The AGILE mission and its scientific instrument

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6266 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Tavani, M ^a,b   Barbiellini, G ^d,e   Argan, A ^f   Basset, M ^d   Boffelli, F ^f,l   Bulgarelli, A ^h   Caraveo, P ^f   Chen, A ^c,f   Costa, E ^a   De Paris, G ^a   Del Monte, E ^a   Cocco, G ^h   Donnarumma, I ^a   Feroci, M ^a   Fiorini, M ^f   Foggetta, L ^c,d   Froysland, T ^c,g   Frutti, M ^a   Fuschino, F ^h   Galli, M ⁱ   Gianotti, F ^h   Giuliani, A ^f   Labanti, C ^h   Lapshov, I ^a   Lazzarotto, F ^a   Liello, F ^d   Lipari, P ^j,k   Longo, F ^d,e   Marisaldi, M ^h   Mastropietro, M ^a   Mattaini, E ^f   Mauri, F ^l   Mereghetti, S ^f   Morelli, E ^h   Morselli, A ^b,g   Pacciani, L ^a   Pellizzoni, A ^f   Perotti, F ^f   Picozza, P ^b,g   Pittori, C ^b,g   Pontoni, C ^d   Porrovecchio, G ^a   Prest, M ^d   Pucella, G ^a   Rapisarda, M ^m   Rossi, E ^h   Rubini, A ^a   Soffitta, P ^a   Traci, A ^h   Trifoglio, M ^h   Trois, A ^f   Vallazza, E ^d   Vercellone, S ^f   Zambra, A ^c,f   Zanello, D ^j,k   more..

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c CIFS Torino   (Italy)

^d SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^f INAF IASF MILANO   (Italy)

^g INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^h OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

ⁱ ENEA   (Italy)

^j INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^l INFN SEZIONE DI PAVIA   (Italy)

^m ENEA   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

Gamma rays; Space instrumentation; X rays

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE SENSORS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

GAMMA-RAY IMAGERS; SILICON DETECTORS; SPACE INSTRUMENTATION;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 33749032408     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.673207     Document Type: Conference Paper

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