The AGILE instrument

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4851, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 1151-1162

  Tavani, M ^a,k   Barbiellini, G ^b,c   Argan, A ^a   Auricchio, N ^a   Bernabeo, A ^a,d   Bulgarelli, A ^a   Caraveo, P ^a   Celesti, E ^a   Chen, A ^a,d   Cocco, V ^e   Costa, E ^a   Del Monte, E ^a   De Paris, G ^a,d   Di Cocco, G ^a   Fedel, G ^b,c   Feroci, M ^a   Fiorini, M ^a   Froysland, T ^d,e   Galli, M ^f   Gianotti, F ^a   Giuliani, A ^a,d   Labanti, C ^a   Lapshov, I ^a   Lazzarotto, F ^a,d   Lipari, P ^g,h   Longo, F ^b,c   Mastropietro, M ^a   Mattaini, E ^a,d   Mauri, A ^a   Mereghetti, S ^a   Morelli, E ^a   Morselli, A ^e,i   Pacciani, L ^a   Pellizzoni, A ^a   Perotti, F ^a   Picozza, P ^e,i   Pittori, C ^e,i   Pontoni, C ^c,d   Porrovecchio, G ^a   Preger, B ^a   Prest, M ^c   Rapisarda, M ^a   Rossi, E ^a   Rubini, A ^a   Sant'Ambrogio, E ^a   Soffitta, P ^a   Soli, L ^a,j   Traci, A ^a   Trifoglio, M ^a   Vallazza, E ^c   Vercellone, S ^a   Zambra, A ^a   Zanello, D ^g,h   more..

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d Consorzio Interuniv Fis Spaziale ^*  (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^f ENEA   (Italy)

^g SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^h INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

ⁱ INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^j LABEN SpA   (Italy)

^k Via Bassini 15 ^*  (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

Gamma Rays; High Energy Astrophysics; Satellites

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; CALORIMETERS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; IMAGE SENSORS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING; SILICON SENSORS; SPACE RESEARCH; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

GAMMA-RAY ASTRONOMY;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 0037957152     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.461312     Document Type: Conference Paper

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