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20062013
most citedThe AGILE Mission

381 citations · 1k across the 14 of their papers we have counts for

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14 papers

astro-ph.HE2013★ 17 cited

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…

hep-ex2011★ 147 cited

Underground operation of the ICARUS T600 LAr-TPC: first results

C. Rubbia, M. Antonello, P. Aprili +74

Open questions are still present in fundamental Physics and Cosmology, like the nature of Dark Matter, the matter-antimatter asymmetry and the validity of the particle interaction…

astro-ph.IM2009★ 13 cited

Monitoring the hard X-ray sky with SuperAGILE

M. Feroci, E. Costa, E. Del Monte +77

SuperAGILE is the hard X-ray monitor of the AGILE gamma ray mission, in orbit since 23 April 2007. It is an imaging experiment based on a set of four independent silicon str…

astro-ph.HE2009★ 120 cited

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…

hep-ex2008★ 19 cited

Energy reconstruction of electromagnetic showers from decays with the ICARUS T600 Liquid Argon TPC

The ICARUS Collaboration, A. Ankowski

We discuss the ICARUS T600 detector capabilities in electromagnetic shower reconstruction through the analysis of a sample of 212 events, coming from the 2001 Pavia surface test ru…

astro-ph2008★ 48 cited

High-Resolution Timing Observations of Spin-Powered Pulsars with the AGILE Gamma-Ray Telescope

A. Pellizzoni, M. Pilia, A. Possenti +67

AGILE is a small gamma-ray astronomy satellite mission of the Italian Space Agency dedicated to high-energy astrophysics launched in 2007 April. Its 1 microsecond absolute time tag…