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Successful INTEGRAL AO-4 Proposals with JCA PI/Co-Is

Summary

Members of the JCA are Principal-Investigators (PIs) on 2 proposals selected for inclusion in the INTEGRAL AO-4 program. Members of the JCA are Co-Investigators (Co-Is) on an additional 7 proposals. Combined, these proposals involve 2 different JCA members, and have a large number of collaborates from many different institutions around the world.

Details

The following INTEGRAL AO-4 proposals with a JCA PI were successful:
    Compton reflection in the Seyfert 1.9 galaxy MCG -05-23-16
      Beckmann (UMBC/JCA), Courvoisier (ISDC, Univ. Geneva), Gehrels (NASA/GSFC), Lubinski (ISDC), Malzac (CESR), Petrucci (Obs. Grenoble), Shrader (USRA), Soldi (ISDC)
    Hard X-ray Variability of AGN
      Beckmann (UMBC/JCA), Gehrels (NASA/GSFC), Soldi (ISDC), Courvoisier (ISDC, Univ.Geneva), Chernyakova (ISDC)

The following additional INTERGAL AO-4 proposals with one or more JCA co-Is were successful:

    Spectral Variability of NGC 4151
      Walter, Zdziarski, Soldi, Paltani, Lubinski, Chernyakova (all ISDC), Beckmann (UMBC/JCA)
    Reveiling the nature of a newly discovered Swift/BAT survey source
      Tueller (NASA/GSFC), Beckmann (UMBC/JCA), Krimm (USRA), Markwardt (UMCP), Okajima (JHU)
    Hard X-ray monitoring of the 900 square degrees centered on GRS 1915+105
      Rodriguez (CEA Saclay, CNRS), Hannikainen (Univ. Helsinki), Shaw (Univ. Southampton, ISDC), Vilhu (Univ. Helsinki) Beckmann (UMBC/JCA), Belloni (OAB Merate), Chenevez (DSRI Copenhagen), Cabanac (CNRS Grenoble), Cadolle-Bel (CEA Saclay), Castro-Tirado (IAA Granada), Corbel (CEA Saclay), Kretschmar (ISOC/ESAC, Spain), Lehto (Tuorla Obs., Univ. Turku), Mirabel (ESO, Chile), Paizis (CNR Milano), Pooley (Mulland Radio Astronomy Observatory, Cambridge UK), Poutanen (Univ. Oulu), Tagger (CEA Saclay), Varniere (CNRS Grenoble), Zdziarski (Copernicus Ast.Center Warsaw)
    INTEGRAL Observations of Blazars in Outburst
      Pian, Foschini (both INAF, Oss. Trieste), Beckmann (UMBC/JCA), et al Bianchin, Courvoisier (both ISDC Geneva), Di Cocco (INAF/IASF Bologna), Gehrels (NASA/GSFC), Ghisellini (OAB Merate), Giommi (ASI Frascati), Grandi (INAF Bologna), Hudec (Acad. Sci.Czech Republic), Malaguti (INAF/IASF Bologna), Maraschi (INAF/OAB Milano), Marcowith (CESR Toulouse), Palumbo (Bologna Univ.), Persic (INAF, Oss. Astr. Trieste), Pursimo (NOT La Palma), Raiteri (INAF Torino), Sambruna (NASA/GSFC), Savolainen (Tuorla Obs., Univ. Turku), Sikora (CAMK), Sillanpaeae (Tuorla Obs., Univ. Turku), Soldi (ISDC Geneva), Tagliaferri (INAF/OAB Milano), Takalo (Tuorla Obs., Univ. Turku), Tornikoski (Metsaihovi Radio Obs.), Tosti (Univ. Perugia), Treves (Univ. Insubria), Tuerler (ISDC Geneva), Valtaoja (Tuorla Obs., Univ. Turku), Villata (INAF Torino), Walter (ISDC Geneva)
    Hard X-ray Emission from Persistent Neutron Star LMXRBs
      Paizis, Farinelli, Bazzano, (IASF, INAF) Beckmann (UMBC/JCA), Courvoisier (ISDC, Univ.Geneva), Kuulkers (ESA/ESTEC), Mereghetti (IASF, INAF), Piraino, Rodriguez (CEA Saclay, CNRS), Santangelo (IAAT), Vilhu (Univ.Helsinki):
    INTEGRAL TOO Observations of Galactic Transients Discovered by Swift
      Gehrels (NASA/GSFC), Shrader (USRA), Cannizzo (UMBC/JCA), Tueller (NASA/GSFC), Krimm (USRA), Beckmann (UMBC/JCA), Okajima (JHU), Skinner (CESR)
    Studying non-thermal emission from the Ophiuchus cluster of galaxies
      Eckert (ISDC), Beckmann (UMBC/JCA), Neronov (ISDC), Courvoisier (ISDC, Univ. Geneva), Produit (ISDC), Bykov (Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute)

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