Detection of terrestrial gamma ray flashes up to 40 MeV by the AGILE satellite

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Marisaldi, M ^a   Fuschino, F ^a   Labanti, C ^a   Galli, M ^b   Longo, F ^c   Del Monte, E ^d   Barbiellini, G ^c,e   Tavani, M ^d,f   Giuliani, A ^g   Moretti, E ^c   Vercellone, S ^h   Costa, E ^d   Cutini, S ⁱ   Donnarumma, I ^d   Evangelista, Y ^d   Feroci, M ^d   Lapshov, I ^d,j   Lazzarotto, F ^d   Lipari, P ^k,l   Mereghetti, S ^g   Pacciani, L ^d   Rapisarda, M ^m   Soffitta, P ^d   Trifoglio, M ^a   Argan, A ⁿ   Boffelli, F ^o   Bulgarelli, A ^a   Caraveo, P ^g   Cattaneo, P W ^o   Chen, A ^g   Cocco, V ^d   D'Ammando, F ^d,f   De Paris, G ⁿ   Di Cocco, G ^a   Di Persio, G ^d   Ferrari, A ^p,q   Fiorini, M ^g   Froysland, T ^f,p   Gianotti, F ^a   Morselli, A ^k   Pellizzoni, A ^r   Perotti, F ^g   Picozza, P ^k   Piano, G ^d,f,r   Pilia, M ^s   Prest, M ^s,t   Pucella, G ^d   Rappoldi, A ^o   Rubini, A ^d   Sabatini, S ^k   Striani, E ^d,f,r   Trois, A ^d   Vallazza, E ^e   Vittorini, V ^d   Zambra, A ^g,p   Zanello, D ^k   Antonelli, L A ⁱ   Colafrancesco, S ⁱ   Gasparrini, D ⁱ   Giommi, P ⁱ   Pittori, C ⁱ   Preger, B ⁱ   Santolamazza, P ⁱ   Verrecchia, F ⁱ   Salottis, L ^u   more..

^a OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

^e SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^g INAF IASF MILANO   (Italy)

^h INAF IASF PALERMO   (Italy)

ⁱ ASI SCIENCE DATA CENTER   (Italy)

^j CIFS ^*  (Russian Federation)

^k INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^l SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^m ENEA   (Italy)

ⁿ INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^o INFN SEZIONE DI PAVIA   (Italy)

^p CIFS   (Italy)

^q UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^r INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^s UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^t INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^u ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Italy)

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EID: 77949444822     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014502     Document Type: Article

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