Author/Authors :
Tavani، نويسنده , , M. and Barbiellini، نويسنده , , G. and Argan، نويسنده , , A. and Bulgarelli، نويسنده , , A. and Caraveo، نويسنده , , P. and Chen، نويسنده , , A. and Cocco، نويسنده , , V. and Costa، نويسنده , , E. and De Paris، نويسنده , , G. and Del Monte، نويسنده , , E. and Di Cocco، نويسنده , , G. and Donnarumma، نويسنده , , I. and Feroci، نويسنده , , M. and Fiorini، نويسنده , , M. and Froysland، نويسنده , , T. and Fuschino، نويسنده ,
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.
