AGILE, a satellite for high energy γ-ray astrophysics: prospects for the Mini-Calorimeter

Celesti, E.; Bulgarelli, A.; Cocco, G. Di; Galli, M.; Gianotti, F.; Labanti, C.; Marisaldi, M.; Mauri, A.; Rossi, E.; Traci, A.; Trifoglio, M.; Tavani, M.; Argan, A.

doi:10.1016/j.newar.2003.11.037

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“…Many of the major gamma-ray satellites, including Konus-WIND [13], Swift [14], INTEGRAL [15], Fermi [16] and AGILE [17], are mature missions in their extended operations phase. The upcoming SVOM mission is designed primarily to detect, localise and follow up GRBs and other high-energy transients [18].…”

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A compact instrument for gamma-ray burst detection on a CubeSat platform II: Detailed design, assembly and validation

Murphy,

Ulyanov,

McBreen

et al. 2022

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The Gamma-ray Module, GMOD, is a miniaturised novel gammaray detector which will be the primary scientific payload on the Educational Irish Research Satellite (EIRSAT-1) 2U CubeSat mission. GMOD comprises a compact (25 mm × 25 mm × 40 mm) cerium bromide scintillator coupled to a tiled array of 4 × 4 silicon photomultipliers, with front-end readout provided by the IDE3380 SIPHRA. This paper presents the detailed GMOD design and the accommodation of the instrument within the restrictive CubeSat form factor. The electronic and mechanical interfaces are compatible with many offthe-shelf CubeSat systems and structures. The energy response of the GMOD engineering qualification model has been determined using radioactive sources, and an energy resolution of 5.4% at 662 keV has been measured.EIRSAT-1 will perform on-board processing of GMOD data. Trigger results, including light-curves and spectra, will be incorporated into the spacecraft beacon and transmitted continuously. Inexpensive hardware can be used to decode the beacon signal, making the data accessible to a wide community.GMOD will have scientific capability for the detection of gamma-ray bursts, in addition to the educational and technology demonstration goals of the

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A compact instrument for gamma-ray burst detection on a CubeSat platform II: Detailed design, assembly and validation

Murphy,

Ulyanov,

McBreen

et al. 2022

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“…1 Introduction AGILE 1 [1,2] is a small space mission of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) devoted to astrophysics in the gamma-ray energy range 30 MeV -50 GeV, with a monitor in the X-ray band 18 keV -60 keV. The AGILE payload is composed of three instruments: a tungsten-silicon tracker (ST) [3,4], with a large field of view, good time resolution, sensitivity and angular resolution; a Silicon based X-ray detector, SuperAGILE (SA) [5], for imaging in the range 18 keV -60 keV and a CsI(Tl) mini-calorimeter (MCAL) [6,7,8] for the detection of gammarays or charged particles in the range 300 keV -200 MeV. ST and MCAL form the so called Gamma-Ray Imaging Detector (GRID) for observations in the energy range 30 MeV -50 GeV.…”

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Design and construction of the Mini-Calorimeter of the AGILE satellite

Labanti

Marisaldi

Fuschino

et al. 2009

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A:

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AGILE is a small space mission of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) devoted to gamma-ray and hard-X astrophysics, successfully launched on April 23 2007. The AGILE Payload is composed of three instruments: a gamma-ray imager based on a tungsten-silicon tracker (ST), for observations in the gamma ray energy range 30MeV - 50GeV, a Silicon based X-ray detector, SuperAGILE (SA), for imaging in the range 18keV - 60keV and a CsI(Tl) Mini-Calorimeter (MCAL) that detects gamma rays or charged particles energy loss in the range 300keV - 100MeV. MCAL is composed of 30 CsI(Tl) scintillator bars with photodiode readout at both ends, arranged in two orthogonal layers. MCAL can work both as a slave of the ST and as an independent gamma-ray detector for transients and gamma-ray bursts detection. In this paper a detailed description of MCAL is presented together with its performance.Comment: 36 pages, 15 figures, 2 tables, accepted for publication in Nucl. Instr. and Meth.

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“…MCAL is made of two planes of 15 CsI(Tl) bars each, for a total (on-axis) radiation length of 1.5 X 0 [8]. The bars, whose dimensions are 15mmx23mmx375mm, exhibit a low light attenuation combined with high light output.…”

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The data handling system for the AGILE satellite

Argan¹,

Tavani²,

Giuliani³

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IEEE Symposium Conference Record Nuclear Science 2004.

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AGILE, Astrorivelatore Gamma ad Immagini LEggero, is a small space mission of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) devoted to observations for astrophysics in the gamma ray energy range 30MeV-50GeV with a simultaneous window in the X-ray band 15keV-45keV. AGILE Payload is composed by four scientific detectors: a Tungsten-Silicon Tracker, a CsI MiniCalorimeter, a Silicon based X-ray imager and an anticoincidence system for particle background rejection. Moreover, the Payload is completed by a Power Supply Unit (PSU) and a Payload Data Handling Unit (PDHU) and by three ancillary sub-systems (a GPS receiver and two Star Sensors). The PDHU tasks are: the Payload scientific and ancillary sub-systems control, the operational modes management, the scientific data processing and the Telemetry and Telecommands management. The scientific data processing involves the gamma-ray photons filtering, the X-ray data acquisition and a Burst acquisition logic able to perform an on-board Burst coordinates determination. The HW and SW design and implementation is in charge of the Alenia Spazio S.p.A. -Laben. In this paper we present a general description of the PDHU and the guidelines for the scientific simulations and the HW and SW testing activities.

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AGILE, a satellite for high energy γ-ray astrophysics: prospects for the Mini-Calorimeter

Cited by 11 publications

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A compact instrument for gamma-ray burst detection on a CubeSat platform II: Detailed design, assembly and validation

A compact instrument for gamma-ray burst detection on a CubeSat platform II: Detailed design, assembly and validation

Design and construction of the Mini-Calorimeter of the AGILE satellite

The data handling system for the AGILE satellite

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