The INTEGRAL Science Data Centre (ISDC)

• DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20031172
• Publication Date: 2003-10-28T05:26:22Z
• Authors: T. J.-L. Courvoi...; R. Walter; V. Beckmann; A. J. Dean; P. Dubath; R. Hudec; P. Kretschmar; S. Mereghetti; T. Montmerle; N. Mowlavi; S. Paltani; A. Preite Martinez; N. Produit; R. Staubert; A. W. Strong; J.-P. Swings; N. J. Westergaard; N. White; C. Winkler; A. A. Zdziarski
• Keywords: Astrophysics (astro-ph); 0103 physical sciences; FOS: Physical sciences; Astrophysics; 01 natural sciences

5 pages, 2 figures. Accepted for publication in A&AL (INTEGRAL issue)<br/>The INTEGRAL Science Data Centre (ISDC) provides the INTEGRAL data and means to analyse them to the scientific community. The ISDC runs a gamma ray burst alert system that provides the position of gamma ray bursts on the sky within seconds to the community. It operates a quick-look analysis of the data within few hours that detects new and unexpected sources as well as it monitors the instruments. The ISDC processes the data through a standard analysis the results of which are provided to the observers together with their data.<br/>