In-flight performance of the AGILE mini-calorimeter and its gamma-ray burst detection capabilities

Martino Marisaldi; Claudio Labanti; Fabio Fuschino; Marcello Galli; Andrea Argan; Andrea Bulgarelli; Guido Di Cocco; Fulvio Gianotti; Marco Tavani; Massimo Trifoglio; Alessio Trois

doi:10.1117/12.789182

15 July 2008 In-flight performance of the AGILE mini-calorimeter and its gamma-ray burst detection capabilities

Martino Marisaldi, Claudio Labanti, Fabio Fuschino, Marcello Galli, Andrea Argan, Andrea Bulgarelli, Guido Di Cocco, Fulvio Gianotti, Marco Tavani, Massimo Trifoglio, Alessio Trois

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Proceedings Volume 7011, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2008: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 70111P (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789182
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2008, Marseille, France

Abstract

The Minicalorimeter (MCAL) is a scintillation detector onboard the Italian space mission AGILE, dedicated to gamma-ray and hard-X astrophysics and launched on 23 April, 2007. MCAL can work both as part of the gamma-ray imaging system and as an independent detector for gamma-ray burst (GRB) in the 350 keV - 100 MeV energy range. The on-board trigger logic is now enabled for burst search on timescales as short as 64 ms, leading to a detection rate of about one event/week. MCAL is particularly suitable for the detection of short-hard bursts and contributes to GRB localization through the Inter-Planetary Network (IPN).

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Martino Marisaldi, Claudio Labanti, Fabio Fuschino, Marcello Galli, Andrea Argan, Andrea Bulgarelli, Guido Di Cocco, Fulvio Gianotti, Marco Tavani, Massimo Trifoglio, and Alessio Trois "In-flight performance of the AGILE mini-calorimeter and its gamma-ray burst detection capabilities", Proc. SPIE 7011, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2008: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 70111P (15 July 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789182

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