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Proposal ID 0120206
Obs ID 01202060002
Title Hard X-ray emission from clusters of galaxies
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DOI https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-5lxh3da
Author Hornstrup
Abstract We propose to observe two nearby clusters of galaxies (Coma and Perseus) with INTEGRAL. The aim of the observations is to detect and study the spectra and spatial extension of the Hard X-ray emission (HXT) from the clusters. We expect this emission to be non-thermal, and be of the order of 10\% of the thermal emission (based on data from BeppoSAX on Coma). We want to get a good S/N in the 20+ keV range. We have simulated JEM-X observations and estimated the IBIS observations of the HXT, confirming the feasibility of the observations.
Publications
Temporal Coverage 2003-03-18T02:53:28Z / 2003-03-19T06:18:32Z
Version 1.0
Mission Description The INTEGRAL (International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory) mission, launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) on October 17, 2002, was designed to study high-energy phenomena in the universe. INTEGRAL was operating until february 2025 and it was equipped with three high-energy instruments: the Imager on Board the INTEGRAL Satellite (IBIS), the Spectrometer on INTEGRAL (SPI), and the JEM-X (Joint European Monitor for X-rays). Its Optical Monitoring Camera (OMC) provided optical V-band magnitude measurements, complementing the high-energy observations.
Creator Contact https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/integral/helpdesk
Date Published 2025-03-25T09:54:30Z
Publisher And Registrant European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines European Space Agency, Hornstrup, 2025, 'Hard X-ray emission from clusters of galaxies', 1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-5lxh3da