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Proposal ID 0320109
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Title Regular and frequent INTEGRAL monitoring of the Galactic Bulge region
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DOI https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-7mcrh98
Author Kuulkers
Abstract The Galactic Bulge region is a rich host of variable high-energyX-ray and gamma-ray point sources. In AO-3 there is much less focus on this interesting region within the Core Program. Because of the high scientific return and to preserve the continuity with respect to past observations of this ever-changing region, we suggest to cover this gap in the observing program. Our approach, however, has some new appealing facets. We propose to observe the region more frequently and regularly than before, i.e., during the entire visibility periods we suggest to do a single hexagonal dither observation per INTEGRAL revolution. As a service to the scientific community we want to make the IBIS/ISGRI and JEM-X light curves both in two energy bands per science window (i.e., per individual exposure of the hexagonal) and per hexagonal observation publicly available through the web as soon as the observations have been performed. Any new source which emerges from our observation will be announced promptly, so that rapid follow-up by the communityis possible. Our team consists of scientists with expertise on a large range of topics. We intend to do a more in-depth analysis (spectra, timing, etc.) of sources of particular interest on short and long time scales. These sources include bright and relatively faint X-ray transients, X-ray bursters, persistent neutron star and black-hole candidate binaries,high-mass X-ray binaries, etc..
Publications
Temporal Coverage 2005-02-18T07:13:48Z / 2006-04-21T08:36:50Z
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, Kuulkers, 2025, 'Regular and frequent INTEGRAL monitoring of the Galactic Bulge region', 1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-7mcrh98