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Massimo Rapisarda

Researcher at ENEA

Publications -  142
Citations -  6960

Massimo Rapisarda is an academic researcher from ENEA. The author has contributed to research in topics: Gamma-ray burst & Blazar. The author has an hindex of 42, co-authored 142 publications receiving 6650 citations. Previous affiliations of Massimo Rapisarda include Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare & INAF.

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Discovery of powerful gamma-ray flares from the Crab Nebula

TL;DR: The detection of strong gamma-ray flares observed by the AGILE satellite in September 2010 and October 2007 challenge standard models of nebular emission and require power-law acceleration by shock-driven plasma wave turbulence within an approximately 1-day time scale.
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The AGILE Mission

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TL;DR: AGILE as mentioned in this paper is an Italian Space Agency mission dedicated to observing the gamma-ray universe, which was successfully launched on 2007 April 23 from the Indian base of Sriharikota and was inserted in an equatorial orbit with very low particle background.