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Proposal ID 0720001
Obs ID 07200010001, 07200010002, 07200010003, 07200010004, 07200010005, 07200010006, 07200010007, 07200010008, 07200010009, 07200010010, 07200010011, 07200010012, 07200010013, 07200010014, 07200010015, 07200010016, 07200010017, 07200010018, 07200010019, 07200010020, 07200010021, 07200010022, 07200010023, 07200010024, 07200010025, 07200010026, 07200010027, 07200010028, 07200010029, 07200010030, 07200010031, 07200010032, 07200010033, 07200010034, 07200010035, 07200010036, 07200010037, 07200010039, 07200010040
Title Regular and frequent INTEGRAL monitoring of the Galactic Bulge region
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DOI https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-bu0zf2f
Author Kuulkers
Abstract The Galactic bulge region is a rich host of variable X-ray and gamma-ray point sources.In AO-3, AO-4, AO-5, and AO-6 we have been monitoring this region with one hexagonal pattern approximately every 3 days, whenever it was visible by INTEGRAL. Due to the high scientific return and to preserve the continuity with respect to past observations of this ever-changing region, we suggest to continue our successful observing program. Because of the new format of AO-7 and as a service to the scientific community, we ask the observations to be made public immediately. Moreover, we make the IBIS/ISGRI and JEM-X light curves, both in two energy bands perscience window and per hexagonal observation, as well as the mosaic images per hexagonal pattern, publicly available through the web as soon as possible after the observations have been performed. Any interesting source behaviour which emerges from our observations will be announced promptly, so that rapid follow-up by the community is possible. Our team consists of scientists with expertise on a large range of topics. We also intend to do a more in-depth analysis (spectra, bursts, flares, etc.) of sources of particular interest on short and long time scales. These sources include bright and relatively faint X-raytransients, X-ray bursters, persistent neutron star and black-hole candidate binaries,high-mass X-ray binaries, etc..
Publications
Temporal Coverage 2009-10-16T19:50:59Z / 2010-10-22T22:35:13Z
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, Kuulkers, 2025, 'Regular and frequent INTEGRAL monitoring of the Galactic Bulge region', 1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-bu0zf2f