Prospects for High Energy Detection of Microquasars with the AGILE and GLAST Gamma-Ray Telescopes

Journal Article · Tue Aug 21 00:00:00 EDT 2007 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2774965· OSTI ID:21067369

Santolamazza, Patrizia; Pittori, Carlotta; Verrecchia, Francesco ^[1]

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1. ASI Science Data Center, c/o ESA-ESRIN, via Galileo Galilei, I-00044 Frascati (Italy)

We estimate the sensitivities of the AGILE and GLAST {gamma}-ray experiments taking into account two cases for the galactic {gamma}-ray diffuse background (at high galactic latitude and toward the galactic center). Then we use sensitivities to estimate microquasar observability with the two experiments, assuming the {gamma}-ray emission above 100 MeV of a recent microquasar model.

• OSTI ID: 21067369
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 924, Issue 1; Conference: International conference on multicolor landscape of compact objects and their explosive origins, Cefalu, Sicily (Italy), 11-24 Jun 2006; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2774965; (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
COSMIC GAMMA BURSTS
COSMIC GAMMA SOURCES
COSMIC PHOTONS
GAMMA DETECTION
GAMMA RADIATION
MEV RANGE
PHOTON EMISSION
QUASARS
SENSITIVITY