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Proposal ID 1140002
Obs ID 11400020135
Title INTEGRAL OBSERVATIONS OF BLAZARS IN OUTBURST
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DOI https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-1vl4gk0
Author Pian
Abstract We ask for INTEGRAL TOO observations of one blazar in outburst in AO-11, for up to 600 ks, conditional to stringent triggering criteria based on X-ray brightening, as detected by the current high energy missions, including INTEGRAL itself, Swift, MAXI and NuSTAR. Coordinated INTEGRAL and multiwavelength observations will guarantee the coverage of a broad energy range and allow us to follow the evolution of the overall spectral energy distribution (SED) during one or more flaring episodes. We will thus measure accurately the high energy spectrum and monitor the hard X-ray light curve, and thus constrain the time-dependent parameters of the emission models. In past INTEGRAL AOs we have triggered similar observations as part of multi wavelength campaigns and have demonstrated that for bright X-ray sources (> 20 mCrab in 2-10 keV) IBIS can map the interday hard X-ray variability.
Publications
Temporal Coverage 2014-08-07T21:57:46Z / 2014-08-10T08:22:53Z
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 2025-03-25T09:54:37Z
Publisher And Registrant European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines European Space Agency, Pian, 2025, 'INTEGRAL OBSERVATIONS OF BLAZARS IN OUTBURST', 1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-1vl4gk0