Membership of the INTEGRAL Users Group (IUG)

The IUG is composed of (i) five external members, (ii) the chair of the Time Allocation Committee (TAC), (iii) members of the former ISWT, and (iv) ESA staff.
 

1. External IUG members should be active researchers in the field of high-energy astrophysics and be regularly using INTEGRAL scientific data. They should not formally be affiliated with INTEGRAL PI teams (neither instruments nor ISDC). From the beginning in 2005, when the IUG was formed, external members served on the IUG for a duration of two years. As of 2011, until end of Science Operations, the term has been four years, and external IUG members have been appointed by ESA's Director of Science, after consultation with the Astronomy Working Group, the outgoing IUG members and the Project Scientist.

2. The chair of the Time Allocation Committee (TAC)

3. IUG members from the former ISWT are: The Co-PIs for IBIS and SPI, PIs for JEM-X, OMC, and ISDC, respectively; Mission Scientists and the Russian representative for the PROTON launcher.

4. IUG members from ESA are: The Project Scientist, his deputy, and the Mission Manager, as well as the INTEGRAL SOC Coordinator as secretary.

With the end of Science Operations, 1 March 2025, a User Group is formally no longer needed. However, it was decided and agreed that the IUG members of the last mandate (see below) will serve as an advisory body during the Post-Operations phase to help with the creation of the legacy archive.

Current members of the IUG

Last update 08 Mar 2023

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