AGILE performances optimization

The launch of the AGILE (Astrorivelatore Gamma a Immagini LEggero) satellite, an Italian gamma-ray mission that will observe in the 30 MeV - 30 GeV range is scheduled for the late 2005 [Tavani et al., 2003]. The AGILE observations will permit to increase our knowledge of the gamma-ray emission from the interstellar medium thanks to the peculiar features of this apparatus, such as a good angular resolution and a large field of view. This performance will be achieved exploiting the technology of Silicon microstrip detectors, which are new in the space applications, used in the construction of the AGILE tracker. In order to fully exploit the hardware potentiality of the instrument it is necessary to develop a corresponding high level software. In this chapter the work done to optimize the AGILE performances will be presented in terms of a better signal to noise ratio and energy resolution .