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Gamma-ray burst detection with the AGILE mini-calorimeter
- Source :
- Astronomy and Astrophysics; November 2008, Vol. 490 Issue: 3 p1151-1156, 6p
- Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- Context. The mini-calorimeter (MCAL) instrument on-board the AGILE satellite is a non-imaging gamma-ray scintillation detector sensitive in the 300 keV–100 MeV energy range with a total on-axis geometrical area of 1400 cm2. 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.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00046361 and 14320746
- Volume :
- 490
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs53157407
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810562