Properties of Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flashes detected by AGILE MCAL below 30 MeV (Articolo in rivista)

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  • Properties of Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flashes detected by AGILE MCAL below 30 MeV (Articolo in rivista) (literal)
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  • 2013-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)
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  • 10.1002/2013JA019301 (literal)
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  • M. Marisaldi1,2,*, F. Fuschino1, M. Tavani3,4, S. Dietrich5, C. Price6, M. Galli7, C. Pittori8,11, F. Verrecchia8,11, S. Mereghetti9, P.W. Cattaneo10, S. Colafrancesco11,12, A. Argan13, C. Labanti1, F. Longo14,15, E. Del Monte3, G. Barbiellini14,15, A. Giuliani9, A. Bulgarelli1, R. Campana1, A. Chen9,12, F. Gianotti1, P. Giommi8, F. Lazzarotto3, A. Morselli16, M. Rapisarda17, A. Rappoldi10, M. Trifoglio1, A. Trois18, S. Vercellone19 (2013)
    Properties of Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flashes detected by AGILE MCAL below 30 MeV
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  • M. Marisaldi1,2,*, F. Fuschino1, M. Tavani3,4, S. Dietrich5, C. Price6, M. Galli7, C. Pittori8,11, F. Verrecchia8,11, S. Mereghetti9, P.W. Cattaneo10, S. Colafrancesco11,12, A. Argan13, C. Labanti1, F. Longo14,15, E. Del Monte3, G. Barbiellini14,15, A. Giuliani9, A. Bulgarelli1, R. Campana1, A. Chen9,12, F. Gianotti1, P. Giommi8, F. Lazzarotto3, A. Morselli16, M. Rapisarda17, A. Rappoldi10, M. Trifoglio1, A. Trois18, S. Vercellone19 (literal)
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  • 1 INAF-IASF, National Institute for Astrophysics, Bologna, Italy. 2 Birkeland Centre for Space Science, University of Bergen, Norway 3 INAF-IAPS Roma, via del Fosso del Cavaliere 100, I-00133 Roma, Italy 4 Dipartimento di Fisica, Universit?a Tor Vergata, via della Ricerca Scientica 1, I-00133 Roma, Italy 5 CNR-ISAC Roma, via del Fosso del Cavaliere 100, I-00133 Roma, Italy 6 Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel 7 ENEA, via Martiri di Monte Sole 4, I-40129 Bologna, Italy 8 ASI Science Data Center, via del Politecnico snc, I-00133, Roma, Italy 9 INAF-IASF Milano, via E. Bassini 15, I-20133 Milano, Italy 10 INFN Pavia, via A. Bassi 6, I-27100 Pavia, Italy 11 INAF-OAR, Via di Frascati, 33 I-00040, Monteporzio Catone (Roma), Italy 12 School of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Wits 2050, South Africa 13 INAF, Viale del Parco Mellini 84, Roma, Italy 14 Dipartimento di Fisica Universit?a di Trieste, via A. Valerio 2, I-34127 Trieste, Italy 15 INFN Trieste, via A. Valerio 2, I-34127 Trieste, Italy 16 INFN Roma \Tor Vergata\", via della Ricerca Scientica 1, 17 ENEA Frascati, via Enrico Fermi 45, I-00044 Frascati(Roma), Italy 18 INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, loc. Poggio dei Pini, strada 54, I-09012, Capoterra (CA), Italy 19 INAF-IASF Palermo, Via Ugo La Malfa 153, 90146 Palermo, Italy (literal)
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  • Properties of Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flashes detected by AGILE MCAL below 30 MeV (literal)
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  • We present the characteristics of 308 Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes (TGFs) detected by the Minicalorimeter (MCAL) instrument on-board the AGILE satellite during the period March 2009 - July 2012 in the ± 2.5? latitude band and selected to have the maximum photon energy up to 30 MeV. The characteristics of the AGILE events are analyzed and compared to the observational framework established by the two other currently active missions capable of detecting TGFs from space, RHESSI and Fermi. A detailed model of the MCAL dead time is presented, which is fundamental to properly interpret our observations. The most significant contribution to dead time is due to the anticoincidence shield in its current configuration, and not to the MCAL detector itself. Longitude and local time distributions are compatible with previous observations, while the duration distribution is biased towards longer values because of dead time. The intensity distribution is compatible with previous observations, when dead time is taken into account. The TGFs cumulative spectrum supports a low production altitude, in agreement with previous measurements. We also compare our sample to lightning sferics detected by the World Wide Lightning Location Network and suggest a new method to assess quantitatively the consistency of two TGF populations based on the comparison of the associated lightning activity. According to this method, AGILE and RHESSI samples are compatible with the same parent population. The AGILE TGF catalog below 30 MeV is accessible online at the website of the ASI Science Data Center (ASDC) http://www.asdc.asi.it/mcaltgfcat/ (literal)
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