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The MAXI Mission on the ISS: Science and Instruments for Monitoring All-Sky X-Ray Images

M. Matsuoka K. Kawasaki S. Ueno H. Tomida M. Kohama +42 lainnya
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The Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image (MAXI) mission is the first astronomical payload to be installed on the Japanese Experiment Module — Exposed Facility (JEM-EF or Kibo-EF) on the International Space Station. It has two types of X-ray slit cameras with wide FOVs and two kinds of X-ray detectors consisting of gas proportional counters covering the energy range of 2 to 30 keV and X-ray CCDs covering the energy range of 0.5 to 12 keV. MAXI will be more powerful than any previous X-ray All Sky Monitor payloads, being able to monitor hundreds of Active Galactic Nuclei. A realistic simulation under optimal observation conditions suggests that MAXI will provide all-sky images of X-ray sources of � 20 mCrab (� 7 � 10 � 10 erg cm � 2 s � 1 in the energy band of 2–30 keV) from observations during one ISS orbit (90 min), � 4.5 mCrab for one day, and � 2 mCrab for one week. The final detectability of MAXI could be � 0.2 mCrab for two years, which is comparable to the source confusion limit of the MAXI field of view (FOV). The MAXI objectives are: (1) to alert the community to X-ray novae and transient X-ray sources, (2) to monitor long-term variabilities of X-ray sources, (3) to stimulate multi-wavelength observations of variable objects, (4) to create unbiased X-ray source cataloges, and (5) to observe diffuse cosmic X-ray emissions, especially with better energy resolution for soft X-rays down to 0.5 keV.

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Physics

Penulis (47)

M

M. Matsuoka

K

K. Kawasaki

S

S. Ueno

H

H. Tomida

M

M. Kohama

M

Motoko Suzuki

Y

Y. Adachi

M

M. Ishikawa

T

T. Mihara

M

M. Sugizaki

N

N. Isobe

Y

Y. Nakagawa

H

H. Tsunemi

E

E. Miyata

N

N. Kawai

J

J. Kataoka

M

M. Morii

A

A. Yoshida

H

H. Negoro

M

M. Nakajima

Y

Y. Ueda

H

Hirotaka Chujo

K

K. Yamaoka

O

O. Yamazaki

S

S. Nakahira

T

T. Han You

R

R. Ishiwata

S

S. Miyoshi

S

S. Eguchi

K

K. Hiroi

H

H. Katayama

K

Ken Ebisawa Iss Science Project Office

I

Isas

J

Jaxa

C

Cosmic Radiation Laboratory

R

Riken

D

D. O. Earth

S

S. Science

O

O. University

D

D. Physics

T

Tokyo Institute of Technology

M

Mathematics

A

A. University

N

N. University

D

D. O. Astronomy

K

K. University

E

Earth Observation Research Center

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Matsuoka, M., Kawasaki, K., Ueno, S., Tomida, H., Kohama, M., Suzuki, M. et al. (2009). The MAXI Mission on the ISS: Science and Instruments for Monitoring All-Sky X-Ray Images. https://doi.org/10.1093/pasj/61.5.999

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2009
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10.1093/pasj/61.5.999
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