The AGILE gamma-ray astronomy mission
Abstract
We describe the AGILE gamma-ray astronomy satellite which has recently been selected as the first Small Scientific Mission of the Italian Space Agency. With a launch in 2002, AGILE will provide a unique tool for high-energy astrophysics in the 30 MeV-50 GeV range before GLAST. Despite the much smaller weight and dimensions, the scientific performances of AGILE are comparable to those of EGRET. .
- Publication:
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GeV-TeV Gamma Ray Astrophysics Workshop : towards a major atmospheric
- Pub Date:
- June 2000
- DOI:
- 10.1063/1.1291412
- arXiv:
- arXiv:astro-ph/9911256
- Bibcode:
- 2000AIPC..515..467M
- Keywords:
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- 95.55.Ka;
- X- and gamma-ray telescopes and instrumentation;
- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 7 pages, latex, 4 figures, Invited paper presented at the GeV-TeV Gamma-ray Astrophysics Workshop "Towards a Major Atmospheric Cerenkov Detector VI'' - Snowbird, Utah - August 13-16, 1999