Publications (144)
The GAMMA-400 Space Mission
P. Cumani, A. M. Galper, V. Bonvicini +64
GAMMA-400 is a new space mission which will be installed on board the Russian space platform Navigator. It is scheduled to be launched at the beginning of the next decade. GAMMA-40…
First AGILE Catalog of High Confidence Gamma-Ray Sources
C. Pittori, F. Verrecchia, A. W. Chen +80
We present the first catalog of high-confidence gamma-ray sources detected by the AGILE satellite during observations performed from July 9, 2007 to June 30, 2008. Catalogued sourc…
PAMELA's Measurements of Magnetospheric Effects on High Energy Solar Particles
O. Adriani, G. C. Barbarino, G. A. Bazilevskaya +64
The nature of particle acceleration at the Sun, whether through flare reconnection processes or through shocks driven by coronal mass ejections (CMEs), is still under scrutiny desp…
Design and Performance of the GAMMA-400 Gamma-Ray Telescope for the Dark Matter Searches
A. M. Galper, O. Adriani, R. L. Aptekar +37
The GAMMA-400 gamma-ray telescope is designed to measure the fluxes of gamma rays and cosmic-ray electrons + positrons, which can be produced by annihilation or decay of the dark m…
The Space-Based Gamma-Ray Telescope GAMMA-400 and Its Scientific Goals
A. M. Galper, O. Adriani, R. L. Aptekar +46
The design of the new space-based gamma-ray telescope GAMMA-400 is presented. GAMMA-400 is optimized for the energy 100 GeV with the best parameters: the angular resolution ~0.01 d…
Temporal properties of GX 301-2 over a year-long observation with SuperAGILE
Y. Evangelista, M. Feroci, E. Costa +52
We present the long-term monitoring of the High Mass X-ray Binary GX 301-2 performed with the SuperAGILE instrument on-board the AGILE mission. The source was monitored in the 20-6…
AGILE detection of a rapid gamma-ray flare from the blazar PKS 1510-089 during the GASP-WEBT monitoring
F. D'Ammando, G. Pucella, C. M. Raiteri +103
We report the detection by the AGILE satellite of a rapid gamma-ray flare from the powerful gamma-ray quasar PKS 1510-089, during a pointing centered on the Galactic Center region…
Cosmic-Ray Positron Identification with the PAMELA experiment
O. Adriani, G. C. Barbarino, G. A. Bazilevskaya +63
The PAMELA satellite borne experiment is designed to study cosmic rays with great accuracy in a wide energy range. One of PAMELA's main goal is the study of the antimatter componen…
Agile Observations of the "Soft" Gamma-Ray Pulsar PSR B1509-58
M. Pilia, A. Pellizzoni, A. Trois +60
We present the results of new Agile observations of PSR B1509-58 performed over a period of 2.5 years following the detection obtained with a subset of the present data. The modula…
Multiwavelength observations of 3C 454.3 II. The AGILE 2007 December campaign
I. Donnarumma, G. Pucella, V. Vittorini +75
We report on the second AGILE multiwavelength campaign of the blazar 3C 454.3 during the first half of December 2007. This campaign involved AGILE, Spitzer, Swift,Suzaku,the WEBT c…
Developments and results in the context of the JEM-EUSO program obtained with the ESAF Simulation and Analysis Framework
S. Abe, J. H. Adams, D. Allard +172
JEM--EUSO is an international program for the development of space-based Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Ray observatories. The program consists of a series of missions which are either u…
The discovery of geomagnetically trapped cosmic ray antiprotons
O. Adriani, G. C. Barbarino, G. A. Bazilevskaya +61
The existence of a significant flux of antiprotons confined to Earth's magnetosphere has been considered in several theoretical works. These antiparticles are produced in nuclear i…
The JEM-EUSO Mission: Status and Prospects in 2011
EUSO Collaboration, J. H. Adams, S. Ahmad +256
Contributions of the JEM-EUSO Collaboration to the 32nd International Cosmic Ray Conference, Beijing, August, 2011.
Time dependence of the electron and positron components of the cosmic radiation measured by the PAMELA experiment between July 2006 and December 2015
O. Adriani, G. C. Barbarino, G. A. Bazilevskaya +52
Cosmic-ray electrons and positrons are a unique probe of the propagation of cosmic rays as well as of the nature and distribution of particle sources in our Galaxy. Recent measurem…
Study of the gamma-ray source 1AGL J2022+4032 in the Cygnus Region
A. W. Chen, G. Piano, M. Tavani +58
Identification of gamma-ray-emitting Galactic sources is a long-standing problem in astrophysics. One such source, 1AGL J2022+4032, coincident with the interior of the radio shell…
Exotic Matter research in Space
P. Picozza, A. Morselli
The direct detection of annihilation products in cosmic rays offer an alternative way to search for dark matter particles candidates. Here we will see in particular that the study…
An evaluation of the exposure in nadir observation of the JEM-EUSO mission
J. H. Adams, S. Ahmad, J. -N. Albert +258
We evaluate the exposure during nadir observations with JEM-EUSO, the Extreme Universe Space Observatory, on-board the Japanese Experiment Module of the International Space Station…
The science of PAMELA space mission
P. Picozza, A. Morselli
Many different mechanisms can contribute to antiprotons and positrons production, ranging from conventional reactions up to exotic processes like neutralino annihilation. The open…
Calibration of AGILE-GRID with In-Flight Data and Monte Carlo Simulations
Andrew W. Chen, A. Argan, A. Bulgarelli +57
Context: AGILE is a gamma-ray astrophysics mission which has been in orbit since 23 April 2007 and continues to operate reliably. The gamma-ray detector, AGILE-GRID, has observed G…
Re-Entrant Albedo Proton Fluxes Measured by the PAMELA Experiment
O. Adriani, G. C. Barbarino, G. A. Bazilevskaya +56
We present a precise measurement of downward-going albedo proton fluxes for kinetic energy above 70 MeV performed by the PAMELA experiment at an altitude between 350 and 610…
In-Orbit Performance of the Space Telescope NINA and GCR Flux Measurements
The NINA Collaboration, V. Bidoli, A. Canestro +36
The NINA apparatus, on board the Russian satellite Resurs-01 n.4, has been in polar orbit since 1998 July 10, at an altitude of 840 km. Its main scientific task is to study the gal…
Control and read-out of the HEPD-02 tracking system onboard CSES-02 satellite
S. Bartocci, R. Battiston, S. Beolè +42
The High Energy Particle Detector (HEPD-02) is a payload of the second China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite (CSES-02), designed and built by the Italian Limadou collaboration. It…
Dark Matter Search Perspectives with GAMMA-400
A. A. Moiseev, A. M. Galper, O. Adriani +44
GAMMA-400 is a future high-energy gamma-ray telescope, designed to measure the fluxes of gamma-rays and cosmic-ray electrons + positrons, which can be produced by annihilation or d…
Mini-EUSO engineering model: tests in open-sky condition
F. Bisconti, D. Barghini, M. Battisti +45
Mini-EUSO is a UV telescope that will look downwards to the Earth's atmosphere onboard the International Space Station. With the design of the ultra-high energy cosmic ray fluoresc…
Study of the Gamma-ray performance of the GAMMA-400 Calorimeter
P. Cumani, A. M. Galper, V. Bonvicini +73
GAMMA-400 is a new space mission, designed as a dual experiment, capable to study both high energy gamma rays (from 100 MeV to few TeV) and cosmic rays (electrons up to 20 Te…
GAMMA-400 gamma-ray observatory
N. P. Topchiev, A. M. Galper, V. Bonvicini +71
The GAMMA-400 gamma-ray telescope with excellent angular and energy resolutions is designed to search for signatures of dark matter in the fluxes of gamma-ray emission and electron…
GRB 070724B: the first Gamma Ray Burst localized by SuperAGILE and its Swift X-ray Afterglow
E. Del Monte, M. Feroci, L. Pacciani +51
GRB 070724B is the first Gamma Ray Burst localized by SuperAGILE, the hard X-ray monitor aboard the AGILE satellite. The coordinates of the event were published hours aft…
Discovery of Powerful Gamma-Ray Flares from the Crab Nebula
M. Tavani, A. Bulgarelli, V. Vittorini +65
The well known Crab Nebula is at the center of the SN1054 supernova remnant. It consists of a rotationally-powered pulsar interacting with a surrounding nebula through a relativist…
Description and performance results of the trigger logic of TUS and Mini-EUSO to search for Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays from space
M. Bertaina, D. Barghini, M. Battisti +36
The trigger logic of the Tracking Ultraviolet Setup (TUS) and Multiwavelength Imaging New Instrument for the Extreme Universe Space Observatory (Mini-EUSO) space-based projects of…
Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon 1 calibration: from the laboratory to the desert
J. H. Adams, L. Allen, R. Bachman +63
The Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon 1 (EUSO-SPB1) instrument was launched out of Wanaka, New Zealand, by NASA in April, 2017 as a mission of opportun…
The JEM-EUSO Collaboration: Contributions to the 39th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2025)
M. Abdullahi, M. Abrate, J. H. Adams +163
This is a collection of papers presented by the JEM-EUSO Collaboration at the 39th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2025) (Geneva, Switzerland, July 14--24, 2025).
AGILE gamma-ray detection of the exceptional GRB 221009A
M. Tavani, G. Piano, A. Bulgarelli +47
Gamma-ray emission in the MeV-GeV range from explosive cosmic events is of invaluable relevance to understanding physical processes related to the formation of neutron stars and bl…
Direct Evidence for Hadronic Cosmic-Ray Acceleration in the Supernova Renmant IC 443
M. Tavani, A. Giuliani, A. W. Chen +59
The Supernova Remnant (SNR) IC 443 is an intermediate-age remnant well known for its radio, optical, X-ray and gamma-ray energy emissions. In this Letter we study the gamma-ray emi…
First Results from the PAMELA Space Mission
M. Boezio, V. Bonvicini, G. Jerse +53
On the 15th of June 2006, the PAMELA satellite-borne experiment was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome and it has been collecting data since July 2006. The apparatus comprises a…
JEM-EUSO Collaboration contributions to the 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference
S. Abe, J. H. Adams, D. Allard +155
This is a collection of papers presented by the JEM-EUSO Collaboration at the 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference (Nagoya, Japan, July 26-August 3, 2023)
A statistical procedure for the identification of positrons in the PAMELA experiment
O. Adriani, G. C. Barbarino, G. A. Bazilevskaya +58
The PAMELA satellite experiment has measured the cosmic-ray positron fraction between 1.5 GeV and 100 GeV. The need to reliably discriminate between the positron signal and proton…
AGILE detection of intense gamma-ray emission from the blazar PKS 1510-089
G. Pucella, V. Vittorini, F. D'Ammando +59
We report the detection by the AGILE (Astro-rivelatore Gamma a Immagini LEggero) satellite of an intense gamma-ray flare from the source AGL J1511-0909, associated with the powerfu…
The PAMELA Space Experiment
E. Mocchiutti, O. Adriani, G. C. Barbarino +55
The 15th of June 2006, the PAMELA satellite-borne experiment was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome and it has been collecting data since July 2006. The apparatus comprises a ti…
High-energy gamma-ray studying with GAMMA-400
N. P. Topchiev, A. M. Galper, V. Bonvicini +26
Extraterrestrial gamma-ray astronomy is now a source of new knowledge in the fields of astrophysics, cosmic-ray physics, and the nature of dark matter. The next absolutely necessar…
AGILE observation of a gamma-ray flare from the blazar 3C 279
A. Giuliani, F. D'Ammando, S. Vercellone +56
Context. We report the detection by the AGILE satellite of an intense gamma-ray flare from the gamma-ray source 3EG J1255-0549, associated to the Flat Spectrum Radio Quasar 3C 279,…
Unexpected cyclic behavior in cosmic ray protons observed by PAMELA at 1 AU
O. Adriani, G. C. Barbarino, G. A. Bazilevskaya +50
Protons detected by the PAMELA experiment in the period 2006-2014 have been analyzed in the energy range between 0.40-50 GV to explore possible periodicities besides the well known…
PAMELA's measurements of geomagnetic cutoff variations during solar energetic particle events
A. Bruno, O. Adriani, G. C. Barbarino +64
Data from the PAMELA satellite experiment were used to measure the geomagnetic cutoff for high-energy ( 80 MeV) protons during the solar particle events on 2006 December 1…
Detection of Gamma-Ray Emission from the Vela Pulsar Wind Nebula with AGILE
A. Pellizzoni, A. Trois, M. Tavani +68
Pulsars are known to power winds of relativistic particles that can produce bright nebulae by interacting with the surrounding medium. These pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) are observed…
Search for anisotropies in cosmic-ray positrons detected by the PAMELA experiment
O. Adriani, G. C. Barbarino, G. A. Bazilevskaya +57
The PAMELA detector was launched on board of the Russian Resurs-DK1 satellite on June 15, 2006. Data collected during the first four years have been used to search for large-scale…
AGILE Observations of the Gravitational-wave Source GW170817: Constraining Gamma-Ray Emission from a NS-NS Coalescence
F. Verrecchia, M. Tavani, I. Donnarumma +39
The LIGO-Virgo Collaboration (LVC) detected, on 2017 August 17, an exceptional gravitational-wave (GW) event temporally consistent within with the GRB 1708117A…
Observations of the December 13 and 14, 2006, Solar Particle Events in the 80 MeV/n - 3 GeV/n range from space with PAMELA detector
O. Adriani, G. C. Barbarino, G. A. Bazilevskaya +61
We present the space spectrometer PAMELA observations of proton and helium fluxes during the December 13 and 14, 2006 solar particle events. This is the first direct measurement of…
Measurement of boron and carbon fluxes in cosmic rays with the PAMELA experiment
O. Adriani, G. C. Barbarino, G. A. Bazilevskaya +61
The propagation of cosmic rays inside our galaxy plays a fundamental role in shaping their injection spectra into those observed at Earth. One of the best tools to investigate this…
EUSO@TurLab project in view of Mini-EUSO and EUSO-SPB2 missions
H. Miyamoto, M. E. Bertaina, D. Barghini +37
The TurLab facility is a laboratory, equipped with a 5 m diameter and 1 m depth rotating tank, located in the fourth basement level of the Physics Department of the University of T…
Agile Detection of Delayed Gamma-Ray Emission from the Short Gamma-Ray Burst GRB 090510
A. Giuliani, F. Fuschino, G. Vianello +59
Short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), typically lasting less than 2 s, are a special class of GRBs of great interest. We report the detection by the AGILE satellite of the short GRB 09051…
PAMELA Measurements of Cosmic-ray Proton and Helium Spectra
O. Adriani, G. C. Barbarino, G. A. Bazilevskaya +62
Protons and helium nuclei are the most abundant components of the cosmic radiation. Precise measurements of their fluxes are needed to understand the acceleration and subsequent pr…
Secondary positrons and electrons measured by PAMELA experiment
V. V. Mikhailov, O. Adriani, G. Barbarino +55
We present a measurements of electron and positron fluxes below the geomagnetic cutoff rigidity in wide energy range from 50 MeV to several GeV by the PAMELA magnetic spectrometer.…
AGILE detection of gamma-ray sources coincident with cosmic neutrino events
F. Lucarelli, M. Tavani, G. Piano +34
The origin of cosmic neutrinos is still largely unknown. Using data obtained by the gamma-ray imager on board of the AGILE satellite, we systematically searched for transient gamma…
Solar energetic particle events: trajectory analysis and flux reconstruction with PAMELA
A. Bruno, O. Adriani, G. C. Barbarino +64
The PAMELA satellite experiment is providing first direct measurements of Solar Energetic Particles (SEPs) with energies from about 80 MeV to several GeV in near-Earth space, bridg…
POEMMA-Balloon with Radio: A multi-messenger, multi-detector balloon payload
J. Adams, J. Alfaro, D. Allard +123
A review of the current status of the field of Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Ray (UHECR) including a summary of remaining open questions was presented in the white paper "Ultra-High Ene…
Solar-Cycle Variations of South-Atlantic Anomaly Proton Intensities Measured With The PAMELA Mission
A. Bruno, M. Martucci, F. S. Cafagna +50
We present a study of the solar-cycle variations of >80 MeV proton flux intensities in the lower edge of the inner radiation belt, based on the measurements of the Payload for Anti…
Back-Tracing and Flux Reconstruction for Solar Events with PAMELA
A. Bruno, O. Adriani, G. C. Barbarino +64
The PAMELA satellite-borne experiment is providing first direct measurements of Solar Energetic Particles (SEPs) with energies from 80 MeV to several GeV in near-Earth space.…
Launch of the Space experiment PAMELA
M. Casolino, P. Picozza, F. Altamura +56
PAMELA is a satellite borne experiment designed to study with great accuracy cosmic rays of galactic, solar, and trapped nature in a wide energy range protons: 80 MeV-700 GeV, elec…
EUSO-SPB1 Mission and Science
EUSO Collaboration, G. Abdellaoui, S. Abe +292
The Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon 1 (EUSO-SPB1) was launched in 2017 April from Wanaka, New Zealand. The plan of this mission of opportunity on a N…
Observation of an anomalous positron abundance in the cosmic radiation
O. Adriani, G. C. Barbarino, G. A. Bazilevskaya +48
Positrons are known to be produced in interactions between cosmic-ray nuclei and interstellar matter ("secondary production"). Positrons may, however, also be created by dark matte…
Time dependence of the e^- flux measured by PAMELA during the July 2006 - December 2009 solar minimum
O. Adriani, G. C. Barbarino, G. A. Bazilevskaya +58
Precision measurements of the electron component in the cosmic radiation provide important information about the origin and propagation of cosmic rays in the Galaxy not accessible…
Space Debris detection and tracking with the techniques of cosmic ray physics
H. Miyamoto, M. Battisti, A. Belov +45
Space Debris (SD) consist of non-operational artificial objects orbiting around the Earth, which could possibly damage space vehicles, such as the International Space Station (ISS)…
Status of the GAMMA-400 Project
A. M. Galper, O. Adriani, R. L. Aptekar +35
The preliminary design of the new space gamma-ray telescope GAMMA-400 for the energy range 100 MeV - 3 TeV is presented. The angular resolution of the instrument, 1-2° at Eγ ~100…
The GAMMA-400 gamma-ray telescope characteristics. Angular resolution and electrons/protons separation
A. A. Leonov, A. M. Galper, V. Bonvicini +64
The measurements of gamma-ray fluxes and cosmic-ray electrons and positrons in the energy range from 100 MeV to several TeV, which will be implemented by the specially designed GAM…
AGILE detection of GeV gamma-ray emission from the SNR W28
A. Giuliani, M. Tavani, A. Bulgarelli +59
Supernova remnants (SNRs) are believed to be the main sources of Galactic cosmic rays. Molecular clouds associated with SNRs can produce gamma-ray emission through the interaction…
First results about on-ground calibration of the Silicon Tracker for the AGILE satellite
AGILE Collaboration, P. W. Cattaneo, A. Argan +65
The AGILE scientific instrument has been calibrated with a tagged -ray beam at the Beam Test Facility (BTF) of the INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (LNF). The goal of the…
In-flight performances of SilEye-2 Experiment and cosmic ray abundances inside space station Mir
S. Avdeev, V. Bidoli, W. Bonvicini +24
Cosmic ray measurements performed with the instrument SilEye-2 on Mir space station are presented. SilEye-2 is a silicon detector telescope for the study of the causes of Light Fla…
Science with the new generation high energy gamma- ray experiments
M. Alvarez, D. D'Armiento, G. Agnetta +197
This Conference is the fifth of a series of Workshops on High Energy Gamma- ray Experiments, following the Conferences held in Perugia 2003, Bari 2004, Cividale del Friuli 2005, El…
The AGILE Gamma-ray Astronomy Mission
S. Mereghetti, G. Barbiellini, G. Budini +18
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…
Solar energetic particle events observed by the PAMELA mission
A. Bruno, G. A. Bazilevskaya, M. Boezio +55
Despite the significant progress achieved in recent years, the physical mechanisms underlying the origin of solar energetic particles (SEPs) are still a matter of debate. The compl…
JEM-EUSO Collaboration contributions to the 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference
G. Abdellaoui, S. Abe, J. H. Adams +289
Compilation of papers presented by the JEM-EUSO Collaboration at the 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC), held on July 12-23, 2021 (online) in Berlin, Germany.
Improvement of the GAMMA-400 physical scheme for precision gamma-ray emission investigations
A. A. Leonov, A. M. Galper, N. P. Topchiev +34
The main goal for the GAMMA-400 gamma-ray telescope mission is to perform a sensitive search for signatures of dark matter particles in high-energy gamma-ray emission. Measurements…
The characterization of the distant blazar GB6 J1239+0443 from flaring and low activity periods
L. Pacciani, I. Donnarumma, K. D. Denney +64
In 2008 AGILE and Fermi detected gamma-ray flaring activity from the unidentified EGRET source 3EG J1236+0457, recently associated with a flat spectrum radio quasar GB6 J1239+0443…
Time dependence of the flux of helium nuclei in cosmic rays measured by the PAMELA experiment between July 2006 and December 2009
N. Marcelli, M. Boezio, A. Lenni +53
Precise time-dependent measurements of the Z = 2 component in the cosmic radiation provide crucial information about the propagation of charged particles through the heliosphere. T…
Mini-EUSO mission to study Earth UV emissions on board the ISS
S. Bacholle, P. Barrillon, M. Battisti +57
Mini-EUSO is a telescope observing the Earth in the ultraviolet band from the International Space Station. It is a part of the JEM-EUSO program, paving the way to future larger mis…
The GAMMA-400 space observatory: status and perspectives
A. M. Galper, V. Bonvicini, N. P. Topchiev +64
The present design of the new space observatory GAMMA-400 is presented in this paper. The instrument has been designed for the optimal detection of gamma rays in a broad energy ran…
Measurement of the isotopic composition of hydrogen and helium nuclei in cosmic rays with the PAMELA experiment
O. Adriani, G. C. Barbarino, G. A. Bazilevskaya +59
The satellite-borne experiment PAMELA has been used to make new measurements of cosmic ray H and He isotopes. The isotopic composition was measured between 100 and 600 MeV/n for hy…
High energy variability of 3C 273 during the AGILE multiwavelength campaign of December 2007 - January 2008
L. Pacciani, I. Donnarumma, V. Vittorini +52
We report the results of a 3-weeks multi-wavelength campaign on the flat spectrum radio quasar 3C 273 carried out with the AGILE gamma-ray mission, covering the 30 MeV -50 GeV and…
The ALTCRISS project on board the International Space Station
M. Casolino, F. Altamura, M. Minori +19
The Altcriss project aims to perform a long term survey of the radiation environment on board the International Space Station. Measurements are being performed with active and pass…
Trapped proton fluxes at low Earth orbits measured by the PAMELA experiment
O. Adriani, G. C. Barbarino, G. A. Bazilevskaya +59
We report an accurate measurement of the geomagnetically trapped proton fluxes for kinetic energy above > 70 MeV performed by the PAMELA mission at low Earth orbits (350-610 km). D…
First observations of speed of light tracks by a fluorescence detector looking down on the atmosphere
G. Abdellaoui, S. Abe, J. H. Adams +311
EUSO-Balloon is a pathfinder mission for the Extreme Universe Space Observatory onboard the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM-EUSO). It was launched on the moonless night of the 25$^…
PAMELA results on the cosmic-ray antiproton flux from 60 MeV to 180 GeV in kinetic energy
PAMELA Collaboration, O. Adriani, G. C. Barbarino +61
The satellite-borne experiment PAMELA has been used to make a new measurement of the cosmic-ray antiproton flux and the antiproton-to-proton flux ratio which extends previously pub…
Gamma-Ray Localization of Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flashes
M. Marisaldi, A. Argan, A. Trois +59
Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flashes (TGFs) are very short bursts of high energy photons and electrons originating in Earth's atmosphere. We present here a localization study of TGFs carr…
AGILE Observations of the Gravitational Wave Event GW150914
M. Tavani, C. Pittori, F. Verrecchia +35
We report the results of an extensive search in the AGILE data for a gamma-ray counterpart of the LIGO gravitational wave event GW150914. Currently in spinning mode, AGILE has the…
Capability of the PAMELA Time-Of-Flight to identify light nuclei: results from a beam test calibration
D. Campana, R. Carbone, G. De Rosa +12
PAMELA is a space telescope orbiting around the Earth since June 2006. The scientific objectives addressed by the mission are the measurement of the antiprotons and positrons spect…
Proton fluxes measured by the PAMELA experiment from the minimum to the maximum solar activity for the 24th solar cycle
M. Martucci, R. Munini, M. Boezio +51
Precise measurements of the time-dependent intensity of the low energy ( GeV) galactic cosmic rays are fundamental to test and improve the models which describe their propagat…
Evidence of energy and charge sign dependence of the recovery time for the December 2006 Forbush event measured by the PAMELA experiment
R. Munini, M. Boezio, A. Bruno +55
New results on the short-term galactic cosmic ray (GCR) intensity variation (Forbush decrease) in December 2006 measured by the PAMELA instrument are presented. Forbush decreases a…
Multiwavelength observations of 3C 454.3. I. The AGILE 2007 November campaign on the "Crazy Diamond"
S. Vercellone, A. W. Chen, V. Vittorini +68
[Abridged] We report on a multiwavelength observation of the blazar 3C 454.3 (which we dubbed "crazy diamond") carried out on November 2007 by means of the astrophysical satellites…
Status of the K-EUSO Orbital Detector of Ultra-high Energy Cosmic Rays
P. Klimov, M. Battisti, A. Belov +21
K-EUSO (KLYPVE-EUSO) is a planned orbital mission aimed at studying ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) by detecting fluorescence and Cherenkov light emitted by extensive air sh…
An updated list of AGILE bright gamma-ray sources and their variability in pointing mode
F. Verrecchia, C. Pittori, A. W. Chen +76
We present a variability study of a sample of bright gamma-ray (30 MeV -- 50 GeV) sources. This sample is an extension of the first AGILE catalogue of gamma-ray sources (1AGL), obt…
The Cosmic-Ray Proton and Helium Spectra measured with the CAPRICE98 balloon experiment
M. Boezio, V. Bonvicini, P. Schiavon +36
A new measurement of the primary cosmic-ray proton and helium fluxes from 3 to 350 GeV was carried out by the balloon-borne CAPRICE experiment in 1998. This experimental setup comb…
Detection of the high energy component of Jovian electrons in Low Earth Orbit with the PAMELA experiment
M. Casolino, N. De Simone, V. Di Felice +1
The PAMELA experiment is devoted to the study of cosmic rays in Low Earth Orbit with an apparatus optimized to perform a precise determination of the galactic antimatter component…
A separation of electrons and protons in the GAMMA-400 gamma-ray telescope
A. A. Leonov, A. M. Galper, V. Bonvicini +63
The GAMMA-400 gamma-ray telescope is intended to measure the fluxes of gamma rays and cosmic-ray electrons and positrons in the energy range from 100 MeV to several TeV. Such measu…
Lithium and Beryllium isotopes with the PAMELA experiment
W. Menn, E. A. Bogomolov, M. Simon +56
The cosmic-ray lithium and beryllium (Li, Li, Be, Be, Be) isotopic composition has been measured with the satellite-borne experiment PAMELA, which wa…
The EUSO@TurLab: Test of Mini-EUSO Engineering Model
H. Miyamoto, M. Battisti, A. Belov +47
The TurLab facility is a laboratory, equipped with a 5 m diameter and 1 m depth rotating tank, located in the Physics Department of the University of Turin. Originally, it was main…
PAMELA's measurements of geomagnetic cutoff variations during the 14 December 2006 storm
O. Adriani, G. C. Barbarino, G. A. Bazilevskaya +55
Data from the Payload for Antimatter Matter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics (PAMELA) satellite experiment were used to measure the geomagnetic cutoff for high-energy (>80…
Ten Years of PAMELA in Space
O. Adriani, G. C. Barbarino, G. A. Bazilevskaya +50
The PAMELA cosmic ray detector was launched on June 15th 2006 on board the Russian Resurs-DK1 satellite, and during ten years of nearly continuous data-taking it has observed new i…
Observation of night-time emissions of the Earth in the near UV range from the International Space Station with the Mini-EUSO detector
M. Casolino, D. Barghini, M. Battisti +47
Mini-EUSO (Multiwavelength Imaging New Instrument for the Extreme Universe Space Observatory) is a telescope observing the Earth from the International Space Station since 2019. Th…
Light Isotope Abundances in Solar Energetic Particles measured by the Space Instrument NINA
The NINA Collaboration, A. Bakaldin, A. Galper +34
This article reports nine Solar Energetic Particle events detected by the instrument NINA between October 1998 and April 1999. NINA is a silicon-based particle detector mounted on-…
A year-long AGILE observation of Cygnus X-1 in hard spectral state
E. Del Monte, M. Feroci, Y. Evangelista +52
We present the observation of Cyg X-1 in hard spectral state performed during the AGILE Science Verification Phase and Observing Cycle 1 in hard X-rays (with SuperAGILE) and gamma…
Discovery of extreme particle acceleration in the microquasar Cygnus X-3
M. Tavani, A. Bulgarelli, G. Piano +67
The study of relativistic particle acceleration is a major topic of high-energy astrophysics. It is well known that massive black holes in active galaxies can release a substantial…