The on-ground calibrations of SuperAGILE: II. Finite distance radioactive sources

I. Donnarumma; E. Costa; E. Del Monte; G. Di Persio; Y. Evangelista; M. Feroci; M. Frutti; I. Lapshov; F. Lazzarotto; A. Lo Bue; M. Mastropietro; E. Morelli; L. Pacciani; G. Porrovecchio; M. Rapisarda; P. Rossi; A. Rubini; G. Sabatino; P. Soffitta

doi:10.1117/12.671719

15 June 2006 The on-ground calibrations of SuperAGILE: II. Finite distance radioactive sources

I. Donnarumma, E. Costa, E. Del Monte, G. Di Persio, Y. Evangelista, M. Feroci, M. Frutti, I. Lapshov, F. Lazzarotto, A. Lo Bue, M. Mastropietro, E. Morelli, L. Pacciani, G. Porrovecchio, M. Rapisarda, P. Rossi, A. Rubini, G. Sabatino, P. Soffitta

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Proceedings Volume 6266, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation II: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 626636 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671719
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2006, Orlando, Florida , United States

Abstract

The Flight model of SuperAGILE experiment was calibrated on-ground on August 2005 at IASF-Rome laboratories using standard radioactive X-rays sources. These omnidirectional sources were positioned at approximately 2 meters distance from the experiment. A method to correct for the beam divergence has been developed in order to use these measurements to derive information about the point spread function of the experiment for infinite distance sources. In this paper we describe the set-up of the measurements, the method to correct for the beam divergence and show preliminary results of the data analysis.

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I. Donnarumma, E. Costa, E. Del Monte, G. Di Persio, Y. Evangelista, M. Feroci, M. Frutti, I. Lapshov, F. Lazzarotto, A. Lo Bue, M. Mastropietro, E. Morelli, L. Pacciani, G. Porrovecchio, M. Rapisarda, P. Rossi, A. Rubini, G. Sabatino, and P. Soffitta "The on-ground calibrations of SuperAGILE: II. Finite distance radioactive sources", Proc. SPIE 6266, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation II: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 626636 (15 June 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671719

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