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1. Calibrating and optimizing the imaging of the SuperAGILE experiment

Author

Massimo Frutti, L. Semeraro, I. Lapshov, E. Del Monte, Marco Tavani, Francesco Lazzarotto, A. Argan, A. Lo Bue, I. Donnarumma, Alessio Trois, Enrico Costa, Massimo Rapisarda, Y. Evangelista, Marco Feroci, Luigi Pacciani, E. Morelli, M. Mastropietro, P. Rossi, Alda Rubini, G. Di Persio, and Paolo Soffitta

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Physics, Optics, business.industry, Point source, Detector, Calibration, Satellite, Angular resolution, Field of view, Orbital mechanics, business, Image resolution, Remote sensing
Abstract

SuperAGILE (SA) is the hard X-ray monitor of the AGILE small satellite mission, launched on 23rd April 2007. The monitor is based on four one-dimensional coded-mask detectors. In spite of the compactness (45×45×15 cm3) and lightness (5 kg), the experiment has high angular resolution (6 arcmin) and point source location accuracy (

Published
2008

2. SuperAGILE: one year after launch

Author

Marco Tavani, I. Lapshov, Massimo Frutti, E. Del Monte, G. Di Persio, Ennio Morelli, Paolo Soffitta, Massimo Rapisarda, Alda Rubini, Francesco Lazzarotto, Alessio Trois, I. Donnarumma, Y. Evangelista, Marco Feroci, M. Mastropietro, Luigi Pacciani, A. Argan, and Enrico Costa

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Physics, Sky, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Hard X-rays, media_common.quotation_subject, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Steradian, Astronomy, Field of view, Astrophysics, Orbital mechanics, media_common
Abstract

The SuperAGILE experiment was launched on April 2007 onboard the Italian gamma-ray mission AGILE. With a field of view of approximately one steradian and an angular resolution of 6 arcmin, SuperAGILE is imaging the X-ray sky in two one-dimensional projections in the 18-60 keV energy range. After a ~2-month Commissioning Phase, SuperAGILE was set in its nominal configuration at the beginning of Science Verification Phase in July 2007 and it is observing the X-ray sky since then. In this paper we describe the in-orbit operations, the commissioning, science verification and inflight calibration phases, and provide a brief summary of the scientific observations carried out until June 2008.

Published
2008

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