In-flight performance of the AGILE Mini-calorimeter and its gamma-ray burst detection capabilities

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7011, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Marisaldi, Martino ^a   Labanti, Claudio ^a   Fuschino, Fabio ^a   Galli, Marcello ^b   Argan, Andrea ^c   Bulgarelli, Andrea ^a   Cocco, Guido Di ^a   Gianotti, Fulvio ^a   Tavani, Marco ^d   Trifoglio, Massimo ^a   Trois, Alessio ^c  

^a OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

^c INAF IASF MILANO   (Italy)

^d INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gamma ray astrophysics; Gamma ray bursts; Scintillation detector

Indexed keywords

DETECTION RATES; GAMMA-RAY ASTROPHYSICS; GAMMA-RAY BURSTS; GAMMA-RAY IMAGING; IN-FLIGHT PERFORMANCE; MEV ENERGY; SCINTILLATION DETECTOR; SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; SPACE MISSIONS; TIME-SCALES;

ASTROPHYSICS; DETECTORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; LUMINESCENCE; NEUTRON DETECTORS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SPACE TELESCOPES; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES; STARS; X RAY CAMERAS;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 70249129093     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.789182     Document Type: Conference Paper

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