Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-07-07
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
6 pages, 5 figures, 1 table. Proceedings of the 5th INTEGRAL Workshop 'The INTEGRAL Universe', Munich, 16-20 February 2004. Ac
Scientific paper
The gamma-ray source GRO J0852-4642, discovered by COMPTEL, is a possible counterpart of the supernova remnant RX J0852-4622. Detection of radioactive decay from 44Ti nuclei would proof it to be the youngest and nearest supernova remnant known so far. During the first year of INTEGRAL core program, the Vela region was observed twice in all for more than 2000 ks. Among other nucleosynthesis studies, one of the most important scientific goals of this observation is the detection of 44Ti gamma-ray lines expected at 68 keV, 78 keV and 1157 keV. For this purpose the INTEGRAL Spectrometer (SPI), with its very high energy resolution thanks to its germanium detector camera is the key instrument, permitting a precise determination of gamma-ray line intensities and profiles. The upper limit for the 78.4 keV 44Ti gamma-ray line emission derived from the first analysis is 1.1 x 10^{-4} gamma/cm2s. This value is mainly dominated by systematic uncertainties in the treatment of the instrumental background. By accumulating more observation time in the next years of the mission and by improving the background understanding, a reliable 44Ti flux for GRO J0852-4642 or an upper limit which constrains the COMPTEL flux can be expected.
Attie David
Cordier Bertand
Diehl Roland
Iyudin Anatoli F.
Lichti Giselher G.
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