ESA Science & Technology - Scientific highlights from INTEGRAL

Publication date: 06 September 2005

Authors: Winkler, C.

Year: 2005

Copyright: Elsevier

In proceeding of "Workshop Astronomy with Radioactivities V", Clemson SC, USA, Sep 5-9 2005, Editors R. Diehl, D. Hartmann, E. Zinner, in New Reviews in Astronomy, Elsevier

The gamma-ray observatory INTEGRAL was launched in October 2002 and produces since then a wealth of discoveries and important new results. I will present a selection of scientific highlights obtained during the first 2.5 years of the mission.