Search Results - "DI PERSIO, G"
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An X-ray burst from a magnetar enlightening the mechanism of fast radio bursts
Published in Nature astronomy (01-04-2021)“…Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are millisecond radio pulses originating from powerful enigmatic sources at extragalactic distances. Neutron stars with large magnetic…”
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High spatial resolution correlation of AGILE TGFs and global lightning activity above the equatorial belt
Published in Geophysical research letters (01-07-2011)“…The AGILE satellite detects Terrestrial Gamma‐ray Flashes (TGFs) in the 0.35–100 MeV energy range using its Mini‐Calorimeter (MCAL) instrument with an average…”
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Extreme particle acceleration in the microquasar Cygnus X-3
Published in Nature (London) (03-12-2009)“…Super-massive black holes in active galaxies can accelerate particles to relativistic energies, producing jets with associated -ray emission. Galactic…”
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Terrestrial gamma-ray flashes as powerful particle accelerators
Published in Physical review letters (07-01-2011)“…Strong electric discharges associated with thunderstorms can produce terrestrial gamma-ray flashes (TGFs), i.e., intense bursts of x rays and γ rays lasting a…”
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SuperAGILE: The hard X-ray imager for the AGILE space mission
Published in Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment (01-11-2007)“…SuperAGILE is a coded mask experiment based on silicon microstrip detectors. It operates in the 15–45 keV nominal energy range, providing crossed…”
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Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flashes as Powerful Particle Accelerators
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Gamma-ray localization of terrestrial gamma-ray flashes
Published in Physical review letters (14-09-2010)“…Terrestrial gamma-ray flashes (TGFs) are very short bursts of high-energy photons and electrons originating in Earth's atmosphere. We present here a…”
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Detection of Gamma-Ray Emission from the Vela Pulsar Wind Nebula with AGILE
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (05-02-2010)“…Pulsars are known to power winds of relativistic particles that can produce bright nebulae by interacting with the surrounding medium. These pulsar wind…”
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Techniques and detectors for polarimetry in X-ray astronomy
Published in Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment (01-09-2003)“…Polarimeters flown so far were based on the Thomson scattering and Bragg diffraction with intrinsically limited sensitivity. In the present paper, we review…”
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Design, construction, and test of the Gas Pixel Detectors for the IXPE mission
Published in Astroparticle physics (01-12-2021)“…Due to be launched in late 2021, the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) is a NASA Small Explorer mission designed to perform polarization measurements…”
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Discovery of Powerful Gamma-Ray Flares from the Crab Nebula
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (11-02-2011)“…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…”
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Design, Construction, and Test of the Gas Pixel Detectors for the IXPE Mission
Published 12-07-2021“…Due to be launched in late 2021, the Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) is a NASA Small Explorer mission designed to perform polarization measurements…”
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Gamma-Ray and X-Ray Observations of the Periodic-Repeater FRB 180916 During Active Phases
Published 07-04-2020“…FRB 180916 is a most intriguing source at 150 Mpc distance capable of producing repeating fast radio bursts with a periodic 16.35 day temporal pattern. We…”
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Detection of terrestrial gamma ray flashes up to 40 MeV by the AGILE satellite
Published in Journal of Geophysical Research (01-03-2010)“…We report the detection by the Astrorivelatore Gamma a Immagini Leggero (AGILE) satellite of terrestrial gamma ray flashes (TGFs) obtained with the…”
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Production and 3D visualization of high-level data of minor bodies: The MATISSE tool in the framework of VESPA-Europlanet 2020 activity
Published in Advances in space research (15-10-2018)“…The main goal of the VESPA (Virtual European Solar and Planetary Access) activity, developed in the framework of the EU-funded project Europlanet 2020 Research…”
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The Large Observatory for X-ray Timing (LOFT)
Published in Experimental astronomy (01-10-2012)“…High-time-resolution X-ray observations of compact objects provide direct access to strong-field gravity, to the equation of state of ultradense matter and to…”
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A new photoelectron imager for X-ray astronomical polarimetry
Published in Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment (21-11-1998)“…A new photoelectron imager for X-ray astronomical polarimetry (PIAP) has been developed and tested at the Frascati laboratories (LNF-INFN). A charge-coupled…”
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SuperAGILE an X-ray monitor on-board the AGILE mission: the engineering model
Published in IEEE Symposium Conference Record Nuclear Science 2004 (2004)“…SuperAGILE is the X-ray monitor of AGILE, the small space mission of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) devoted to observations for astrophysics in the gamma ray…”
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An updated list of AGILE bright gamma-ray sources and their variability in pointing mode
Published 24-10-2013“…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…”
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LOFT - a Large Observatory For x-ray Timing
Published 05-08-2010“…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…”
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