Author/Authors :
Feroci، نويسنده , , M. and Costa، نويسنده , , E. and Soffitta، نويسنده , , P. and Del Monte، نويسنده , , E. and Di Persio، نويسنده , , G. and Donnarumma، نويسنده , , Stanlei I. and Evangelista، نويسنده , , Y. and Frutti، نويسنده , , M. and Lapshov، نويسنده , , I. and Lazzarotto، نويسنده , , F. and Mastropietro، نويسنده , , Woojin M. and Morelli، نويسنده , , E. and Pacciani، نويسنده , , L. and Porrovecchio، نويسنده , , G. and Rapisarda، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
SuperAGILE is a coded mask experiment based on silicon microstrip detectors. It operates in the 15–45 keV nominal energy range, providing crossed one-dimensional images of the X-ray sky with an on-axis angular resolution of 6 arcmin, over a field of view in excess of 1 sr. It was designed as the hard X-ray monitor of the AGILE space mission, a small satellite of the Italian Space Agency devoted to image the gamma-ray sky in the 30 MeV–50 GeV energy band. The AGILE mission was launched in a low-earth orbit on 23rd April 2007. In this paper we describe the SuperAGILE experiment, its construction and test processes, and its performance before flight, based on the on-ground test and calibrations.
Keywords :
Coded mask imaging , X-ray detectors , High energy astrophysics , Microstrip detectors
