Costa's family moved in 1954 to Rome, where he spent the remainder of his childhood and adolescence and studied physics. For his PhD with Giulio Auriemma, he participated in rocket experiments with X-ray detectors at the IAS (Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale) in Rome. In 1976, he joined the IAS and worked on balloon experiments. Later he was involved in BeppoSAX, the Italian X-ray astronomy satellite (with Dutch participation, and ESA support), which operated from 1996 to 2003. Costa was in 1981 part of the team of Livio Scarsi, which proposed the construction of the satellite for X-ray detection. On the satellite was a Phoswich Detector[1] System (PDS) used by Filippo Frontera for the discovery of gamma ray bursts (i.e., the PDS was a Gamma Ray Burst Monitor, GRBM). February 28, 1997 was the first time an X-ray afterglow associated with a GRB was observed after localization by SAX,[2] followed shortly thereafter by the optical afterglow (observed by Herschel and Isaac Newton telescopes, La Palma). Two months later, another GRB was detected with subsequent observation in the radio range, thus directly demonstrating by the redshift that GRBs are of extragalactic origin.[3] In 1999, he developed the X-ray detector for the Italian X-ray/gamma-ray satellites AGILE, which started in 2007. He also developed X-ray polarimeters.
Enrico Costa is the author or co-author of a number of papers in peer reviewed scientific journals. Several are published in Science Magazine.[4] Also, in 2011 he received with Gerald J. Fishman the Shaw Prize.
Referencesedit
^"Phoswich "phosphor sandwich" detector description from Saint Gobain Crystals". Archived from the original on 2013-01-04. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
^message of GRB 970228 to the IAU by Costa and others. Costa, Frontera, et al. Discovery of an X-ray afterglow associated with the γ-ray burst of 28 February 1997, Nature, Vol. 387, 1997, pp.783–785, Arxiv
^Daniel Reichert The redshift of GRB 970580, Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 495, 1997, pp. L99-L101
^"Costa's body of work" (Web page with links to papers and citations). Google Scholar. Retrieved 2012-06-15.
Sourcesedit
Govert Schilling Flash! The Hunt for the Biggest Explosions in the Universe, Cambridge University Press 2002
External linksedit
Autobiography for Shaw Prize 2017-11-05 at the Wayback Machine
December 15, 2023
enrico, costa, physicist, enrico, costa, born, 1944, sassari, sardinia, italian, astrophysicist, known, studies, gamma, bursts, grbs, costa, family, moved, 1954, rome, where, spent, remainder, childhood, adolescence, studied, physics, with, giulio, auriemma, p. Enrico Costa born 1944 in Sassari Sardinia is an Italian astrophysicist known for studies of gamma ray bursts GRBs Costa s family moved in 1954 to Rome where he spent the remainder of his childhood and adolescence and studied physics For his PhD with Giulio Auriemma he participated in rocket experiments with X ray detectors at the IAS Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale in Rome In 1976 he joined the IAS and worked on balloon experiments Later he was involved in BeppoSAX the Italian X ray astronomy satellite with Dutch participation and ESA support which operated from 1996 to 2003 Costa was in 1981 part of the team of Livio Scarsi which proposed the construction of the satellite for X ray detection On the satellite was a Phoswich Detector 1 System PDS used by Filippo Frontera for the discovery of gamma ray bursts i e the PDS was a Gamma Ray Burst Monitor GRBM February 28 1997 was the first time an X ray afterglow associated with a GRB was observed after localization by SAX 2 followed shortly thereafter by the optical afterglow observed by Herschel and Isaac Newton telescopes La Palma Two months later another GRB was detected with subsequent observation in the radio range thus directly demonstrating by the redshift that GRBs are of extragalactic origin 3 In 1999 he developed the X ray detector for the Italian X ray gamma ray satellites AGILE which started in 2007 He also developed X ray polarimeters Enrico Costa is the author or co author of a number of papers in peer reviewed scientific journals Several are published in Science Magazine 4 Also in 2011 he received with Gerald J Fishman the Shaw Prize References edit Phoswich phosphor sandwich detector description from Saint Gobain Crystals Archived from the original on 2013 01 04 Retrieved 2012 06 14 message of GRB 970228 to the IAU by Costa and others Costa Frontera et al Discovery of an X ray afterglow associated with the g ray burst of 28 February 1997 Nature Vol 387 1997 pp 783 785 Arxiv Daniel Reichert The redshift of GRB 970580 Astrophysical Journal Letters Volume 495 1997 pp L99 L101 Costa s body of work Web page with links to papers and citations Google Scholar Retrieved 2012 06 15 Sources editGovert Schilling Flash The Hunt for the Biggest Explosions in the Universe Cambridge University Press 2002External links editAutobiography for Shaw Prize Archived 2017 11 05 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Enrico Costa physicist amp oldid 1078728865, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
