| Authors | Bird, A. J.; Malizia, A.; Bazzano, A.; Barlow, E. J.; Bassani, L.; Hill, A. B.; Bélanger, G.; Capitanio, F.; Clark, D. J.; Dean, A. J.; Fiocchi, M.; Götz, D.; Lebrun, F.; Molina, M.; Produit, N.; Renaud, M.; Sguera, V.; Stephen, J. B.; Terrier, R.; Ubertini, P.; Walter, R.; Winkler, C.; Zurita, J. |
| Abstract | In this paper we report on the third soft gamma-ray source catalog obtained with the IBIS/ISGRI gamma-ray imager on board the INTEGRAL satellite. The scientific data set is based on more than 40 Ms of high-quality observations performed during the first 3.5 yr of Core Program and public IBIS/ISGRI observations. Compared to previous IBIS/ISGRI surveys, this catalog includes a substantially increased coverage of extragalactic fields, and comprises more than 400 high-energy sources detected in the energy range 17-100 keV, including both transients and faint persistent objects that can only be revealed with longer exposure times. Based on observations with INTEGRAL, an ESA project with instruments and science data center funded by ESA member states (especially the PI countries: Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Spain), Czech Republic, and Poland, and with the participation of Russia and the USA. |
