GRB2 - The Afterglow and Long GRBs |
Speaker_ |
Tavani, Marco |
Talk _ |
AGILE and the study of GRB gamma-ray emission |
Abstract _ |
AGILE is a gamma-ray astrophysics mission scheduled to start its scientific operations early 2007. The scientific instrument combines large field of view X-ray and gamma-ray imagers sensitive in the energy ranges 15-45 keV and 30 MeV - 50 GeV with excellent angular resolution. A Cesium Iodide calorimeter is also capable of detecting GRB in the range 400 keV - 100 MeV. AGILE is expected to image ~2 GRBs/month and to provide broad band data with excellent (2 microsec) timing resolution. GRB coordinates will be communicated within a few tens of seconds from trigger through the ORBCOMM constellation. |