Authors
JM Mas-Hesse, A Giménez, JL Culhane, Claude Jamar, B McBreen, J Torra, R Hudec, J Fabregat, E Meurs, Jean-Pierre Swings, MA Alcacera, A Balado, R Beiztegui, T Belenguer, L Bradley, MD Caballero, P Cabo, Jean-Marc Defise, E Díaz, A Domingo, F Figueras, I Figueroa, L Hanlon, F Hroch, V Hudcova, T García, B Jordan, C Jordi, P Kretschmar, C Laviada, M March, E Martín, Emmanuel Mazy, M Menéndez, JM Mi, E de Miguel, T Munoz, K Nolan, R Olmedo, Jean-Yves Plesseria, J Polcar, M Reina, Etienne Renotte, Pierre Rochus, A Sánchez, JC San Martín, A Smith, J Soldan, Pierre Thomas, V Timón, D Walton
Publication date
2003/11/1
Journal
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Volume
411
Issue
1
Pages
L261-L268
Publisher
EDP Sciences
Description
The Optical Monitoring Camera (OMC) will observe the optical emission from the prime targets of the gamma-ray instruments onboard the ESA mission INTEGRAL, with the support of the JEM-X monitor in the X-ray domain. This capability will provide invaluable diagnostic information on the nature and the physics of the sources over a broad wavelength range. Its main scientific objectives are: (1) to monitor the optical emission from the sources observed by the gamma- and X-ray instruments, measuring the time and intensity structure of the optical emission for comparison with variability at high energies, and (2) to provide the brightness and position of the optical counterpart of any gamma- or X-ray transient taking place within its field of view. The OMC is based on a refractive optics with an aperture of 50 mm focused onto a large format CCD ( pixels) working in frame transfer mode ( pixels imaging area). With a field …
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