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F. Frontera
Researcher at University of Ferrara
Publications - 263
Citations - 14504
F. Frontera is an academic researcher from University of Ferrara. The author has contributed to research in topics: Gamma-ray burst & Afterglow. The author has an hindex of 56, co-authored 244 publications receiving 13884 citations. Previous affiliations of F. Frontera include INAF.
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LAUE LENSES FOR HARD X–/SOFT γ–RAYS: NEW PROTOTYPE RESULTS
TL;DR: The results obtained with the new Laue lens prototype built in the LARIX facility in the Physics Department of University of Ferrara will be presented in this paper, where the results of the new prototype with improved performances in terms of point spread function (PSF) and spectral response.
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Performances of the pulse shape electronics of the high energy experiment PDS on board the X-ray astronomy satellite SAX
F. Frontera,D. Dal Fiume,Gianni Landini,E. Artina,M. Biserni,V. Chiaverini,F. Monzani,Enrico Costa,R. C. Butler +8 more
TL;DR: The PDS detector is composed of four actively shielded NaI(Tl)/CsI(Na) phoswich scintillators, and has a field of view of 1.4 degrees full width half maximum (FWHM) as discussed by the authors.
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Focusing effect of bent GaAs crystals for gamma-ray Laue lenses: Monte Carlo and experimental results
E. Virgilli,F. Frontera,Piero Rosati,E. Bonnini,Elisa Buffagni,Claudio Ferrari,J. B. Stephen,Ezio Caroli,Natalia Auricchio,A. Basili,S. Silvestri +10 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report on results of observation of the focusing effect from the planes (220) of Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) crystals and compared the experimental results with the simulations of the GaAs tiles through a developed Monte Carlo.
Insight-HXMT and GECAM-C observations of the brightest-of-all-time GRB 221009A
Z. H. An,S. Antier,Xingzi Bi,Qingcui Bu,C. Cai,X. L. Cao,A. Camisasca,Zhi Chang,Gang Chen,Li Sheng Chen,Tian-Xiang Chen,Wen Chen,Yibao Chen,Yong Chen,Yu-Peng Chen,Michael W. Coughlin,Weinan Cui,Zi-Gao Dai,T. Hussenot-Desenonges,Yanqi Du,Yuanyuan Du,Yunping Du,Chengwei Fan,F. Frontera,He Gao,Min Gao,Ming-Yu Ge,Ke Gong,Yu-Dong Gu,Ju Guan,Dong Ya Guo,Zhibi Guo,C. Guidorzi,Da-Wei Han,JianJian He,Jun He,Dongjie Hou,Yue Huang,Jiabin Huo,Zhenyu Ji,Shu-Mei Jia,D. A. Kann,A. Klotz,L. D. Kong,Lin Lan,Andi Li,Chaoyang Li,Cheng-Kui Li,Gang Li,Mao-Shun Li,Ti-Pei Li,Wei Li,Xiaobo Li,Xinqiao Li,Xufang Li,Yanguo Li,Zheng-Wei Li,Jing Yue Liang,Xiaoxing Liang,Jin-Yuan Liao,Lin Lin,Congzhan Liu,Hengbo Liu,Hong-wei Liu,Jiacong Liu,Xiao-jing Liu,Yaling Liu,Yu-Rong Liu,Fang Lu,Hong Lu,Xuefeng Lu,Qiumin Luo,Tao Luo,Bin Ma,Fusheng Ma,R. Ma,R.R. Maccary,Jinbin Mao,Bin Meng,Jianyin Nie,Mauro Orlandini,Ge Ou,J. Peng,Wenxi Peng,Rui Qiao,Jinglian Qu,Xiaochen Ren,Jingyuan Shi,Qiannan Shi,Li-Ming Song,Xinying Song,J. Su,G. X. Sun,Liang Sun,Xilei Sun,Wenqing Tan,Ying Tan,L. Tao,Y. L. Tuo,D. Turpin,Jin-zhou Wang,Chen Wang,Chenwei Wang,Hong-jun Wang,Hui Wang,Jin Wang,Lingjue Wang,Pengjie Wang,Ping Wang,Wenshuai Wang,Xiangyou Wang,Xilai Wang,Yu-Sa Wang,Yue Wang,XiangYang Wen,Bo Wu,B. Y. Wu,Hong-jie Wu,Shengbing Xiao,S. Xiao,Yunlong Xiao,Shengrong Xie,Shaolin Xiong,Senlin Xiong,Dong Xu,Yanqing Xu,Ying Xu,Yuqing Xu,W. C. Xue,Sheng Yang,Yanjuan Yang,Zihao Yang,Wentao Ye,Q. B. Yi,Shuyu Yi,Q. Q. Yin,Yuan You,Yunwei Yu,Wei Yu,Wenzhong Yu,Ming Zeng,Ning Zhang,Bing Zhang,Dali Zhang,Fan Zhang,HongMei Zhang,Juan Zhang,Liang Zhang,Feng Zhang,Shu Zhang,Shuang-Nan Zhang,Wan-Chang Zhang,Xiaofei Zhang,Xiaolong Zhang,Yanqiu Zhang,Yan-ting Zhang,Yifei Zhang,Yuanyang Zhang,Zhen Yi Zhang,Guoyan Zhao,Hai-Sheng Zhao,Hong-Yu Zhao,Qingyu Zhao,Shuping Zhao,Xiaohong Zhao,Xiao-Yan Zhao,Yi Zhao,Chao Zheng,Shi-Jie Zheng,D. K. Zhou,Xing Zhou,Xiaoli Zhu +171 more
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors measured the isotropic equivalent energy of the gamma-ray burst of GRB 221009A, including its precursor, main emission (ME), flaring emission and early afterglow, in the hard X-ray to soft gamma ray band from 10 keV to 6 MeV.
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GRB minimum variability timescale with Insight-HXMT and Swift. Implications for progenitor models, dissipation physics, and GRB classifications
A. Camisasca,C. Guidorzi,Lorenzo Amati,F. Frontera,S. Xiao,Shujie Xiong,S. N. Zhang,Raffaella Margutti,S. Kobayashi,Carole Mundell,Ming-Yu Ge,Andreja Gomboc,Shu-Mei Jia,N. Jordana-Mitjans,C. K. Li,X. B. Li,R.R. Maccary,M. Shrestha,W. C. Xue,S. Zhang +19 more
TL;DR: In this article , the authors define the minimum variability timescale (MVT) as the shortest duration of individual pulses that shape a light curve for a sample of GRBs and test correlations with peak luminosity, Lorentz factor, and jet opening angle.