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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…
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…
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…
LOFT - a Large Observatory For x-ray Timing
M. Feroci, L. Stella, A. Vacchi +46
The high time resolution observations of the X-ray sky hold the key to a number of diagnostics of fundamental physics, some of which are unaccessible to other types of investigatio…
Puzzling thermonuclear burst behaviour from the transient low-mass X-ray binary IGR J17473-2721
J. Chenevez, D. Altamirano, D. K. Galloway +8
We investigate the thermonuclear bursting behaviour of IGR J17473-2721, an X-ray transient that in 2008 underwent a six month long outburst, starting (unusually) with an X-ray burs…
The extraordinary gamma-ray flare of the blazar 3C 454.3
E. Striani, S. Vercellone, M. Tavani +56
We present the gamma-ray data of the extraordinary flaring activity above 100 MeV from the flat spectrum radio quasar 3C 454.3 detected by AGILE during the month of December 2009.…
The December 2009 gamma-ray flare of 3C 454.3: the multifrequency campaign
L. Pacciani, V. Vittorini, M. Tavani +81
During the month of December, 2009 the blazar 3C 454.3 became the brightest gamma-ray source in the sky, reaching a peak flux F ~2000E-8 ph/cm2/s for E > 100 MeV. Starting in Novem…
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…
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…
Episodic Transient Gamma-Ray Emission from the Microquasar Cygnus X-1
S. Sabatini, M. Tavani, E. Striani +58
Cygnus X-1 is the archetypal black hole (BH) binary system in our Galaxy. We report the main results of an extensive search for transient gamma-ray emission from Cygnus X-1 carried…
Multiwavelength observations of 3C 454.3. III. Eighteen months of AGILE monitoring of the "Crazy Diamond"
S. Vercellone, F. D'Ammando, V. Vittorini +110
We report on 18 months of multiwavelength observations of the blazar 3C 454.3 (Crazy Diamond) carried out in July 2007-January 2009. We show the results of the AGILE campaigns whic…
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…
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…