The Extreme Sky - Seven Years of INTEGRAL
Abstract
Seven years of successful observations of the sky have been completed within the INTEGRAL mission, in the transition regime between X-rays and gamma-rays from ~10-8000 keV. Initially-agreed mission goals have been pursued, and both high-resolution images of point sources and high-resolution spectra of nuclear lines have been obtained. New discoveries have been made, such as X-ray emission from embedded binaries, hard emission tails from AXPs and 60Fe radioactivity lines; these stimulated both theoretical and observational studies, and now make INTEGRAL a valuable asset for the astronomical survey of high-energy sources across the sky. This contribution summarizes the situation after seven years of the mission, and concludes the 7-year anniversary workshop "The extreme sky" held in Otranto, Italy, in Oct 2009.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1005.1204,
title = {The Extreme Sky - Seven Years of INTEGRAL},
author = {Roland Diehl},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1005.1204},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
12 pages, 3 figures; Concluding remarks of the INTEGRAL workshop "The Exterme Sky" held in Otranto, Puglia, in Oct 2009