IBIS: the Imager on-Board the INTEGRAL Satellite.
Abstract
IBIS (Imager on-Board the INTEGRAL Satellite), one of the two main instruments on-board the γ-ray astronomy satellite INTEGRAL, will provide images with a few arcmin resolution, over a wide field of view with a continuous spectral coverage from 15 keV up to 10 MeV. IBIS with its powerful capabilities of fine imaging and spectral sensitivity to both continuum and broadened lines will observe, simultaneously with the other instruments on board INTEGRAL, celestial sources of all classes ranging from the most compact galactic systems to extragalactic objects. This paper briefly describes the design philosophy of IBIS and discusses the expected performance.
- Publication:
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Cosmic Physics in the Year 2000
- Pub Date:
- 1997
- Bibcode:
- 1997cpyt.conf...61D
- Keywords:
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- Space Instrumentation: Gamma-Ray Telescopes;
- Space Missions: Gamma-Ray Astronomy