|
INTEGRAL
Paul Barr (ESTEC)
INTEGRAL, the International Gamma Ray Astrophysics Laboratory, is an
observatory class mission of the European Space Agency due for launch
in 2001. INTEGRAL will perform gamma-ray observations of unprecedented
sensitivity, spectral and spatial resolution between 30keV and 10MeV
with simultaneous X-ray (3-30keV) and optical (V-band)
monitoring. Approximately 3/4 of the total observing time will be
available to the community at large, via observing proposal submission
and subsequent peer group approval. In this talk I present the
capabilities of INTEGRAL in the domain of high-energy astrophysical
studies.
|