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INTEGRAL Announcement of Opportunity (AO-18)
Proposals are solicited for observations with INTEGRAL in response to the Eighteenth Announcement of Opportunity, AO-18, issued 2 March 2020. This AO covers the period January to December 2021.
Invitation to respond to INTEGRAL AO-10
Invitation to respond to INTEGRAL AO-10 This page provides a link to /science-e/www/object/doc.cfm?fobjectid=50159 ...
The Galactic Centre Region
In an article to be published in the Astrophysical Journal, Bélanger et al. present the results of a detailed analysis of approximately 1900 hours of observations of the galactic centre, obtained...
Alenia Aerospazio
Alenia Aerospazio This page provides a link to http://www.aleniaerospazio.com/prima.htm
Integral mission summary
Integral mission summary This page provides a link to http://www.estec.esa.nl/spdwww/integral/html/background2.html ...
INTEGRAL Science Data Centre (ISDC)
Old URL 1 = http://isdc.unige.ch/ [before 19.05.10]Old URL 2 = http://astro.estec.esa.nl/SA-general/Projects/Integral/integ_isdc.html [before 02.04.09]
Swiss Museum of Transport and Communication
Swiss Museum of Transport and Communication This page provides a link to http://www.verkehrshaus.ch/
Mission summary
Mission summary This page provides a link to http://www.estec.esa.nl/spdwww/integral/html/background2.html ...
Integral science pages
Integral science pages This page provides a link to http://astro.estec.esa.nl/SA-general/Projects/Integral/integral.html ...
Alenia Spazio
Alenia Spazio This page provides a link to http://www.alespazio.it/program/sci/integral/integral.htm
3rd Intgral workshop home page
3rd Intgral workshop home page This page provides a link to http://www.ias.rm.cnr.it/ias-home/imager/tao98.htm ...
Ulysses Gamma-Ray Burst experiment
Ulysses Gamma-Ray Burst experiment This page provides a link to http://helio.estec.esa.nl/ulysses/whatsnew.html ...
MSSL, UK
MSSL, UK This page provides a link to http://www.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/www_detector/ccdgroup/ccd.html
Dunsink Institute for Advanced Studies, Ireland
Dunsink Institute for Advanced Studies, Ireland This page provides a link to http://www.dunsink.dias.ie/ ...
Centre Spatial de Liège, Belgium
Centre Spatial de Liège, Belgium This page provides a link to http://www.ulg.ac.be/cslulg/omc.htm ...
Alchemists seeking gold in the earth and in the sky
(Alchemy Lab, http://www.alchemylab.com/art_gallery.htm)
PICsIT module
Close up of a structural test model of one of the eight PICsIT sub-modules, with its array of 512 individual pixel detectors.
Looking at the Universe with gamma-ray eyes
Looking at the Universe with gamma-ray eyes will tell us about: the cosmic cataclysm in which the atoms we are made of are created giant black holes hiding in the centre of many galaxies and their...
PICsIT calibration image
One of the many images produced during the IBIS calibration: the distribution of the multiple impacts from a yttrium-88 radioactive test source on the PICsIT detector. Image courtesy of the IBIS team.
Dr Pietro Ubertini
IBIS principal investigator Dr. Pietro Ubertini: "Our instrument is the most sophisticated photographic camera ever built for gamma rays".
As bulbs are blooming in Noordwijk, The Netherlands
The INTEGRAL team is getting ready to load the spacecraft into the Large Space Simulator in ESTECs Test Center, Noordwijk.April 2002
The loading of the spacecraft into the Large Space Simulator
This is quite a delicate operation because the nearly 4 ton INTEGRAL spacecraft is tilted and lifted horizontally using heavy fixtures.April 2002.
IBIS instrument (front view)
The IBIS camera on its white support stand with cool air flowing into its 'hopper' opening, at whose entrance can be seen one of the radioactive sources used during the calibration.
IBIS instrument (rear view)
IBIS held in its white test stand showing 16 of the anti-coincidence 'VETO' detectors which surround the central gamma-ray detectors and which will allow the instrument to eliminate most of...
INTEGRAL 'structural thermal' model testing at ESTEC
INTEGRAL 'structural thermal' model testing at ESTEC
IBIS calibration at LABEN
In the LABEN cleanroom in Milan, scientists and engineers scrutinise the data from the IBIS gamma-ray imager in front of them.
The Danish Minister for Information Technology and Research, Mrs Birte Weiss, visits the INTEGRAL spacecraft
The Danish Minister for Information Technology and Research, Mrs Birte Weiss, visits the INTEGRAL spacecraft
The Danish delegation and their hosts. Kneeling in front is Dr Neils Lund, principal investigator for JEM-X
The Danish delegation and their hosts. Kneeling in front is Dr Neils Lund, principal investigator for JEM-X
INTEGRAL spacecraft undergoing alignment tests, with (inset) the first flight model of the Danish JEM-X detector
INTEGRAL spacecraft undergoing alignment tests, with (inset) the first flight model of the Danish JEM-X detector
Gamma-ray bursts, mysterious releases of unbelievably high energy that disappear after a few moments
Gamma-ray bursts, mysterious releases of unbelievably high energy that disappear after a few moments
The ISDC consortium consists of a dozen institutes in Europe and the United States
Courtesy of the ISDC
INTEGRAL Instrument Consortia
The industrial team producing the many components for the different parts of the INTEGRAL spacecraft was made up of 26 companies located across Europe and one company in the United States.
Eckert et al. preprint
Eckert et al. preprint This page provides a link to http://arxiv.org/abs/0910.1698
Integral - the current status
Integral - the current status Publication date: 02 May 1999 Authors: Winkler, C. Journal: Astrophysical Letters and Communications Volume: 39 Page: p. 309 Year: 1999 ...
IBIS: the Gamma-Ray Imager Onboard Integral
IBIS: the Gamma-Ray Imager Onboard Integral Publication date: 02 May 1999 Authors: Ubertini, P. et al. Journal: Astrophysical Letters and Communications Volume: 39 Page: p.331...
JEM-X: the X-ray Monitor on Integral
JEM-X: the X-ray Monitor on Integral Publication date: 02 May 1999 Authors: Lund, N. et al. Journal: Astrophysical Letters and Communications Volume: 39 Page: p.339 Year:...
OMC: AN Optical Monitoring Camera for Integral
OMC: AN Optical Monitoring Camera for Integral Publication date: 02 May 1999 Authors: Gimenez, A. et al. Journal: Astrophysical Letters and Communications Volume: 39 Page: p....
The Integral Science Data Centre
The Integral Science Data Centre Publication date: 01 January 1999 Authors: Courvoisier, J.-L. T. et al. Journal: Astrophysical Letters and Communications Volume: 39 Page: p....
Replica of the Discobol statuette by the Greek sculptor Myron (around 460-450 BC)
seen by the ISGRI gamma-ray camera
A champagne bottle and glass as never before seen!
This unusual image of a champagne cottle and glass was recorded by INTEGRAL's ISGRI detector.
The INTEGRAL Core Observing Programme
The INTEGRAL Core Observing Programme Publication date: 02 August 1998 Authors: Winkler, C., et al. Journal: Astrophysics Letters & Communications Volume: 39 Page: pp.361 ...
ESA's gamma-ray detecting spacecraft INTEGRAL in the Large Space Simulator
From mid-April to early May 2002, ESA's gamma-ray detecting spacecraft, INTEGRAL, undergoes a series of tests at the Large Space Simulator (LSS), a giant thermal-vacuum chamber located at the...
Just a few of the many participants at the 20th INTEGRAL SWT meeting
ESTEC at Noordwijk in the Netherlands, 16-17 January 2001.
INTEGRAL spacecraft being integrated at Alenia Spazio in Turin
The Optical Monitor Camera (gold-covered cylinder at the top of the sidepanel) is the first of the science instruments to have been mounted.
Two years of INTEGRAL monitoring of the Soft Gamma-Ray repeater SGR 1806-20, from quiescence to frenzy
Two years of INTEGRAL monitoring of the Soft Gamma-Ray repeater SGR 1806-20, from quiescence to frenzy Publication date: 15 December 2005 Authors: Götz, D., et al. Journal:...
ISOC Newsletter #13
ISOC Newsletter #13 Publication date: 05 November 2004 Authors: C. Winkler, E. Kuulkers, A. Parmar, O. Rees Williams Journal: INTEGRAL Science Operations Centre Newsletter ...
Last preparations before SPI thermal vacuum tests
The instrument's white cooling radiators are visible on near side.
SPI being readied for installation in the 'Diamant' vacuum chamber (seen at rear)
SPI being readied for installation in the 'Diamant' vacuum chamber (seen at rear)
Co-principal investigator Gilbert Vedrenne, Marie-Anne Clair, CNES project manager and Philippe Gari, SPI system engineer, ESA
Co-principal investigator Gilbert Vedrenne, Marie-Anne Clair, CNES project manager and Philippe Gari, SPI system engineer, ESA
Once opened the container reveals the payload module with the spectrometer, SPI
Once opened the container reveals the payload module with the spectrometer, SPI
The INTEGRAL service module being prepared for Electromagnetic Compatibility tests
The INTEGRAL service module being prepared for Electromagnetic Compatibility tests
Is There a Dark Matter Signal in the Galactic Positron Annihilation Radiation?
Is There a Dark Matter Signal in the Galactic Positron Annihilation Radiation? This page provides a link to ...
The Galactic Positron Annihilation Radiation and the Propagation of Positrons in the Interstellar Medium
The Galactic Positron Annihilation Radiation and the Propagation of Positrons in the Interstellar Medium This page provides a link to ...
JEM-X detector electronics
This image shows the electronics used to process the X-ray photon impacts on the detector.
A single polycell (top left), one of the ISGRI camera's building blocks, seen without its ceramic cover to show the detectors
A 5 centime coin conveys the scale of the polycell (top left). These polycells form the building blocks of the INTEGRAL Soft Gamma-Ray Imager (ISGRI).
An artist's impression of the INTEGRAL spacecraft
The INTEGRAL mission, due to be launched in October 2002, will gather some of the most energetic radiation that comes from space. With its gamma-ray spectrometer (SPI) and gamma-ray imager (IBIS),...