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Proposal ID 0920005
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Title Keeping watch over our Galaxy - the return of the GPS
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DOI https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-v09rxi2
Author Bazzano
Abstract For the first 5 years of INTEGRALs operational life, the scientific Core Programme included a key component that was regular scans of the Galactic Plane. These led to a wealth of discoveries of new sources and source types, a large fraction of which were highly transient. These discoveries can certainly be considered one of the strongest results from, and legacies of, INTEGRAL. Since AO-5, these regular scans have been discontinued, and this has resulted in a significant drop in the discovery rate of new systems in and around the plane of our Galaxy. We propose to reinstate the Galactic Plane Scans as a Key Programme throughout AO8 and AO9, to allow the regular monitoring of known systems, and dramatically enhance the chances of discovering new systems. Such a programme will be of high value to a very large fraction of the high energy astronomy community, stimulating science immediately, and furthermore contributing greatly to the INTEGRAL legacy.To this aim, a total of 2 Msec /year are necessary to cover the plane with regular scans every orbit, excluding the central zone to be covered by the Galactic Bulge monitoring programme (should that programme be accepted). We also suggest that in order to maximise the engagement of the scientific community, the observations should be made public immediately. The team will make the IBIS and JEM-X light curves in two energy bands per science window and per observation, as well as the mosaic images publicly available through the web as soon as possible after the observations have been performed. Any interesting source behaviour that emerges from our observations will be announced promptly, so that rapid follow-up by the community is possible.
Publications
Temporal Coverage 2012-01-02T12:42:26Z / 2012-12-23T02:35:32Z
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, Bazzano, 2025, 'Keeping watch over our Galaxy - the return of the GPS', 1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-v09rxi2