SPI: The spectrometer aboard INTEGRAL

By G. Vedrenne, J. Roques, Volker Schönfelder, P. Mandrou, G. Lichti, A. Kienlin, B. Cordier, S. Schanne, Jürgen Knödlseder, G. Skinner and 18 more. 2003

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Multi-messenger observations of a binary neutron star merger (2017, background): “The SPI team is grateful to ASI, CEA, CNES, DLR, ESA, INTA, NASA, and OSTC for their support.”
INTEGRAL Discovery of a Burst with Associated Radio Emission from the Magnetar SGR 1935+2154 (2020, methodology): “These two bursts were also detected by the INTEGRAL Spectrometer Instrument14 (SPI; Vedrenne et al. 2003) and by its Anti-Coincidence Shield (ACS; von Kienlin et al. 2003).”
Gamma-ray spectroscopy of Positron Annihilation in the Milky Way (2015, methodology): “The SPI gamma-ray spectrometer instrument on INTEGRAL provided a significant advance, with a coded mask allowing imaging at ∼2 degree precision, and Ge detectors with ∼2 keV intrinsic spectral resolution (Vedrenne et al. 2003; Roques et al. 2003).”
INTEGRAL Detection of the First Prompt Gamma-Ray Signal Coincident with the Gravitational-wave Event GW170817 (2017, methodology): “INTEGRAL Instrument Summary INTEGRAL (Winkler et al. 2003) is an observatory with multiple instruments: a gamma-ray spectrometer (20 keV–8MeV, SPI; Vedrenne et al. 2003), an imager (15 keV–10MeV, IBIS; Ubertini et al. 2003), an X-ray monitor (3–35 keV, JEM-X; Lund et al. 2003), and an optical monito”
THE FERMI GBM GAMMA-RAY BURST SPECTRAL CATALOG: THE FIRST TWO YEARS (2012, result): “A study (von Kienlin et al. 2009) was performed to compare GBM’s spectral analysis results with the ISGRI instrument (15 keV–1 MeV; Lebrun et al. 2003) and the SPI instrument (18 keV–8 MeV; Vedrenne et al. 2003).”
The 511 keV emission from positron annihilation in the Galaxy (2010, methodology): “The SPI imaging spectrometer (Vedrenne et al., 2003) combines for the first time imaging with high-resolution spectroscopy.”
The INTEGRAL Science Data Centre (ISDC) (2001, methodology): “In addition SPI uses a further clock also synchronised with the spacecraft.”
Positron annihilation spectrum from the Galactic Centre region observed by SPI/INTEGRAL (2004, methodology): “The instrument consists of 19 individual Ge detectors, has a field of view of ∼16◦(fullycoded), effective area of ∼ 70 cm2 and the energy resolution of ∼2 keV at 511 keV (Vedrenne et al., 2003, Attie et al., 2003).”
The all-sky distribution of 511 keV electron-positron annihilation emission (2005, methodology): “In particular, the imaging spectrometer SPI (Vedrenne et al. 2003), one of the two prime instruments on-board INTEGRAL, has been optimised for the study of line radiation, combining high-resolution spectroscopy (R ∼ 250 at 511 keV) with modest angular resolution (3◦ FWHM).”
INTEGRAL observations of the cosmic X-ray background in the 5–100 keV range via occultation by the Earth (2006, methodology): “The best energy resolution (from ∼1.5 to 2.2 keV for energies in the 50-1000 keV range) is provided by the SPI telescope - a coded mask germanium spectrometer consisting of 19 individual Ge detectors(Vedrenne et al., 2003, Attie et al., 2003).”
Discovery of Luminous Pulsed Hard X-Ray Emission from Anomalous X-Ray Pulsars 1RXS J1708–4009, 4U 0142+61, and 1E 2259+586 by INTEGRAL and RXTE (2006, background): “…(INTEGRAL) spacecraft (Winkler et al. 2003), launched 2002 October 17, carries two main gamma-ray instruments: the high angular resolution Imager on Board the INTEGRAL Satellite ( IBIS; Ubertini et al. 2003) and the high energy resolution Spectrometer on INTEGRAL (SPI; Vedrenne et al. 2003).”