 | | | | |
| | | | | |
|
Información para Medios de Comunicación Previsión de actividades 2010Solicitud EntrevistaFolleto explicativo de ESACMensajes clave sobre ESACESAC ImagesVideo de ESACESAC VodcastCómo llegar a ESACMultimedia ESA - Galería de ImágenesEuronews Space - en EspañolESA en YoutubeObservación de la tierra - Galería de ImágenesServicios CalendarioRSS feeds Suscribirse
| | | | | | | Integral usa la Tierra para investigar la radiación de fondo de alta energía
20 febrero 2006
| ESA's Integral gamma-ray observatory has been observing Earth during a period spanning from 24 January to 9 February 2006. The main purpose of the observations has been to study the high-energy diffuse background radiation known as 'cosmic X-ray background' (CXB), by analysis of the decrease of its isotropic flux (not varying with distance or direction) while Earth passes in front of Integral's field of view. High-energy emission from the atmosphere, due to reflections of the CXB, interaction with cosmic rays and aurorae, have also been observed.
Credits: ESA | |  |  | |
| | | | | This preliminary gamma-ray image has been taken by the SPI spectrometer on board Integral, during the Earth observation campaign (January-February 2006). The dark central part represents the Earth disc (about 5-7 degrees in diameter) transiting in the instrument's field of view (2.5 deg), that explains the blurred Earth rim in the image. The cosmic X-ray background radiation in the vicinity of Earth is characterised by a strong emission of high-energy (hard) X-rays.
Credits: (c) CESR and SPI team | | | | |
| | | | Meses de deliberaciones en ESAC
| From left to right: Peter Kretschmar, Deputy Project Scientist; Rees Williams, Archive & Operations Scientist; Lars Hansson, Science Operations Manager (or ISOC Manager);
Larry O'Rourke, Science Operations Engineer;
Celia Sanchez, Operations Scientist;
Marnix Bindels, Software Engineer;
Paul Balm, Software Engineer;
Jean Mantagne, Webmaster;
Erik Kuulkers, Operations Scientist
Credits: ESA | | | | |
| |
| | ESA's gamma-ray astronomy mission Más informaciones Integral factsheetPáginas web de interés Integral Science Operations CentreMax Planck Institut
|
HI-RES JPEG (Size: 
HI-RES TIFF (Size: 
HI-RES JPG (Size: 