AGILE observation of terrestrial gamma-ray flashes

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Marisaldi, M. [1 ]
Argan, A. [2 ]
Trois, A. [3 ]
Giuliani, A. [4 ]
Tavani, M. [3 ,5 ]
Labanti, C. [1 ]
Fuschino, F. [1 ]
Bulgarelli, A. [1 ]
Longo, F. [6 ,7 ]
Barbiellini, G. [6 ,7 ]
Del Monte, E. [3 ]
Moretti, E. [6 ]
Trifoglio, M. [1 ]
Costa, E. [3 ]
Caraveo, P. [4 ]
Cattaneo, P. W. [14 ]
Chen, A. [4 ]
D'Ammando, F. [9 ]
De Paris, G. [2 ]
Di Cocco, G. [1 ]
Di Persio, G. [3 ]
Donnarumma, I. [3 ]
Evangelista, Y. [3 ]
Feroci, M. [3 ]
Ferrari, A. [15 ,16 ]
Fiorini, M. [4 ]
Froysland, T. [5 ,15 ]
Galli, M. [8 ]
Gianotti, F. [1 ]
Lapshov, I. [3 ,21 ]
Lazzarotto, F. [3 ]
Lipari, P. [11 ,12 ]
Mereghetti, S. [4 ]
Morselli, A. [19 ]
Pacciani, L. [3 ]
Pellizzoni, A. [20 ]
Perotti, F. [4 ]
Picozza, P. [19 ]
Piano, G. [5 ,19 ]
Pilia, M. [17 ]
Prest, M. [17 ,18 ]
Pucella, G. [3 ]
Rapisarda, M. [13 ]
Rappoldi, A. [14 ]
Rubini, A. [3 ]
Sabatini, S. [19 ]
Soffitta, P. [3 ]
Striani, E. [3 ,5 ,19 ]
Vallazza, E. [7 ]
Vercellone, S. [9 ]
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[1] INAF IASF Bologna, Via Gobetti 101, I-40129 Bologna, Italy
[2] INAF, Rome, Italy
[3] INAF IASF Roma, I-00133 Rome, Italy
[4] INAF IASF Milano, I-20133 Milan, Italy
[5] Univ Tor Vergata, Dipartimento Fis, I-00133 Rome, Italy
[6] Univ Trieste, Dipartimento Fis, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
[7] INFN, Sez Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
[8] ENEA, I-40129 Bologna, Italy
[9] INAF IASF Palermo, I-90146 Palermo, Italy
[10] ASI Sci Data Ctr, I-00044 Rome, Italy
[11] INFN Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Rome, Italy
[12] Univ Roma La Sapienza, Dipartimento Fis, I-00185 Rome, Italy
[13] ENEA Frascati, I-00044 Rome, Italy
[14] INFN, Sez Pavia, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
[15] CIFS Torino, I-10133 Turin, Italy
[16] Univ Torino, Dipartimento Fis, Turin, Italy
[17] Univ Insubria, Dipartimento Fis, I-22100 Como, Italy
[18] INFN Milano Bicocca, I-20126 Milan, Italy
[19] INFN Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Rome, Italy
[20] INAF, Osservatorio Astron Cagliari, I-09012 Capoterra, CA, Italy
[21] IKI, Moscow, Russia
[22] Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, I-00198 Rome, Italy
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10.1393/ncc/i2011-10870-5
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O4 [物理学];
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摘要
Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes (TGFs) are very short (up to a few milliseconds) energetic bursts of photons and electrons originating from severe thunderstorms mainly in the equatorial and tropical regions. Although several production models have been proposed so far, TGFs still remain a mystery since there is not wide consensus yet on their acceleration mechanism, production sites, maximal energy and fluence. AGILE, operating since mid 2007, is detecting hundreds of TGFs with the Mini-Calorimeter (MCAL) instrument. Thanks to the MCAL energy range extended up to 100MeV and its flexible trigger logic on sub-millisecond time scales, AGILE is adding a wealth of observations which pose severe constrains on production models. In this paper we will describe the main characteristics of the AGILE TGF sample, focusing on the recent results concerning the first localization of TGFs at gamma-ray energies by means of the AGILE silicon tracker.
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