Temporal properties of GX 301-2 over a year-long observation with SuperAGILE (2009)
Evangelista, Y., Feroci, M., Costa, E., Del Monte, E., Donnarumma, I., Lapshov, I., ...
We present the long-term monitoring of the High Mass X-ray Binary GX 301-2 performed with the SuperAGILE instrument on-board the AGILE mission. The source was monitored in the 20-60 keV energy band...
Discovery of extreme particle acceleration in the microquasar Cygnus X-3 (2009)
Tavani, M., Bulgarelli, A., Piano, G., Sabatini, S., Striani, E., Evangelista, Y., ...
The study of relativistic particle acceleration is a major topic of high-energy astrophysics. It is well known that massive black holes in active galaxies can release a substantial fraction of their...
Multiwavelength observations of 3C 454.3 II. The AGILE 2007 December campaign (2009)
Donnarumma, I., Pucella, G., Vittorini, V., D'Ammando, F., Vercellone, S., Raiteri, C. M., ...
We report on the second AGILE multiwavelength campaign of the blazar 3C 454.3 during the first half of December 2007. This campaign involved AGILE, Spitzer, Swift,Suzaku,the WEBT consortium,the REM...
Monitoring the hard X-ray sky with SuperAGILE (2009)
Feroci, M., Costa, E., Del Monte, E., Donnarumma, I., Evangelista, Y., Lapshov, I., ...
SuperAGILE is the hard X-ray monitor of the AGILE gamma ray mission, in orbit since 23$^{rd}$ April 2007. It is an imaging experiment based on a set of four independent silicon strip detectors,...
Multiwavelength observations of a TeV-Flare from W Comae (2009)
Aliu, E., Aune, T., Beilicke, M., Benbow, W., Bottcher, M., ...
We report results from an intensive multiwavelength campaign on the intermediate-frequency-peaked BL Lacertae object W Com (z=0.102) during a strong outburst of very high energy gamma-ray emission in...
JEM-EUSO Science Objectives (2009)
Medina-Tanco, Gustavo, Asano, K., Cline, D., Ebisuzaki, T., Inoue, S., Lipari, P., ...
JEM-EUSO, on board of the Japanese Exploration Module of the International Space Station, is being proposed as the first space observatory devoted to UHECR. Its privileged position at 430 km above...
D'Ammando, F., Pucella, G., Raiteri, C. M., Villata, M., Vittorini, V., Vercellone, S., ...
We report the detection by the AGILE satellite of a rapid gamma-ray flare from the powerful gamma-ray quasar PKS 1510-089, during a pointing centered on the Galactic Center region from 1 March to 30...
Hadron-gamma discrimination from an orbital UHECR observatory (2009)
Supanitsky, A. D., Medina-Tanco, G., Asano, K., Cline, D., Ebisuzaki, T., Inoue, S., ...
The identification of very high energy photons is of great importance for the understanding of the origin of extreme energy cosmic rays (EECR). Several can be the sources of high energy photons at...
Development of neutrino initiated cascades at mid and high altitudes in the atmosphere (2009)
Supanitsky, A. D., Medina-Tanco, G., Asano, K., Cline, D., Ebisuzaki, T., Inoue, S., ...
Neutrinos are a very promising messenger at tens of EeV and above. They can be produced by several channels, namely as by products of hadronic interactions at the sources, as the main products of the...
Agile Detection of Delayed Gamma-Ray Emission from the Short Gamma-Ray Burst GRB 090510 (2009)
Giuliani, A., Fuschino, F., Vianello, G., Marisaldi, M., Mereghetti, S., Tavani, M., ...
Short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), typically lasting less than 2 s, are a special class of GRBs of great interest. We report the detection by the AGILE satellite of the short GRB 090510 which shows two...
Observation of GRBs with AGILE (2009)
Marisaldi, M., Barbiellini, G., Costa, E., Cutini, S., Del Monte, E., Donnarumma, I., ...
Since its early phases of operation, the AGILE satellite is observing Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) over an energy range potentially spanning six orders of magnitude. In the hard X-ray band the SuperAGILE...
Detection of Gamma-ray Emission from the Eta-Carinae Region (2009)
Tavani, M., Sabatini, S., Pian, E., Bulgarelli, A., Caraveo, P., Viotti, R. F., ...
We present the results of extensive observations by the gamma-ray AGILE satellite of the Galactic region hosting the Carina nebula and the remarkable colliding wind binary Eta Carinae (Eta Car)...
Discovery of new gamma-ray pulsars with AGILE (2009)
Pellizzoni, A., Pilia, M., Possenti, A., Chen, A., Giuliani, A., Trois, A., ...
Using gamma-ray data collected by the Astrorivelatore Gamma ad Immagini LEggero (AGILE) satellite over a period of almost one year (from 2007 July to 2008 June), we searched for pulsed signals from...
First AGILE Catalog of High Confidence Gamma-Ray Sources (2009)
Pittori, C., Verrecchia, F., Chen, A. W., Bulgarelli, A., Pellizzoni, A., Giuliani, A., ...
We present the First Catalogue of high-confidence gamma-ray sources detected by AGILE during observations performed from 9 July 2007 to 30 June 2008. Catalogued sources are detected by merging all...
Cosmic ray interaction event generator SIBYLL 2.1. (2009)
Ahn, E.J., Engel, R., Gaisser, T.K., Lipari, P., Stanev, T.
Physical Review D, 80(2009) S.094003/1-17
Pacciani, L., Donnarumma, I., Vittorini, V., D'Ammando, F., Fiocchi, M. T., Impiombato, D., ...
We report the results of a 3-weeks multi-wavelength campaign on the flat spectrum radio quasar 3C 273 carried out with the AGILE gamma-ray mission, covering the 30 MeV -50 GeV and 18-60 keV, the REM...
AGILE observation of a gamma-ray flare from the blazar 3C 279 (2008)
Giuliani, A., D'Ammando, F., Vercellone, S., Vittorini, V., Chen, A. W., Donnarumma, I., ...
Context. We report the detection by the AGILE satellite of an intense gamma-ray flare from the gamma-ray source 3EG J1255-0549, associated to the Flat Spectrum Radio Quasar 3C 279, during the AGILE...
AGILE detection of intense gamma-ray emission from the blazar PKS 1510-089 (2008)
Pucella, G., Vittorini, V., D'Ammando, F., Tavani, M., Raiteri, C. M., Villata, M., ...
We report the detection by the AGILE (Astro-rivelatore Gamma a Immagini LEggero) satellite of an intense gamma-ray flare from the source AGL J1511-0909, associated with the powerful quasar PKS...
Pellizzoni, A., Pilia, M., Possenti, A., Fornari, F., Caraveo, P., Del Monte, E., ...
AGILE is a small gamma-ray astronomy satellite mission of the Italian Space Agency dedicated to high-energy astrophysics launched in 2007 April. Its 1 microsecond absolute time tagging capability...
Gamma-ray burst detection with the AGILE mini-calorimeter (2008)
Marisaldi, M., Labanti, C., Fuschino, F., Galli, M., Argan, A., Barbiellini, G., ...
The Mini-Calorimeter (MCAL) instrument on-board the AGILE satellite is a non-imaging gamma-ray scintillation detector sensitive in the 300keV-100MeV energy range with a total on-axis geometrical area...
Vercellone, S., Chen, A. W., Vittorini, V., Giuliani, A., D'Ammando, F., Tavani, M., ...
[Abridged] We report on a multiwavelength observation of the blazar 3C 454.3 (which we dubbed "crazy diamond") carried out on November 2007 by means of the astrophysical satellites AGILE, INTEGRAL,...
AGILE detection of delayed gamma-ray emission from GRB 080514B (2008)
Giuliani, A., Mereghetti, S., Fornari, F., Del Monte, E., Feroci, M., Marisaldi, M., ...
GRB 080514B is the first gamma ray burst (GRB), since the time of EGRET, for which individual photons of energy above several tens of MeV have been detected with a pair-conversion tracker telescope....
Chen, A. W., D'Ammando, F., Villata, M., Raiteri, C. M., Tavani, M., Vittorini, V., ...
We report the gamma-ray activity from the intermediate BL Lac S5 0716+714 during observations acquired by the AGILE satellite in September and October 2007. These detections of activity were...
Long-term AGILE monitoring of the puzzling gamma-ray source 3EG J1835+5918 (2008)
Bulgarelli, A., Tavani, M., Caraveo, P., Chen, A. W., Gianotti, F., Trifoglio, M., ...
We present the AGILE gamma-ray observations of the field containing the puzzling gamma-ray source 3EG J1835+5918. This source is one of the most remarkable unidentified EGRET sources. An...
AGILE detection of a strong gamma-ray flare from the blazar 3C 454.3 (2008)
Vercellone, S., Chen, A. W., Giuliani, A., Bulgarelli, A., Donnarumma, I., Lapshov, I., ...
We report the first blazar detection by the AGILE satellite. AGILE detected 3C 454.3 during a period of strongly enhanced optical emission in July 2007. AGILE observed the source with a dedicated...
GRB 070724B: the first Gamma Ray Burst localized by SuperAGILE and its Swift X-ray Afterglow (2007)
Del Monte, E., Feroci, M., Pacciani, L., Evangelista, Y., Donnarumma, I., Soffitta, P., ...
GRB 070724B is the first Gamma Ray Burst localized by SuperAGILE, the hard X-ray monitor aboard the AGILE satellite. The coordinates of the event were published $\sim 19$ hours after the trigger. The...
Science with the new generation high energy gamma- ray experiments (2007)
Alvarez, M., D'Armiento, D., Agnetta, G., Alberdi, A., Antonelli, A., Argan, A., ...
This Conference is the fifth of a series of Workshops on High Energy Gamma- ray Experiments, following the Conferences held in Perugia 2003, Bari 2004, Cividale del Friuli 2005, Elba Island 2006....
V. Barger, P. Lipari, M. Lusignoli, S. Pakvasa
We reconsider neutrino decay as an explanation for atmospheric neutrino observations. We show that if the mass-difference relevant to the two mixed states and is very small (! 10 \Gamma4 eV 2), then...
A three-dimensional calculation of atmospheric neutrinos (2004)
Barr, G. D., Gaisser, T. K., Lipari, P., Robbins, S., Stanev, T.
A Monte-Carlo calculation of the atmospheric neutrino fluxes [1,2] has been extended to take account of the three-dimensional (3D) nature of the problem, including the bending of secondary particles...
Search for nucleon decays induced by GUT magnetic monopoles with the MACRO experiment (2002)
Battistoni, G., Mufson, S., Nicolò, D., Choudhary, B.C., Maaroufi, F., Lamanna, E., ...
The interaction of a Grand Unification Magnetic Monopole with a nucleon can lead to a barion-number violating process in which the nucleon decays into a lepton and one or more mesons (catalysis of...
A 3-Dimensional Calculation of Atmospheric Neutrino Flux (1999)
Battistoni, G., Ferrari, A., Lipari, P., Montaruli, T., Sala, P. R., Rancati, T.
An extensive 3-dimensional Monte Carlo calculation of the atmospheric neutrino flux is in progress with the FLUKA Monte Carlo code. The results are compared to those obtained under the 1-dimensional...
Neutrino Decay and Atmospheric Neutrinos (1999)
Barger, V., Learned, J. G., Lipari, P., Lusignoli, M., Pakvasa, S., Weiler, T. J.
We reconsider neutrino decay as an explanation for atmospheric neutrino observations. We show that if the mass-difference relevant to the two mixed states \nu_\mu and \nu_\tau is very small (<...
A simulation code to assist designing space missions of the Airwatch type (1998)
Montaruli, T., Bellotti, R., Cafagna, F., Circella, M., De Marzo, C. N., Lipari, P.
The design of an Airwatch type space mission can greatly benefit from a flexible simulation code for establishing the values of the main parameters of the experiment. We present here a code written...
Atmospheric neutrinos at Super-Kamiokande and parametric resonance in neutrino oscillations (1998)
Akhmedov, E. Kh., Dighe, A., Lipari, P., Smirnov, A. Yu.
We consider the oscillations of atmospheric neutrinos in the earth in the three-neutrino scheme with a $\Delta m^2$ hierarchy and a small admixture of the electron neutrino in the heavy mass...
Search for nuclearites with the MACRO detector at Grand Sasso (1998)
Ambrosio, M, Antolini, R, Auriemma, G, Baker, R, Baldini, A, Barbarino, G C, ...
The measurement of the atmospheric muon neutrino flux using MACRO (1998)
Ambrosio, M, Antolini, R, Auriemma, G, Baker, R, Baldini, A, Barbarino, G C, ...
Neutrino astronomy with the MACRO detector (1998)
Ambrosio, M, Antolini, R, Auriemma, G, Baker, R, Baldini, A, Barbarino, G C, ...
Indirect search for Wimps with the MACRO detector (1998)
Ambrosio, M, Antolini, R, Auriemma, G, Baker, R, Baldini, A, Barbarino, G C, ...
An improved analysis of the underground muon decoherence observed in MACRO (1998)
Ambrosio, M, Antolini, R, Auriemma, G, Baker, R, Baldini, A, Barbarino, G C, ...
Measurement of underground muon energies using a TRD in MACRO (1998)
Ambrosio, M, Antolini, R, Auriemma, G, Baker, R, Baldini, A, Barbarino, G C, ...
A sky survey using muons in the MACRO detector (1998)
Ambrosio, M, Antolini, R, Auriemma, G, Baker, R, Baldini, A, Barbarino, G C, ...
The search for a sideral anisotropy in the underground muon intensity as seen by MACRO (1998)
Ambrosio, M, Antolini, R, Auriemma, G, Baker, R, Baldini, A, Barbarino, G C, ...
Real time supernova neutrino burst detection with MACRO (1998)
Ambrosio, M, Antolini, R, Auriemma, G, Baker, R, Baldini, A, Barbarino, G C, ...
Simulation of nuclear effects in quasi elastic and resonant neutrino interactions (1998)
Battistoni, G., Lipari, P., Ranft, J., Scapparone, E.
The effects of nuclear re-interactions in quasi elastic and resonant neutrino interactions have been considered in the framework of the nuclear models of the DPMJET code. A preliminary investigation...
Performance of the transition radiation detector of the MACRO experiment (1997)
Ambrosio, M, Antolini, R, Auriemma, G, Baker, R, Baldini, A, Barbarino, G C, ...
Magnetic monopole search with the MACRO detector at Gran Sasso (1997)
Ambrosio, M, Antolini, R, Auriemma, G, Baker, R, Baldini, A, Barbarino, G C, ...
Seasonal variations in the underground muon intensity as seen by MACRO (1997)
Ambrosio, M, Antolini, R, Auriemma, G, Baker, R, Baldini, A, Barbarino, G C, ...
Performance of the MACRO detector at Gran Sasso: moon shadow and seasonal variations (1997)
Ambrosio, M, Antolini, R, Auriemma, G, Baker, R, Baldini, A, Barbarino, G C, ...
Underground muon physics at MACRO (1995)
Ahlen, S P, Ambrosio, M, Antolini, R, Auriemma, G, Baker, R, Baldini, A, ...
Search for magnetic monopoles with the MACRO track-etch detector (1995)
Ahlen, S P, Ambrosio, M, Antolini, R, Auriemma, G, Baker, R, Baldini, A, ...
Vertical muon intensity measured with MACRO at Gran Sasso Laboratory (1995)
Ambrosio, M, Antolini, R, Auriemma, G, Baker, R, Baldini, A, Barbarino, G C, ...
The MACRO experiment at Gran Sasso (1993)
Giacomelli, G, Ambrosio, M, Antolini, R, Auriemma, G, Baker, R, Baldini, A, ...
TeV Muons in Hadronic Showers (1993)
{}From the study of the multiple muon events in deep underground detectors, it is possible to extract information about the spectrum and composition of the primary cosmic rays. In this work the...
Matter Effects in Atmospheric Neutrino Oscillations (1992)
Akhmedov, E., Lipari, P., Lusignoli, M.
The Kamiokande II and IMB data on contained events induced by atmospheric neutrinos exhibit too low a ratio of muons to electrons, which has been interpreted as a possible indication of neutrino...