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Name: Target of Opportunity Observations of Active Soft Gamma Repeaters
Published: 2025-03-25T09:54:35Z

Proposal ID	0620014
Obs ID	06200140001
Title	Target of Opportunity Observations of Active Soft Gamma Repeaters
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-udmfe6x
Author	Hurley
Abstract	There is good evidence that the soft gamma repeaters (SGRs) are magnetars, objects in which the magnetic field energy dominates all other energy sources, including rotation. This implies that they possess the strongest known magnetic fields in the universe (10^15 G). SGRs go through phases of intense activity, during which they may emit hundreds of bursts within a period of weeks to months. During those periods, they exhibit properties which are quite different from their quiescent properties. Their strong magnetic fields are probably mainly responsible for these changes, and accordingly, it is interesting to study them intensely at these times. We propose to continue our successful AO-1-5 proposals, and request two ToO observations of any of the known, or of any newly discovered SGRs during their active phases. We request that the ToO take place within one month of the trigger. For clarity, we have filled out one observation form for each of the known SGRs, for one suspected SGR, and for one unknown SGR. Our total request, however, is for just TWO 240 ksec ToOs.
Publications	A comprehensive analysis of the hard X-ray spectra of bright Seyfert galaxies - Lubinski, P., Beckmann, V.,Gibaud, L.,Paltani, S.,Papadakis, I. E.,Ricci, C.,Soldi, S.,Turler, M.,Walter, R.,Zdziarski, A. A. (2016-05-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2016MNRAS.458.2454L 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 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 Galactic survey of ⁴⁴Ti sources with the IBIS telescope onboard INTEGRAL - Tsygankov, Sergey S., Krivonos, Roman A.,Lutovinov, Alexander A.,Revnivtsev, Mikhail G.,Churazov, Eugene M.,Sunyaev, Rashid A.,Grebenev, Sergey A. (2016-06-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2016MNRAS.458.3411T GK Persei and EX Hydrae: Intermediate polars with small magnetospheres - Suleimanov, V., Doroshenko, V.,Ducci, L.,Zhukov, G. V.,Werner, K. (2016-06-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2016A&A...591A..35S INTEGRAL 11-year hard X-ray survey above 100 keV - Krivonos, R., Tsygankov, S.,Lutovinov, A.,Revnivtsev, M.,Churazov, E.,Sunyaev, R. (2015-04-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2015MNRAS.448.3766K INTEGRAL/IBIS 7-year All-Sky Hard X-Ray Survey. II. Catalog of sources - Krivonos, R., Tsygankov, S.,Revnivtsev, M.,Grebenev, S.,Churazov, E.,Sunyaev, R. (2010-11-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2010A&A...523A..61K INTEGRAL/IBIS 7-year All-Sky Hard X-ray Survey. I. Image reconstruction - Krivonos, R., Revnivtsev, M.,Tsygankov, S.,Sazonov, S.,Vikhlinin, A.,Pavlinsky, M.,Churazov, E.,Sunyaev, R. (2010-09-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2010A&A...519A.107K INTEGRAL/IBIS nine-year Galactic hard X-ray survey - Krivonos, R., Tsygankov, S.,Lutovinov, A.,Revnivtsev, M.,Churazov, E.,Sunyaev, R. (2012-09-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2012A&A...545A..27K 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 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 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 Putting all the X in one basket: Updated X-ray constraints on sub-GeV Dark Matter - Cirelli, Marco, Fornengo, Nicolao,Koechler, Jordan,Pinetti, Elena,Roach, Brandon M. (2023-07-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2023JCAP...07..026C Reflection in Seyfert galaxies and the unified model of AGN - Ricci, C., Walter, R.,Courvoisier, T. J. -L.,Paltani, S. (2011-08-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2011A&A...532A.102R Search for 511 keV emission in satellite galaxies of the Milky Way with INTEGRAL/SPI - Siegert, Thomas, Diehl, Roland,Vincent, Aaron C.,Guglielmetti, Fabrizia,Krause, Martin G. H.,Boehm, Celine (2016-10-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2016A&A...595A..25S Searching for γ-Ray Blazar Candidates among the Unidentified INTEGRAL Sources - Massaro, F., Paggi, A.,D Abrusco, R.,Tosti, G. (2012-05-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2012ApJ...750L..35M 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 Strong outburst activity of the X-ray pulsar X Persei during 2001-2011 - Lutovinov, A., Tsygankov, S.,Chernyakova, M. (2012-06-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2012MNRAS.423.1978L ²⁶Al gamma rays from the Galaxy with INTEGRAL/SPI - Pleintinger, Moritz M. M., Diehl, Roland,Siegert, Thomas,Greiner, Jochen,Krause, Martin G. H. (2023-04-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2023A&A...672A..53P 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 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 first outburst of the new magnetar candidate SGR0501+4516 - Rea, N., Israel, G. L.,Turolla, R.,Esposito, P.,Mereghetti, S.,Gotz, D.,Zane, S.,Tiengo, A.,Hurley, K.,Feroci, M.,Still, M.,Yershov, V.,Winkler, C.,Perna, R.,Bernardini, F.,Ubertini, P.,Stella, L.,Campana, S.,van der Klis, M.,Woods, P. (2009-07-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2009MNRAS.396.2419R The Galactic Bulge Diffuse Emission in Broadband X-Rays with NuSTAR - Perez, Kerstin, Krivonos, Roman,Wik, Daniel R. (2019-10-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2019ApJ...884..153P The high-energy view of the broad-line radio galaxy 3C 111 - Ballo, L., Braito, V.,Reeves, J. N.,Sambruna, R. M.,Tombesi, F. (2011-12-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2011MNRAS.418.2367B The IBIS Soft Gamma-Ray Sky after 1000 Integral Orbits - Bird, A. J., Bazzano, A.,Malizia, A.,Fiocchi, M.,Sguera, V.,Bassani, L.,Hill, A. B.,Ubertini, P.,Winkler, C. (2016-03-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2016ApJS..223...15B The INTEGRAL/IBIS AGN catalogue: an update - Malizia, A., Landi, R.,Molina, M.,Bassani, L.,Bazzano, A.,Bird, A. J.,Ubertini, P. (2016-07-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2016MNRAS.460...19M The INTEGRAL/IBIS AGN catalogue - I. X-ray absorption properties versus optical classification - Malizia, A., Bassani, L.,Bazzano, A.,Bird, A. J.,Masetti, N.,Panessa, F.,Stephen, J. B.,Ubertini, P. (2012-11-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2012MNRAS.426.1750M The nature of the multi-wavelength emission of 3C 111 - de Jong, S., Beckmann, V.,Mattana, F. (2012-09-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2012A&A...545A..90D 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 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 Understanding the X-ray spectrum of anomalous X-ray pulsars and soft gamma-ray repeaters - Guo, Yan-Jun, Dai, Shi,Li, Zhao-Sheng,Liu, Yuan,Tong, Hao,Xu, Ren-Xin (2015-04-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2015RAA....15..525G Unveiling the nature of INTEGRAL objects through optical spectroscopy. X. A new multi-year, multi-observatory campaign - Masetti, N., Parisi, P.,Palazzi, E.,Jimenez-Bailon, E.,Chavushyan, V.,McBride, V.,Rojas, A. F.,Steward, L.,Bassani, L.,Bazzano, A.,Bird, A. J.,Charles, P. A.,Galaz, G.,Landi, R.,Malizia, A.,Mason, E.,Minniti, D.,Morelli, L.,Schiavone, F.,Stephen, J. B.,Ubertini, P. (2013-08-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2013A&A...556A.120M 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	2008-08-27T00:43:55Z / 2008-08-29T15:35:55Z
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	2025-03-25T09:54:35Z
Publisher And Registrant	European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines	European Space Agency, Hurley, 2025, 'Target of Opportunity Observations of Active Soft Gamma Repeaters', 1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-udmfe6x