SUMMARY OF PROPOSAL 52065
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
538 WEST 120TH STREET
NEW YORK
NY USA 10027
Tel: 212-854-3498 Fax: 212-854-8121
Medium: 4GBDAT
Subject: X-RAY BINARIES
X-RAY EMISSION FROM THE UNIDENTIFIED GAMMA-RAY TRANSIENT GRO J1838-0415
ABSTRACT
We propose to carry out ASCA observations of the field containing the remarkable new gamma-ray transient GRO J1838-0415 located near the Galactic plane. This unidentified source was serendipitously discovered by EGRET in June 1995 with a very large gamma-ray flux (comparable with Geminga). The source was later only marginally detected in the gamma-ray band. We determined that no strong blazar-like radio counterpart is within its error box. ASCA is the ideal instrument for the identification of the X-ray counterpart of GRO J1838-0415.
CO-INVESTIGATORS
| CO-I NAME | INSTITUTE | COUNTRY |
|---|
| JULES HALPERN | COLUMBIA U. | USA |
| RESHMI MUKHERJEE | NASA/GODDARD | USA |
| JOHN MATTOX | U. MARYLAND | USA |
| FUMIAKI NAGASE | ISAS/TOKYO | JAPAN |
TARGETS
| TARGET NAME | PRI | RA | DEC | TIME | TC | OFF | GIS | SIS CNT | OBS |
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| 1)18 38 -04 POINT 1 | 2 | 279.4117 | -4.1681 | 20 ks | N | N | P | 0.10000 | 1 |