has been providing continous monitoring of the Galactic plane in its three years of operation. Thanks to its sensitivity at energies near 100 MeV, AGILE has observed variability and transient behaviour in a number of sources. Simultaneous hard-X ray coverage, rapid alerts to the astronomical community, and multiwavelength campaigns have provided identifications for some of these sources and placed constraints on others. We provide an overview of these observations and their possible counterparts, including microquasars and colliding wind binaries.

Published
2011

46. Detection of terrestrial gamma ray flashes up to 40 MeV by the AGILE satellite

Author

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

Subjects
Agile, terrestrial gamma ray flashes, minicalorimeter, High Energy Gamma-ray Astronomy, AGILE satellite, Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes, terrestrial gamma ray flashes, AGILE satellite
Abstract

We report the detection by the Astrorivelatore Gamma a Immagini Leggero (AGILE) satellite of terrestrial gamma ray flashes (TGFs) obtained with the minicalorimeter (MCAL) detector operating in the energy range 0.3-100 MeV. We select events typically lasting a few milliseconds with spectral and directional selections consistent with the TGF characteristics previously reported by other space missions. During the period 1 June 2008 to 31 March 2009 we detect 34 high-confidence events showing millisecond durations and a geographical distribution peaked over continental Africa and Southeast Asia. For the first time, AGILE-MCAL detects photons associated with TGF events up to 40 MeV. We determine the cumulative spectral properties of the spectrum in the range 0.5-40 MeV, which can be effectively described by a Bremsstrahlung spectrum. We find that both the TGF cumulative spectral properties and their geographical distribution are in good agreement with the Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) results.

Published
2010

47. The AGILE Mission

Author

Tavani M, Barbiellini G, Argan A, Boffelli F, Bulgarelli A, Caraveo P, Cattaneo PW, Chen AW, Cocco V, Costa E, Del Monte E, De Paris G, Di Cocco G, Di Persio G, Donnarumma I, Evangelista Y, Feroci M, Ferrari A, Fiorini M, Fornari F, Fuschino F, Froysland T, Frutti M, Galli M, Gianotti F, Giuliani A, Labanti C, Lapshov I, Lazzarotto F, Liello F, Lipari P, Longo F, Mattaini E, Marisaldi M, Mastropietro M, Mauri A, Mauri F, Mereghetti S, Morelli E, Morselli A, Pacciani L, Pellizzoni A, Perotti F, Piano G, Picozza P, Pontoni C, Porrovecchio G, Prest M, Pucella G, Rapisarda M, Rappoldi A, Rossi E, Rubini A, Soffitta P, Traci A, Trifoglio M, Trois A, Vallazza E, Vercellone S, Vittorini V, Zambra A, Zanello D, Pittori C, Preger B, Santolamazza P, Verrecchia F, Giommi P, Colafrancesco S, Antonelli A, Cutini S, Gasparrini D, Stellato S, Fanari G, Primavera R, Tamburelli F, Viola F, Guarrera G, Salotti L, D'Amico F, Marchetti E, Crisconio M, Sabatini P, Annoni G, Alia S, Longoni A, Sanquerin R, Battilana M, Concari P, Dessimone E, Grossi R, Parise A, Monzani F, Artina E, Pavesi R, Marseguerra G, Nicolini L, Scandelli L, Soli L, Vettorello V, Zardetto E, Bonati A, Maltecca L, D'Alba E, Patane M, Babini G, Onorati F, Acquaroli L, Angelucci M, Morelli B, Agostara C, Cerone M, Michetti A, Tempesta P, D'Eramo S, Rocca F, Giannini F, Borghi G, Garavelli B, Conte M, Balasini M, Ferrario I, Vanotti M, Collavo E, Giacomazzo M., D'AMMANDO, FILIPPO, M., Tavani, G., Barbiellini, A., Argan, F., Boffelli, A., Bulgarelli, P., Caraveo, P. W., Cattaneo, A. W., Chen, V., Cocco, E., Costa, F., D'Ammando, E. D., Monte, G. D., Pari, G. D., Cocco, G. D., Persio, I., Donnarumma, Y., Evangelista, M., Feroci, A., Ferrari, M., Fiorini, F., Fornari, F., Fuschino, T., Froysland, M., Frutti, M., Galli, F., Gianotti, A., Giuliani, C., Labanti, I., Lapshov, F., Lazzarotto, F., Liello, P., Lipari, Longo, Francesco, E., Mattaini, M., Marisaldi, M., Mastropietro, A., Mauri, F., Mauri, S., Mereghetti, E., Morelli, A., Morselli, L., Pacciani, A., Pellizzoni, F., Perotti, G., Piano, P., Picozza, C., Pontoni, G., Porrovecchio, M., Prest, G., Pucella, M., Rapisarda, A., Rappoldi, E., Rossi, A., Rubini, P., Soffitta, A., Traci, M., Trifoglio, A., Troi, E., Vallazza, S., Vercellone, V., Vittorini, A., Zambra, D., Zanello, C., Pittori, B., Preger, P., Santolamazza, F., Verrecchia, P., Giommi, S., Colafrancesco, A., Antonelli, S., Cutini, D., Gasparrini, S., Stellato, G., Fanari, R., Primavera, F., Tamburelli, F., Viola, G., Guarrera, L., Salotti, F., D'Amico, E., Marchetti, M., Crisconio, P., Sabatini, G., Annoni, S., Alia, A., Longoni, R., Sanquerin, M., Battilana, P., Concari, E., Dessimone, R., Grossi, A., Parise, F., Monzani, E., Artina, R., Pavesi, G., Marseguerra, L., Nicolini, L., Scandelli, L., Soli, V., Vettorello, E., Zardetto, A., Bonati, L., Maltecca, E., D'Alba, M., Patane, G., Babini, F., Onorati, L., Acquaroli, M., Angelucci, B., Morelli, C., Agostara, M., Cerone, A., Michetti, P., Tempesta, S., D'Eramo, F., Rocca, F., Giannini, G., Borghi, B., Garavelli, M., Conte, M., Balasini, I., Ferrario, M., Vanotti, E., Collavo, M., Giacomazzo, Tavani M, Barbiellini G, Argan A, Boffelli F, Bulgarelli A, Caraveo P, Cattaneo PW, Chen AW, Cocco V, Costa E, DAmmando F, Del Monte E, De Paris G, Di Cocco G, Di Persio G, Donnarumma I, Evangelista Y, Feroci M, Ferrari A, Fiorini M, Fornari F, Fuschino F, Froysland T, Frutti M, Galli M, Gianotti F, Giuliani A, Labanti C, Lapshov I, Lazzarotto F, Liello F, Lipari P, Longo F, Mattaini E, Marisaldi M, Mastropietro M, Mauri A, Mauri F, Mereghetti S, Morelli E, Morselli A, Pacciani L, Pellizzoni A, Perotti F, Piano G, Picozza P, Pontoni C, Porrovecchio G, Prest M, Pucella G, Rapisarda M, Rappoldi A, Rossi E, Rubini A, Soffitta P, Traci A, Trifoglio M, Trois A, Vallazza E, Vercellone S, Vittorini V, Zambra A, Zanello D, Pittori C, Preger B, Santolamazza P, Verrecchia F, Giommi P, Colafrancesco S, Antonelli A, Cutini S, Gasparrini D, Stellato S, Fanari G, Primavera R, Tamburelli F, Viola F, Guarrera G, Salotti L, D'Amico F, Marchetti E, Crisconio M, Sabatini P, Annoni G, Alia S, Longoni A, Sanquerin R, Battilana M, Concari P, Dessimone E, Grossi R, Parise A, Monzani F, Artina E, Pavesi R, Marseguerra G, Nicolini L, Scandelli L, Soli L, Vettorello V, Zardetto E, Bonati A, Maltecca L, D'Alba E, Patane M, Babini G, Onorati F, Acquaroli L, Angelucci M, Morelli B, Agostara C, Cerone M, Michetti A, Tempesta P, D'Eramo S, Rocca F, Giannini F, Borghi G, Garavelli B, Conte M, Balasini M, Ferrario I, Vanotti M, Collavo E, and Giacomazzo M

Subjects
Agile, Active galactic nucleus, gamma and X ray detection, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, media_common.quotation_subject, satellite, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, High Energy Gamma-ray Astronomy, Pulsar, astro-ph, Angular resolution, media_common, Physics, Calorimeter (particle physics), Astrophysics (astro-ph), Detector, AGILE satellite, Detectors, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Universe, Supernova, Space and Planetary Science, Orbit (dynamics), instrumentation: detectors – techniques: high angular resolution – techniques: image processing – gamma rays: observations – X-rays: general
Abstract

AGILE is an Italian Space Agency mission dedicated to the observation of the gamma-ray Universe. The AGILE very innovative instrumentation combines for the first time a gamma-ray imager (sensitive in the energy range 30 MeV - 50 GeV), a hard X-ray imager (sensitive in the range 18-60 keV) together with a Calorimeter (sensitive in the range 300 keV - 100 MeV) and an anticoincidence system. AGILE was successfully launched on April 23, 2007 from the Indian base of Sriharikota and was inserted in an equatorial orbit with a very low particle background. AGILE provides crucial data for the study of Active Galactic Nuclei, Gamma-Ray Bursts, pulsars, unidentified gamma-ray sources, Galactic compact objects, supernova remnants, TeV sources, and fundamental physics by microsecond timing. An optimal angular resolution (reaching 0.1-0.2 degrees in gamma-rays, 1-2 arcminutes in hard X-rays) and very large fields of view (2.5 sr and 1 sr, respectively) are obtained by the use of Silicon detectors integrated in a very compact instrument. The paper describes the AGILE Mission and its space and ground segments., 20 pages, 26 figures. submitted to Astron. & Astrophys

Published
2009

48. MULTIWAVELENGTH OBSERVATIONS OF A TeV-FLARE FROM W COMAE

Author

Veritas, Collaboration, Acciari, V. A., Aliu, E., Aune, T., Beilicke, M., Benbow, W., Bottcher, M., Boltuch, D., Buckley, J. H., Bradbury, S. M., Bugaev, V., Byrum, K., Cannon, A., Cesarini, A., Ciupik, L., Cogan, P., Cui, W., Dickherber, R., Duke, C., Falcone, A., Finley, J. P., Fortin, P., Fortson, L., Furniss, A., Galante, N., Gall, D., Gibbs, K., Gillanders, G. H., Grube, J., Guenette, R., Gyuk, G., Hanna, D., Holder, J., Hui, C. M., Humensky, T. B., Kaaret, P., Karlsson, N., Kertzman, M., Kieda, D., Konopelko, A., Krawczynski, H., Krennrich, F., Lang, M. J., Lebohec, S., Maier, G., Mcarthur, S., Mccann, A., Mccutcheon, M., Millis, J., Moriarty, P., Ong, R. A., Otte, A. N., Pandel, D., Perkins, J. S., Pichel, A., Pohl, M., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Reyes, L. C., Reynolds, P. T., Roache, E., Rose, H. J., Sembroski, G. H., Smith, A. W., Steele, D., Theiling, M., Thibadeau, S., Varlotta, A., Vassiliev, V. V., Vincent, S., Wakely, S. P., Ward, J. E., Weekes, T. C., Weinstein, A., Weisgarber, T., Williams, D. A., Wissel, S., Wood, M., Agile, The Team, Pian, E., Vercellone, S., Donnarumma, I., D Ammando, F., Bulgarelli, A., Chen, A. W., Giuliani, A., Longo, F., Pacciani, L., Pucella, G., Vittorini, V., Tavani, M., Argan, A., Barbiellini, G., Caraveo, P., Cattaneo, P. W., Cocco, V., Costa, E., Del Monte, E., Paris, G., Di Cocco, G., Evangelista, Y., Feroci, M., Fiorini, M., Froysland, T., Frutti, M., Fuschino, F., Galli, M., Gianotti, F., Labanti, C., Lapshov, I., Lazzarotto, F., Lipari, P., Marisaldi, M., Mastropietro, M., Mereghetti, S., Morelli, E., Morselli, A., Pellizzoni, A., Perotti, F., Piano, G., Picozza, P., Pilia, M., Porrovecchio, G., Prest, M., Rapisarda, M., Rappoldi, A., Rubini, A., Soffitta, S. Sabatini P., Trifoglio, M., Trois, A., Vallazza, E., Zambra, A., Zanello, D., Pittori, C., Santolamazza, P., Verrecchia, F., Giommi, P., Colafrancesco, S., Salotti, L., Massimo Villata, Raiteri, C. M., Aller, H. D., Aller, M. F., Arkharov, A. A., Efimova, N. V., Larionov, V. M., Leto, P., Ligustri, R., Lindfors, E., Pasanen, M., Kurtanidze, O. M., Tetradze, S. D., Lahteenmaki, A., Kotiranta, M., Cucchiara, A., Romano, P., Nesci, R., Pursimo, T., Heidt, J., Benitez, E., Hiriart, D., Nilsson, K., Berdyugin, A., Mujica, R., Dultzin, D., Lopez, J. M., Mommert, M., Sorcia, M., La Calle Perez, I., V. A., Acciari, E., Aliu, T., Aune, M., Beilicke, W., Benbow, M., Bottcher, D., Boltuch, J. H., Buckley, S. M., Bradbury, V., Bugaev, K., Byrum, A., Cannon, A., Cesarini, L., Ciupik, P., Cogan, W., Cui, R., Dickherber, C., Duke, A., Falcone, J. P., Finley, P., Fortin, L., Fortson, A., Furni, N., Galante, D., Gall, K., Gibb, G. H., Gillander, J., Grube, R., Guenette, G., Gyuk, D., Hanna, J., Holder, C. M., Hui, T. B., Humensky, P., Kaaret, N., Karlsson, M., Kertzman, D., Kieda, A., Konopelko, H., Krawczynski, F., Krennrich, M. J., Lang, S., Lebohec, G., Maier, S., Mcarthur, A., Mccann, M., Mccutcheon, J., Milli, P., Moriarty, R. A., Ong, A. N., Otte, D., Pandel, J. S., Perkin, A., Pichel, M., Pohl, J., Quinn, K., Ragan, L. C., Reye, P. T., Reynold, E., Roache, H. J., Rose, G. H., Sembroski, A. W., Smith, D., Steele, M., Theiling, S., Thibadeau, A., Varlotta, V. V., Vassiliev, S., Vincent, S. P., Wakely, J. E., Ward, T. C., Weeke, A., Weinstein, T., Weisgarber, D. A., William, S., Wissel, M., Wood, E., Pian, S., Vercellone, I., Donnarumma, F., D'Ammando, A., Bulgarelli, A. W., Chen, A., Giuliani, Longo, Francesco, L., Pacciani, G., Pucella, V., Vittorini, M., Tavani, A., Argan, G., Barbiellini, P., Caraveo, P. W., Cattaneo, V., Cocco, E., Costa, E. D., Monte, G. D., Pari, G. D., Cocco, Y., Evangelista, M., Feroci, M., Fiorini, T., Froysland, M., Frutti, F., Fuschino, M., Galli, F., Gianotti, C., Labanti, I., Lapshov, F., Lazzarotto, P., Lipari, M., Marisaldi, M., Mastropietro, S., Mereghetti, E., Morelli, A., Morselli, A., Pellizzoni, F., Perotti, G., Piano, P., Picozza, M., Pilia, G., Porrovecchio, M., Prest, M., Rapisarda, A., Rappoldi, A., Rubini, S., Sabatini, P., Soffitta, M., Trifoglio, A., Troi, E., Vallazza, A., Zambra, D., Zanello, C., Pittori, P., Santolamazza, F., Verrecchia, P., Giommi, S., Colafrancesco, L., Salotti, M., Villata, C. M., Raiteri, H. D., Aller, M. F., Aller, A. A., Arkharov, N. V., Efimova, V. M., Larionov, P., Leto, R., Ligustri, E., Lindfor, M., Pasanen, O. M., Kurtanidze, S. D., Tetradze, A., Lahteenmaki, M., Kotiranta, A., Cucchiara, P., Romano, R., Nesci, T., Pursimo, J., Heidt, E., Benitez, D., Hiriart, K., Nilsson, A., Berdyugin, R., Mujica, D., Dultzin, J. M., Lopez, M., Mommert, M., Sorcia, I. D., Perez, Acciari VA, Aliu E, Aune T, Beilicke M, Benbow W, Bottcher M, Boltuch D, Buckley JH, Bradbury SM, Bugaev V, Byrum K, Cannon A, Cesarini A, Ciupik L, Cogan P, Cui W, Dickherber R, Duke C, Falcone A, Finley JP, Fortin P, Fortson L, Furniss A, Galante N, Gall D, Gibbs K, Gillanders GH, Grube J, Guenette R, Gyuk G, Hanna D, Holder J, Hui CM, Humensky TB, Kaaret P, Karlsson N, Kertzman M, Kieda D, Konopelko A, Krawczynski H, Krennrich F, Lang MJ, LeBohec S, Maier G, McArthur S, McCann A, McCutcheon M, Millis J, Moriarty P, Ong RA, Otte AN, Pandel D, Perkins JS, Pichel A, Pohl M, Quinn J, Ragan K, Reyes LC, Reynolds PT, Roache E, Rose HJ, Sembroski GH, Smith AW, Steele D, Theiling M, Thibadeau S, Varlotta A, Vassiliev VV, Vincent S, Wakely SP, Ward JE, Weekes TC, Weinstein A, Weisgarber T, Williams DA, Wissel S, Wood M, Pian E, Vercellone S, Donnarumma I, DAmmando F, Bulgarelli A, Chen AW, Giuliani A, Longo F, Pacciani L, Pucella G, Vittorini V, Tavani M, Argan A, Barbiellini G, Caraveo P, Cattaneo PW, Cocco V, Costa E, Del Monte E, De Paris G, Di Cocco G, Evangelista Y, Feroci M, Fiorini M, Froysland T, Frutti M, Fuschino F, Galli M, Gianotti F, Labanti C, Lapshov I, Lazzarotto F, Lipari P, Marisaldi M, Mastropietro M, Mereghetti S, Morelli 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, Pittori C, Santolamazza P, Verrecchia F, Giommi P, Colafrancesco S, Salotti L, Villata M, Raiteri CM, Aller HD, Aller MF, Arkharov AA, Efimova NV, Larionov VM, Leto P, Ligustri R, Lindfors E, Pasanen M, Kurtanidze OM, Tetradze SD, Lahteenmaki A, Kotiranta M, Cucchiara A, Romano P, Nesci R, Pursimo T, Heidt J, Benitez E, Hiriart D, Nilsson K, Berdyugin A, Mujica R, Dultzin D, Lopez JM, Mommert M, Sorcia M, and Perez ID

Subjects
Agile, High energy, agile space mission, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, bl-lacertae objects, FOS: Physical sciences, Flux, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, telescope, 01 natural sciences, High Energy Gamma-ray Astronomy, blazar, law.invention, multiwavelength, BL Lacertae, law, 0103 physical sciences, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Very High Energy Gamma-ray Astronomy, AGILE satellite, Active Galactic Nuclei, Gamma ray, background-radiation, Astronomy and Astrophysics, gamma-ray emission, lac objects, spectral energy-distributions, veritas observations, Space and Planetary Science, source list, Spectral energy distribution, BL Lacertae objects: individual (W Com), Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, gamma rays: observations, Flare, BL Lac object
Abstract

We report results from an intensive multiwavelength campaign on the intermediate-frequency-peaked BL Lacertae object W Com (z=0.102) during a strong outburst of very high energy gamma-ray emission in June 2008. The very high energy gamma-ray signal was detected by VERITAS on 2008 June 7-8 with a flux F(>200 GeV) = (5.7+-0.6)x10^-11 cm-2s-1, about three times brighter than during the discovery of gamma-ray emission from W Com by VERITAS in 2008 March. The initial detection of this flare by VERITAS at energies above 200 GeV was followed by observations in high energy gamma-rays (AGILE, E>100 MeV), and X-rays (Swift and XMM-Newton), and at UV, and ground-based optical and radio monitoring through the GASP-WEBT consortium and other observatories. Here we describe the multiwavelength data and derive the spectral energy distribution (SED) of the source from contemporaneous data taken throughout the flare., 26 pages, 5 figures; Accepted for publication by The Astrophysical Journal

Published
2009

49. AGILE in orbit

Author

Tavani, M., Barbiellini, G., Argan, A., Bulgarelli, A., Caraveo, P., Chen, A., Cocco, V., Costa, E., Paris, G., Del Monte, E., Di Cocco, G., Donnarumma, I., Feroci, M., Fiorini, M., Froysland, T., Frutti, M., Fuschino, F., Galli, M., Gianotti, F., Giuliani, A., Labanti, C., Lapshov, I., Lazzarotto, F., Lipari, P., Longo, F., Marisaldi, M., Mastropietro, M., Mattaini, E., 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., Traci, A., Trifoglio, M., Trois, A., Vallazza, E., Vercellone, S., Zambra, A., Zanello, D., paolo giommi, Antonelli, A., Pittori, C., M., Tavani, BARBIELLINI AMIDEI, Guido, A., Argan, A., Bulgarelli, P., Caraveo, A., Chen, V., Cocco, E., Costa, G., DE PARIS, E., DEL MONTE, G., DI COCCO, I., Donnarumma, M., Feroci, M., Fiorini, T., Froysland, M., Frutti, F., Fuschino, M., Galli, F., Gianotti, A., Giuliani, C., Labanti, I., Lapshov, F., Lazzarotto, P., Lipari, Longo, Francesco, M., Marisaldi, M., Mastropietro, E., Mattaini, 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, E., Rossi, A., Rubini, P., Soffitta, A., Traci, M., Trifoglio, A., Troi, E., Vallazza, S., Vercellone, A., Zambra, D., Zanello, P., Giommi, A., Antonelli, and C., Pittori

Published
2007

50. Gamma-ray Astrophysics with AGILE

Author

Longo, Francesco, Tavani, M., Barbiellini, G., Argan, A., Basset, M., Boffelli, F., Bulgarelli, A., Caraveo, P., Cattaneo, P., Chen, A., Costa, E., Del Monte, E., Di Cocco, G., Di Persio, G., Donnaruninia, I., Feroci, M., Fionini, M., Foggetta, L., Froysland, T., Frutti, M., Fuschino, F., Galli, M., Gianotti, F., Giuliani, A., Labanti, C., Lapshov, I., Lazzarotto, F., Liello, F., Lipari, P., Marisaldi, M., Mastropietro, M., Mattaini, E., Mauri, F., Mereghetti, S., Morelli, E., Morselli, A., Pacciani, L., Pellizzoni, A., Perotti, F., Picozza, P., Pittori, C., Pontoni, C., Porrovecchio, G., Prest, M., Rapisarda, M., Rossi, E., Rubini, A., Soffitta, P., Traci, A., Trifoglio, M., Trois, A., Erik Silvio Vallazza, Vercellone, S., Zarlello, D., Longo, Francesco, Tavani, M, BARBIELLINI AMIDEI, Guido, Argan, A, Basset, M, Boffelli, F, Bulgarelli, A, Caraveo, P, Cattaneo, P, Chen, A, Costa, E, DEL MONTE, E, DI COCCO, G, DI PERSIO, G, Donnarumma, I, Feroci, M, Fiorini, M, Foggetta, L, Froysland, T, Frutti, M, Fuschino, F, Galli, M, Gianotti, F, Giuliani, A, Labanti, C, Lapshov, I, Lazzarotto, F, Liello, F, Lipari, P, Marisaldi, M, Mastropietro, M, Mattaini, E, Mauri, F, Mereghetti, S, Morelli, E, Morselli, A, Pacciani, L, Pellizzoni, A, Perotti, F, Picozza, P, Pittori, C, Pontoni, C, Porrovecchio, G, Prest, M, Rapisarda, M, Rossi, E, Rubini, A, Soffitta, P, Traci, A, Trifoglio, M, Trois, A, Vallazza, E, Vercellone, S, Zanello, D., A., Argan, M., Basset, F., Boffelli, A., Bulgarelli, P., Caraveo, P. W., Cattaneo, E., Celesti, A., Chen, V., Cocco, E., Costa, E., DEL MONTE, G., DI COCCO, G., DI PERSIO, I., Donnarumma, M., Feroci, M., Fiorini, T., Froysland, M., Frutti, M., Galli, F., Gianotti, A., Giuliani, C., Labanti, I., Lapshov, F., Lazzarotto, F., Liello, P., Lipari, M., Marisaldi, M., Mastropietro, A., Mauri, F., Mauri, S., Mereghetti, E., Morelli, A., Morselli, L., Pacciani, A., Pellizzoni, F., Perotti, P., Picozza, C., Pittori, C., Pontoni, G., Porrovecchio, M., Prest, M., Rapisarda, E., Rossi, A., Rubini, P., Soffitta, M., Tavani, A., Traci, M., Trifoglio, E., Vallazza, S., Vercellone, and D., Zanello

Subjects
AGILE satellite, silicon tracker, gamma ray astrophysics, Physics, Photon, Active galactic nucleus, Calorimeter (particle physics), business.industry, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, media_common.quotation_subject, Gamma ray, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Galaxy, Universe, Supernova, Sky, business, Gamma-ray burst, Agile software development, media_common
Abstract

AGILE will explore the gamma‐ray Universe with a very innovative instrument combining for the first time a gamma‐ray imager and a hard X‐ray imager. AGILE will be operational in spring 2007 and it will provide crucial data for the study of Active Galactic Nuclei, Gamma‐Ray Bursts, unidentified gamma‐ray sources. Galactic compact objects, supernova remnants, TeV sources, and fundamental physics by microsecond timing. The AGILE instrument is designed to simultaneously detect and image photons in the 30 MeV – 50 GeV and 15 – 45 keV energy bands with excellent imaging and timing capabilities, and a large field of view covering ∼ 1/5 of the entire sky at energies above 30 MeV. A CsI calorimeter is capable of GRB triggering in the energy band 0.3–50 MeV AGILE is now (March 2007) undergoing launcher integration and testing. The PLSV launch is planned in spring 2007. AGILE is then foreseen to be fully operational during the summer of 2007.

Published
2007

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