This proposal is aimed on obtaining legacy-level observational datasets on the Milky Way Galactic disk. The ultimate goal of the entire project is to have model independent and systematics free measurements of the fluxes in nuclear lines (511 keV annihilation emission and 1.8 MeV Al26) 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. 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 discrete sources from the total measured photon flux, the proposed strategy is the best possible usage of the valuable INTEGRAL time. Wide mapping of the Milky Way during the campaign of Galactic latitude scans also contributes to the legacy of the INTEGRAL observatory, giving the opportunity to study the population of Galactic sources at high latitudes.
Hard X-rays and QPO in Swift J1727.8-1613: the rise and plateau of the 2023 outburst - Mereminskiy, I., Lutovinov, A.,Molkov, S.,Krivonos, R.,Semena, A.,Sazonov, S.,Tkachenko, A.,Sunyaev, R. (2024-07-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024MNRAS.531.4893M
INTEGRAL/IBIS polarization detection in the hard and soft intermediate states of Swift J1727.8-1613 - Bouchet, T., Rodriguez, J.,Cangemi, F.,Thalhammer, P.,Laurent, P.,Grinberg, V.,Wilms, J.,Pottschmidt, K. (2024-08-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024A&A...688L...5B
Searching for orbital period modulation in X-ray observations of the symbiotic X-ray binary GX 1+4 - Klawin, Moritz, Ducci, Lorenzo,Mirac Serim, M.,Santangelo, Andrea,Ferrigno, Carlo,Bozzo, Enrico (2024-12-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024A&A...692A..19K
Temporal Coverage
2023-02-11T09:22:27Z / 2023-08-25T18:32:45Z
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.
European Space Agency, Sunyaev, 2025, 'Broad view on high energy Galactic background: "Galactic Center"', 1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-0qcojie
