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Proposal ID 0820037
Obs ID 08200370001, 08200370002, 08200370003, 08200370004, 08200370005, 08200370006, 08200370007, 08200370008, 08200370009, 08200370010, 08200370011, 08200370012, 08200370013, 08200370014, 08200370015, 08200370016, 08200370017, 08200370018, 08200370019, 08200370020, 08200370021
Title Broad view on high energy Galactic background: Inner Galaxy
Download Data Associated to the proposal https://isla.esac.esa.int/tap/download/bundle?format=ascii_curl&product_id=prop_id:0820037
DOI https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-wn2j9js
Author Sunyaev
Abstract This proposal is a one of three accompanying proposals aimed on obtaining legacy-level observational datasets on the Milky Way Galactic disk. The ultimate goal of the entire project (which started in AO4 and which we plan to continue it in subsequent AOs) is to have model independent and systematics free measurements of the fluxes in nuclear lines (511 keV annihilation emission, 1.8 MeV 26Al and 1.17 MeV and 1.33 MeV 60Fe lines) and a broad band spectrum of the Galactic background emission, which at different energies is provided either by cumulative emission of faint Galactic source or by interaction of low energy cosmic rays with interstellar medium. Our strategy was supported by INTEGRAL TACs during previous AOs and now we propose to continue the coverage of the Galactic disk with scanning observations. Taking into account the unique combination of properties of INTEGRAL instruments - broad band coverage, large fields of view and possibilities to eliminate the contribution of descrete sources from the total measured photon flux, the proposed strategy is the best possible usage of the valuable INTEGRAL time.In this proposal we ask for 2 Msec observations of Galactic region at l=-22.5 deg which will be complimentary to the already performed observations of the inner Galaxy at l~40, 22.5 and -45 deg. Having two model-independent, systematics free and symmetric (l=+/- 22.5 deg) measurements of the 511 keV annihilation line flux we will put strong constrains on symmetry of line emission. This proposal will provide complimentary data to the accepted AO6 KP proposal of G. Weidenspointner (ID: 06K0003) which scans the Galaxy along the plane.
Publications
Temporal Coverage 2011-02-26T14:15:49Z / 2012-02-27T15:33:42Z
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 2025-03-25T09:54:36Z
Publisher And Registrant European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines European Space Agency, Sunyaev, 2025, 'Broad view on high energy Galactic background: "Inner Galaxy"', 1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-wn2j9js