Martino Marisaldi, INAF - IASF, National Institute for Astrophysics, Bologna, Italia, gir et fellesseminar over dette temaet.
Abstract:
AGILE is a small mission of the Italian Space Agency launched on April 27, 2007, and primarily devoted to high-energy astrophysics. Although its small dimensions and the overall very stringent constraints, in almost six years of operation AGILE was able to deliver fundamental results to the
physics of cosmic accelerators, including supermassive black holes at the center of active galactic nuclei, gamma-ray bursts, microquasars, pulsars and supernova remnants. This large record of achievements culminated with the award of the Bruno Rossi Prize by American Astronomical Society for
the discovery of the variability of the Crab pulsar, and the recent establishment of supernova remnants as the sites for galactic cosmic-ray acceleration. Moreover, AGILE is observing our own Earth, being one of the few operative satellites capable of detecting Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes, powerful and very short bursts of radiation coming directly from cloud tops and associated to thunderstorms and lightning activity. I will review the main scientific achievements of the AGILE mission, from the
extreme distances of the universe to our restless atmosphere, with particular emphasis on the key factors that make a small satellite become a highly successful mission.
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