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Name: Hard X-ray spectroscopy of two ultraluminous X-ray sources and a low-luminosity AGN
Published: 2026-03-05T13:05:57Z

Proposal ID	0820030
Obs ID	08200300001, 08200300002, 08200300003, 08200300004
Title	Hard X-ray spectroscopy of two ultraluminous X-ray sources and a low-luminosity AGN
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-rtayz63
Author	Sazonov
Abstract	The nature of ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) remains controversial. We do not know whether they host stellar- or intermediate-mass black holes, nor do we have a clear understanding of the accretion process. Similarly poorly studied is the accretion onto supermassive black holes in low-luminosity active galactic nuclei (LLAGN). To address these problems, sensitive observations at energies above 10 keV are needed. We propose to observe with INTEGRAL for a total exposure of 4 Msec (2 Msec in AO7 + 2 Msec in AO8) a unique sky region where two of the brightest ULXs, M82 X-1 and Holmberg IX X-1, and one of the brightest LLAGN, M81, are located. We will measure the spectra of these sources from 3 keV up to 50--100 keV and possibly study their spectral variability. At the time of this writing, ~1.5 out of the 2 Msec of observations granted in AO7 have been provided to us. A preliminary analysis of these data confirms the feasibility of achieving our scientific goals upon completion of the entire observational campaign.
Publications	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 Broad-band study of hard X-ray-selected absorbed active galactic nuclei - de Rosa, A., Panessa, F.,Bassani, L.,Bazzano, A.,Bird, A.,Landi, R.,Malizia, A.,Molina, M.,Ubertini, P. (2012-03-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2012MNRAS.420.2087D 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. M.,Weinberger, Christoph (2019-07-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2019A&A...627A.126S Cutoff in the hard X-ray spectra of the ultraluminous X-ray sources HoIX X-1 and M82 X-1 - Sazonov, S. Yu., Lutovinov, A. A.,Krivonos, R. A. (2014-02-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2014AstL...40...65S Deep Hard X-ray Survey of the M81 Field Based on INTEGRAL¹ Data - Krivonos, R. A., Mereminskiy, I. A.,Sazonov, S. Yu. (2024-05-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024AstL...50...25K 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 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 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 Identification and period investigation of pulsation variable star UY Camelopardalis, an RR Lyrae star in binary system - Li, Lin-Jia, Qian, Sheng-Bang,Voloshina, Irina,Metlov, Vladimir G.,Zhu, Li-Ying,Liao, Wen-Ping (2018-08-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2018PASJ...70...71L 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 deep extragalactic survey: M81, LMC and 3C 273/Coma fields - Mereminskiy, Ilya A., Krivonos, Roman A.,Lutovinov, Alexander A.,Sazonov, Sergey Yu.,Revnivtsev, Mikhail G.,Sunyaev, Rashid A. (2016-06-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2016MNRAS.459..140M INTEGRAL Limits on Past High-energy Activity from FRB 20200120E in M81 - Mereghetti, S., Topinka, M.,Rigoselli, M.,Gotz, D. (2021-11-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2021ApJ...921L...3M INTEGRAL Observations of Magnetars - Pacholski, Dominik Patryk, Ducci, Lorenzo,Topinka, Martin,Mereghetti, Sandro (2025-01-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2025AN....34640109P 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 Investigating the true nature of three hard X-ray sources - Molina, M., Malizia, A.,Masetti, N.,Bassani, L.,Bazzano, A.,Bird, A. J.,Fiocchi, M.,Palazzi, E.,Ubertini, P. (2021-11-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2021MNRAS.507.3423M 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 Magnetars and axion-like particles: probes with the hard X-ray spectrum - Fortin, Jean-Francois, Guo, Huai-Ke,Harris, Steven P.,Sheridan, Elijah,Sinha, Kuver (2021-06-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2021JCAP...06..036F 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 New Parallaxes of Galactic Cepheids from Spatially Scanning the Hubble Space Telescope: Implications for the Hubble Constant - Riess, Adam G., Casertano, Stefano,Yuan, Wenlong,Macri, Lucas,Anderson, Jay,MacKenty, John W.,Bowers, J. Bradley,Clubb, Kelsey I.,Filippenko, Alexei V.,Jones, David O.,Tucker, Brad E. (2018-03-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2018ApJ...855..136R Primordial black hole dark matter in the context of extra dimensions - Friedlander, Avi, Mack, Katherine J.,Schon, Sarah,Song, Ningqiang,Vincent, Aaron C. (2022-05-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2022PhRvD.105j3508F 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 Search for AGNs in Dwarf Galaxies in the the M81 Field with INTEGRAL Data - Mereminskiy, I. A., Sazonov, S. Yu.,Krivonos, R. A.,Karachentsev, I. D. (2023-01-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2023AstL...49....1M Search for Evolutionary Changes in the Periods of Cepheids: V532 Cyg - Berdnikov, L. N., (2019-12-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2019AstL...45..677B Study of changes in the pulsation period of 148 Galactic Cepheid variables - Csornyei, G., Szabados, L.,Molnar, L.,Cseh, B.,Egei, N.,Kalup, Cs,Kecskemethy, V.,Konyves-Toth, R.,Sarneczky, K.,Szakats, R. (2022-04-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2022MNRAS.511.2125C Sub-GeV dark matter annihilation: limits from Milky Way observations with INTEGRAL - Siegert, Thomas, Calore, Francesca,Serpico, Pasquale Dario (2024-02-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024MNRAS.528.3433S 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 efficiency of nuclear burning during thermonuclear (Type I) bursts as a function of accretion rate - Cavecchi, Y., Galloway, D. K.,Goodwin, A. J.,Johnston, Z.,Heger, A. (2020-12-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2020MNRAS.499.2148C The Fermi-LAT detection of magnetar-like pulsar PSR J1846-0258 at high-energy gamma-rays - Kuiper, L., Hermsen, W.,Dekker, A. (2018-03-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2018MNRAS.475.1238K 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 Galactic ²⁶Al Emission Map as Revealed by INTEGRAL SPI - Bouchet, Laurent, Jourdain, Elisabeth,Roques, Jean-Pierre (2015-03-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2015ApJ...801..142B 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 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 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 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 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 XTE J1906+090: a persistent low-luminosity Be X-ray binary - Sguera, V., Sidoli, L.,Bird, A. J.,La Palombara, N. (2023-07-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2023MNRAS.523.1192S
Temporal Coverage	2011-03-18T09:09:25Z / 2011-12-02T18:39:24Z
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	2026-03-05T13:05:57Z
Keywords	INTEGRAL gamma-ray data, ESA INTEGRAL mission dataset, gamma-ray astronomy observations, high-energy astrophysics data, IBIS imaging data, SPI spectrometer data, JEM-X X-ray monitoring data, OMC optical monitoring data, coded mask telescope observations, gamma-ray spectroscopy dataset, MeV astrophysics data, keV–MeV photon observations, gamma-ray burst observations dataset, black hole gamma-ray data, neutron star high-energy observations, positron annihilation 511 keV line data, Galactic Center gamma-ray emission dataset, supernova nucleosynthesis gamma-ray lines, active galactic nuclei high-energy data, transient astrophysical source monitoring, calibrated photon event lists, gamma-ray light curves, high-energy spectra data, sky maps gamma-ray, time-series astrophysical observations, long-term gamma-ray monitoring dataset
Publisher And Registrant	European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines	European Space Agency, Sazonov, 2026, 'Hard X-ray spectroscopy of two ultraluminous X-ray sources and a low-luminosity AGN', 1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-rtayz63