{"paper":{"title":"Calibration of AGILE-GRID with In-Flight Data and Monte Carlo Simulations","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":["astro-ph.HE"],"primary_cat":"astro-ph.IM","authors_text":"A. Argan, A. Bulgarelli, A. Ferrari, A. Giuliani, A. Morselli, Andrew W. Chen, A. Pellizzoni, A. Rappoldi, A. Rubini, A. Trois, C. Labanti, C. Pittori, D. Zanello, E. Costa, E. Del Monte, E. Morelli, E. Moretti, E. Striani, E. Vallazza, F. Fuschino, F. Gianotti, F. Lazzarotto, F. Longo, F. Lucarelli, F. Perotti, F. Verrecchia, G. Barbiellini, G. De Paris, G. Di Cocco, G. Piano, G. Pucella, G. Valentini, I. Donnarumma, I. Lapshov, L. Pacciani, M. Feroci, M. Fiorini, M. Galli, M. Giusti, M. Marisaldi, M. Pilia, M. Prest, M. Rapisarda, M. Tavani, M. Trifoglio, P. Caraveo, P. Giommi, P. Lipari, P. Picozza, P. Santolamazza, P. Soffitta, P. W. Cattaneo, S. Colafrancesco, S. Mereghetti, S. Sabatini, S. Vercellone, T. Contessi, V. Fioretti, V. Vittorini, Y. Evangelista","submitted_at":"2013-10-06T15:35:37Z","abstract_excerpt":"Context: AGILE is a gamma-ray astrophysics mission which has been in orbit since 23 April 2007 and continues to operate reliably. The gamma-ray detector, AGILE-GRID, has observed Galactic and extragalactic sources, many of which were collected in the first AGILE Catalog. Aims: We present the calibration of the AGILE-GRID using in-flight data and Monte Carlo simulations, producing Instrument Response Functions (IRFs) for the effective area A_eff), Energy Dispersion Probability (EDP), and Point Spread Function (PSF), each as a function of incident direction in instrument coordinates and energy. "},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1310.1594","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}