WE PROPOSE A 2-YR SURVEY OF 40DEG OF THE GALACTIC PLANE FOR HARD X-RAY SOURCES (0.1-10KEV) WITH GOOD DEPTH COVERAGE AND LARGE AREAS TO INCREASE THEIR NUMBERS AS WELL AS HIGH ANGULAR RESOLUTION TO ENABLE SOURCE IDENTIFICATION AND FOLLOW UP STUDIES IN MULTIPLE WAVELENGTHS. WE REQUIRE TWO SETS OF 183 XRT POINTINGS AT 5KS EACH FOR A TOTAL OF 1.8MS SPREAD OVER TWO YEARS. OUR SURVEY WILL PRODUCE A VERY RICH SAMPLE OF NEW SOURCES AND TRANSIENTS FOCUSED ON MAGNETARS HMXBS AND ALSO COVERING A BROAD SERENDIPITOUS DISCOVERY SPACE. USING OUR MULTIWAVELENGTH PIPELINE WE WILL ANALYZE ALL NEW X-RAY SOURCES TO COMPLEMENT AND ENHANCE THE RESULTS OF THE CHAMPLANE SURVEY. OUR RESULTS WILL COMPRISE THE FIRST DEEP HOMOGENEOUS AND CONTIGUOUS GP SURVEY AND WILL SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTE TO THE SWIFT LEGACY.

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WE PROPOSE A 2-YR SURVEY OF 40DEG OF THE GALACTIC PLANE FOR HARD X-RAY SOURCES (0.1-10KEV) WITH GOOD DEPTH COVERAGE AND LARGE AREAS TO INCREASE THEIR NUMBERS AS WELL AS HIGH ANGULAR RESOLUTION TO ENABLE SOURCE IDENTIFICATION AND FOLLOW UP STUDIES IN MULTIPLE WAVELENGTHS. WE REQUIRE TWO SETS OF 183 XRT POINTINGS AT 5KS EACH FOR A TOTAL OF 1.8MS SPREAD OVER TWO YEARS. OUR SURVEY WILL PRODUCE A VERY RICH SAMPLE OF NEW SOURCES AND TRANSIENTS FOCUSED ON MAGNETARS HMXBS AND ALSO COVERING A BROAD SERENDIPITOUS DISCOVERY SPACE. USING OUR MULTIWAVELENGTH PIPELINE WE WILL ANALYZE ALL NEW X-RAY SOURCES TO COMPLEMENT AND ENHANCE THE RESULTS OF THE CHAMPLANE SURVEY. OUR RESULTS WILL COMPRISE THE FIRST DEEP HOMOGENEOUS AND CONTIGUOUS GP SURVEY AND WILL SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTE TO THE SWIFT LEGACY. · GrantIndex