Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Oct 2001
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GAMMA 2001: Gamma-Ray Astrophysics 2001. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 587, pp. 769-773 (2001).
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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X-Ray Sources, X-Ray Bursts, Charge-Coupled Devices, Image Detectors, And Ir Detector Arrays, Spaceborne And Space Research Instruments, Apparatus, And Components
Scientific paper
Super-AGILE is the hard X-ray imaging detector of the AGILE gamma-ray mission. It is devoted to monitor X-ray (10-40 keV) sources with an on-axis sensitivity near 5 mCrab in one observing day and to detect X-ray transients in a field of view of 107 deg×68 deg. Super-AGILE is well matched with the Gamma-Ray Imaging Detector (GRID), and potentially provides source arc-minute positioning depending on intensity, spectrum and background conditions. Super-AGILE detects hard X-rays with one additional layer of four Silicon micro-strip detectors, for 1444 cm2 total geometrical area. It will be placed on top of the AGILE Tracker and equipped with a system of four mutually orthogonal one-dimentional coded masks to encode the X-ray sky. Low-noise electronics based on ASICs technology is the front-end read out. We present here the instrumental and astrophysical performance of Super-AGILE as derived by Monte Carlo simulations and experimental tests. .
Argan Andrea
Barbanera Lidia
Barbiellini Guido
Costa Enrico
Del Monte Ettore
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