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Proposal ID 0620030
Obs ID 06200300002
Title INTEGRAL OBSERVATION OF TWO HIGH-Z BLAZARS
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DOI https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-upddhmn
Author Bianchin
Abstract The simultaneous optical-to-gamma-rays observations of blazars are key tools in understanding the nature of these sources, the mechanisms of the gamma-ray emission and other features, such as the origin of the soft X-rays (E < 1 keV) photon deficit, often observed in high-z flat-spectrum radio quasars. We therefore ask for two 500 ks observations with INTEGRAL (total requested exposure 2x 500 = 1000 ks) of the two high-redshift blazars PKS B2126-158 (z = 3.268) and PKS B2149-307 (z = 2.345). These observations, coupled with simultaneous Swift and GLAST observations, will allow us to build the best available optical-to-gamma-rays spectral energy distributions, which in turn will be modeled and studied in order to give answers to the above mentioned problems.
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Temporal Coverage 2009-04-21T23:55:57Z / 2009-05-03T04:29:17Z
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, Bianchin, 2025, 'INTEGRAL OBSERVATION OF TWO HIGH-Z BLAZARS', 1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-upddhmn