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Name: INTEGRAL identifies the Hard X-ray excess in Blazars' fields
Published: 2025-03-25T09:54:32Z

Proposal ID	0320044
Obs ID	03200440001
Title	INTEGRAL identifies the Hard X-ray excess in Blazars fields
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-iy298ia
Author	Wolter
Abstract	Thanks to the BeppoSAX satellite unprecedentedly wide energy band, extending up to 200 keV with the PDS instrument, our knowledge of the spectra of blazars has improved substantially. However, the results were limited by the PDS lack of imaging capabilities.In a number of blazars, the PDS detected strong excesses in the 20-100 keV band, with respect to the extrapolation from softer X-ray energies (0.5-10 keV). This implies either a new spectral component or a contaminating source that falls into the field of view of the PDS. We expect that the contaminant sources are mostly known objects that have a yet undiscovered bright emission in the hard X-ray band.With its spatial resolution in the 20-100 keV band, INTEGRAL has the unique capability of disentangling the problem. If the excess is due to the blazar, we will provide new input to our knowledge of the physics of this class of sources. If, instead, there is a serendipitous contaminating source, we will be able to probe the still poorly studied 20-100 keV region and make significant progress in the understanding of the hard X-ray background.
Publications	236 Minima Timings of Eclipsing Binaries Observed by Integral OMC - Sobotka, P., (2007-12-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2007IBVS.5809....1S A description of sources detected by INTEGRAL during the first 4 years of observations - Bodaghee, A., Courvoisier, T. J. -L.,Rodriguez, J.,Beckmann, V.,Produit, N.,Hannikainen, D.,Kuulkers, E.,Willis, D. R.,Wendt, G. (2007-05-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2007A&A...467..585B Analysis and interpretation of inner-heliospheric SEP events with the ESA Standard Radiation Environment Monitor (SREM) onboard the INTEGRAL and Rosetta Missions - Georgoulis, Manolis K., Papaioannou, Athanasios,Sandberg, Ingmar,Anastasiadis, Anastasios,Daglis, Ioannis A.,Rodriguez-Gasen, Rosa,Aran, Angels,Sanahuja, Blai,Nieminen, Petteri (2018-09-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2018JSWSC...8A..40G An asymmetric distribution of positrons in the Galactic disk revealed by γ-rays - Weidenspointner, Georg, Skinner, Gerry,Jean, Pierre,Knodlseder, Jurgen,von Ballmoos, Peter,Bignami, Giovanni,Diehl, Roland,Strong, Andrew W.,Cordier, Bertrand,Schanne, Stephane,Winkler, Christoph (2008-01-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2008Natur.451..159W Background modelling for I3-ray spectroscopy with INTEGRAL/SPI - Siegert, Thomas, Diehl, Roland,Weinberger, Christoph,Pleintinger, Moritz M. M.,Greiner, Jochen,Zhang, Xiaoling (2019-06-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2019A&A...626A..73S Catalog of short gamma-ray transients detected in the SPI/INTEGRAL experiment - Minaev, P. Yu., Pozanenko, A. S.,Molkov, S. V.,Grebenev, S. A. (2014-05-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2014AstL...40..235M Comparing simulated ²⁶Al maps to gamma-ray measurements - Pleintinger, Moritz M. M., Siegert, Thomas,Diehl, Roland,Fujimoto, Yusuke,Greiner, Jochen,Krause, Martin G. H.,Krumholz, Mark R. (2019-12-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2019A&A...632A..73P Constraints on positron annihilation kinematics in the inner Galaxy - Siegert, Thomas, Crocker, Roland M.,Diehl, Roland,Krause, Martin G. H.,Panther, Fiona H.,Pleintinger, Moritz M. 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(2012-10-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2012ApJ...757..181S Diffuse Emission Measurement with the SPectrometer on INTEGRAL as an Indirect Probe of Cosmic-Ray Electrons and Positrons - Bouchet, Laurent, Strong, Andrew W.,Porter, Troy A.,Moskalenko, Igor V.,Jourdain, Elisabeth,Roques, Jean-Pierre (2011-09-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2011ApJ...739...29B Diffuse Galactic emission spectrum between 0.5 and 8.0 MeV - Siegert, Thomas, Berteaud, Joanna,Calore, Francesca,Serpico, Pasquale D.,Weinberger, Christoph (2022-04-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2022A&A...660A.130S Discovery of the Radio and X-Ray Counterpart of TeV γ-Ray Source HESS J1731-347 - Tian, W. W., Leahy, D. A.,Haverkorn, M.,Jiang, B. (2008-06-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2008ApJ...679L..85T Dose Measured On-Board INTEGRAL After More Than 12 Years in Space - Claret, Arnaud, Laurent, Philippe,Sauvageon, Aymeric,Savchenko, Volodymyr (2015-12-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2015ITNS...62.2784C Extended emission from short gamma-ray bursts detected with SPI-ACS/INTEGRAL - Minaev, P. Yu., Pozanenko, A. S.,Loznikov, V. M. (2010-10-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2010AstL...36..707M Extreme relativistic electron fluxes in the Earths outer radiation belt: Analysis of INTEGRAL IREM data - Meredith, Nigel P., Horne, Richard B.,Sandberg, Ingmar,Papadimitriou, Constantinos,Evans, Hugh D. R. (2017-07-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2017SpWea..15..917M Gamma-Ray Emission of ⁶⁰Fe and ²⁶Al Radioactivity in Our Galaxy - Wang, W., Siegert, T.,Dai, Z. G.,Diehl, R.,Greiner, J.,Heger, A.,Krause, M.,Lang, M.,Pleintinger, M. M. M.,Zhang, X. L. (2020-02-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2020ApJ...889..169W Gamma-ray spectroscopy of positron annihilation in the Milky Way - Siegert, Thomas, Diehl, Roland,Khachatryan, Gerasim,Krause, Martin G. H.,Guglielmetti, Fabrizia,Greiner, Jochen,Strong, Andrew W.,Zhang, Xiaoling (2016-02-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2016A&A...586A..84S Global characteristics of GRBs observed with INTEGRAL and the inferred large population of low-luminosity GRBs - Foley, S., McGlynn, S.,Hanlon, L.,McBreen, S.,McBreen, B. (2008-06-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2008A&A...484..143F Hard X-ray properties of magnetic cataclysmic variables - Scaringi, S., Bird, A. J.,Norton, A. J.,Knigge, C.,Hill, A. B.,Clark, D. J.,Dean, A. J.,McBride, V. A.,Barlow, E. J.,Bassani, L.,Bazzano, A.,Fiocchi, M.,Landi, R. 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(2008-06-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2008ApJ...679.1315B INTEGRAL/SPI {$gamma$}-ray line spectroscopy. Response and background characteristics - Diehl, Roland, Siegert, Thomas,Greiner, Jochen,Krause, Martin,Kretschmer, Karsten,Lang, Michael,Pleintinger, Moritz,Strong, Andrew W.,Weinberger, Christoph,Zhang, Xiaoling (2018-03-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2018A&A...611A..12D Kinematics of massive star ejecta in the Milky Way as traced by ²⁶Al - Kretschmer, Karsten, Diehl, Roland,Krause, Martin,Burkert, Andreas,Fierlinger, Katharina,Gerhard, Ortwin,Greiner, Jochen,Wang, Wei (2013-11-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2013A&A...559A..99K Leptonic origin of the 100 MeV γ-ray emission from the Galactic centre - Malyshev, D., Chernyakova, M.,Neronov, A.,Walter, R. (2015-10-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2015A&A...582A..11M Masses and accretion rates of supermassive black holes in active galactic nuclei from the INTEGRAL survey - Khorunzhev, G. A., Sazonov, S. Yu.,Burenin, R. A.,Tkachenko, A. Yu. (2012-08-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2012AstL...38..475K New hard X-ray sources discovered in the ongoing INTEGRAL Galactic plane survey after 14 yr of observations - Krivonos, Roman A., Tsygankov, Sergey S.,Mereminskiy, Ilya A.,Lutovinov, Alexander A.,Sazonov, Sergey Yu.,Sunyaev, Rashid A. (2017-09-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2017MNRAS.470..512K On the Morphology of the Electron-Positron Annihilation Emission as Seen by Spi/integral - Bouchet, L., Roques, J. P.,Jourdain, E. (2010-09-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2010ApJ...720.1772B Progressive steepening of the SNR RX J1713.7-3946 X-ray spectrum from XMM-Newton to INTEGRAL - Kuznetsova, Ekaterina, Krivonos, Roman,Churazov, Eugene,Lyskova, Natalia,Lutovinov, Alexander (2019-10-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2019MNRAS.489.1828K Prospect of Studying Hard X- and Gamma-Rays from Type Ia Supernovae - Maeda, K., Terada, Y.,Kasen, D.,Ropke, F. 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(2010-04-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2010AstL...36..237T Searching for the 511 keV annihilation line from galactic compact objects with the IBIS gamma ray telescope - De Cesare, G., (2011-07-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2011A&A...531A..56D Spatial clustering and halo occupation distribution modelling of local AGN via cross-correlation measurements with 2MASS galaxies - Krumpe, Mirko, Miyaji, Takamitsu,Coil, Alison L.,Aceves, Hector (2018-02-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2018MNRAS.474.1773K Spectral and intensity variations of Galactic ²⁶Al emission - Wang, W., Lang, M. G.,Diehl, R.,Halloin, H.,Jean, P.,Knodlseder, J.,Kretschmer, K.,Martin, P.,Roques, J. P.,Strong, A. W.,Winkler, C.,Zhang, X. L. 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(2005-08-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2005A&A...438.1175R The catalog of variable sources detected by INTEGRAL. I. Catalog and techniques - Telezhinsky, I., Eckert, D.,Savchenko, V.,Neronov, A.,Produit, N.,Courvoisier, T. J. -L. (2010-11-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2010A&A...522A..68T The Deep Look at the Hard X-Ray Sky: The Swift-INTEGRAL X-Ray (SIX) Survey - Bottacini, Eugenio, Ajello, Marco,Greiner, Jochen (2012-08-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2012ApJS..201...34B The first GRB survey of the IBIS/PICsIT archive - Bianchin, V., Mereghetti, S.,Guidorzi, C.,Foschini, L.,Vianello, G.,Malaguti, G.,Di Cocco, G.,Gianotti, F.,Schiavone, F. (2011-12-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2011A&A...536A..46B The Fourth IBIS/ISGRI Soft Gamma-ray Survey Catalog - Bird, A. J., Bazzano, A.,Bassani, L.,Capitanio, F.,Fiocchi, M.,Hill, A. B.,Malizia, A.,McBride, V. A.,Scaringi, S.,Sguera, V.,Stephen, J. B.,Ubertini, P.,Dean, A. 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(2009-10-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2009A&A...505..417B The spectral catalogue of INTEGRAL gamma-ray bursts. results of the joint IBIS/SPI spectral analysis - Bosnjak, Z., Gotz, D.,Bouchet, L.,Schanne, S.,Cordier, B. (2014-01-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2014A&A...561A..25B Time Evolution of Flares in GRB 130925A: Jet Precession in a Black Hole Accretion System - Hou, Shu-Jin, Liu, Tong,Gu, Wei-Min,Lin, Da-Bin,Sun, Mou-Yuan,Wu, Xue-Feng,Lu, Ju-Fu (2014-01-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2014ApJ...781L..19H Timing properties of gamma-ray bursts detected by SPI-ACS detector onboard INTEGRAL - Savchenko, V., Neronov, A.,Courvoisier, T. J. -L. (2012-05-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2012A&A...541A.122S Type I X-ray Bursts Detected by the JEM-X Telescope Onboard the INTEGRAL Observatory in 2003-2015 - Chelovekov, I. V., Grebenev, S. A.,Mereminskiy, I. A.,Prosvetov, A. V. (2017-12-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2017AstL...43..781C VerticaVertical position of the Sun with gamma-rays - Siegert, Thomas, (2019-12-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2019A&A...632L...1S Water megamaser emission in hard X-ray selected AGN - Panessa, F., Castangia, P.,Malizia, A.,Bassani, L.,Tarchi, A.,Bazzano, A.,Ubertini, P. (2020-09-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2020A&A...641A.162P X-ray absorption in INTEGRAL active galactic nuclei. Host galaxy inclination - Malizia, A., Bassani, L.,Stephen, J. B.,Bazzano, A.,Ubertini, P. (2020-07-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2020A&A...639A...5M
Temporal Coverage	2006-05-24T11:56:14Z / 2006-06-01T16:21:20Z
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	2025-03-25T09:54:32Z
Publisher And Registrant	European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines	European Space Agency, Wolter, 2025, 'INTEGRAL identifies the Hard X-ray excess in Blazars' fields', 1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-iy298ia