Conveners
Parallel Session B
- Marco Ricci (LNF)
Dr
Carlotta Pittori
(INAF-OAR/ASDC)
22/05/2013, 14:30
AGILE is a Scientific Mission of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) with INFN, INAF e CIFS participation devoted to gamma-ray astrophysics.
The satellite is in orbit since April 23rd, 2007. Thanks to its sky monitoring capability and fast ground segment alert system, AGILE is producing several important scientific results, among which the unexpected discovery of strong and rapid gamma-ray flares...
Dr
Julien Bolmont
(LPNHE Paris)
22/05/2013, 15:00
Because they are bright and distant, Gamma-ray Bursts (GRBs) have been used for more than a decade to test propagation of photons and to constrain relevant Quantum Gravity (QG) models in which the velocity of photons in vacuum can depend on their energy. With its unprecedented sensitivity and energy coverage, the Fermi satellite has provided the most constraining results on the QG energy scale...
Mrs
Martina Cardillo
(INAF-IAPS & Università di Roma Tor Vergata)
22/05/2013, 15:15
The SNRW44 plays a crucial role in our understanding of the Cosmic Ray origin.
Recently, AGILE and Fermi-LAT data have determined, for the first time in a supernova remnant, that the gamma-ray emission from W44 can be attributed to accelerated proton/ions.
We present new W44 AGILE data and compare them with the recent Fermi data, in the light of new NANTEN2 telescope CO results. Our analysis...
Dr
Federico Fraschetti
(University of Arizona)
22/05/2013, 15:30
Supernova Remnant (SNR) shocks are considered the main source of galactic cosmic-rays at least up to the knee of the cosmic-ray spectrum, and possibly further. From recent high-energy observations of SNRs a magnetic field at the shock far exceeding the theoretically predicted shock-compressed field has been inferred. Theoretical work in the last decade has linked particles accelerated at the...
Dr
Sara Buson
(INFN & University of Padova)
22/05/2013, 15:45
During the last years our knowledge of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) in the gamma-ray band has received a huge boost mainly due to the advent of a new generation of satellite instruments, such as the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) and AGILE. Besides incrementing tremendously the number of gamma-ray detected objects and opening the window to the discovery of unexpected source classes, the new...
