First results about on-ground calibration of the Silicon Tracker for the AGILE satellite

• Published in: arXiv.org 2011-12
• Main Authors: Collaboration, AGILE, Cattaneo, P W, Argan, A, Boffelli, F, Bulgarelli, A, Buonomo, B, Chen, A W, D'Ammando, F, Froysland, T, Fuschino, F, Galli, M, Gianotti, F, Giuliani, A, Longo, F, Marisaldi, M, Mazzitelli, G, Pellizzoni, A, Prest, M, Pucella, G, Quintieri, L, Rappoldi, A, Tavani, M, Trifoglio, M, Trois, A, Valente, P, Vallazza, E, Vercellone, S, Zambra, A, Barbiellini, G, Caraveo, P, Cocco, V, Costa, E, De Paris, G, E Del Monte, G Di Cocco, Donnarumma, I, Evangelista, Y, Feroci, M, Ferrari, A, Fiorini, M, Labanti, C, Lapshov, I, Lazzarotto, F, Lipari, P, Mastropietro, M, Mereghetti, S, Morelli, E, Moretti, E, Morselli, A, Pacciani, L, Perotti, F, Piano, G, Picozza, P, Pilia, M, Porrovecchio, G, Rapisarda, M, Rubini, A, Sabatini, S, Soffitta, P, Striani, E, Vittorini, V, Zanello, D, Colafrancesco, S, Giommi, P, Pittori, C, Santolamazza, P, Verrecchia, F, Salotti, L
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Calibration; Computer simulation; Point spread functions; Scientific apparatus & instruments; Silicon
• ISSN: 2331-8422
• DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1112.2600

The AGILE scientific instrument has been calibrated with a tagged \(\gamma\)-ray beam at the Beam Test Facility (BTF) of the INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (LNF). The goal of the calibration was the measure of the Point Spread Function (PSF) as a function of the photon energy and incident angle and the validation of the Monte Carlo (MC) simulation of the silicon tracker operation. The calibration setup is described and some preliminary results are presented.