High sensitivity all sky X-ray monitor and survey with MAXI

Journal Article · Thu Jul 12 00:00:00 EDT 2007 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2757391· OSTI ID:21067272

Isobe, N; Mihara, T; Kohama, M; Suzuki, M ^[1]; Matsuoka, M; Ueno, S; Tomida, H ^[2]; Kawai, N; Kataoka, J ^[3]; Yoshida, A; Yamaoka, K ^[4]; Tsunemi, H; Miyata, E ^[5]; Negoro, H; Nakajima, M ^[6]; Morii, M ^[7]

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1. RIKEN, 2-1, Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama (Japan)
2. ISAS/JAXA, 2-1-1, Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki (Japan)
3. Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1, Oo-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo (Japan)
4. Aoama Gakuin University, 5-10-1, Fuchinobe, Sagamihara, Kanagawa (Japan)
5. Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka (Japan)
6. Nihon University, 1-8-14 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo (Japan)
7. Rikkyo University, 3-34-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo (Japan)

MAXI is an all sky X-ray monitor to be mounted on the Japanese Experimental Module in the International Space Station (ISS). It scans almost all over the sky every 96 minutes, in the course of the orbital motion of the ISS. MAXI is designed to have a sensitivity, significantly higher than the previous X-ray monitors, and then, to detect X-ray sources as faint as 1 mCrab in a week observation. Therefore, MAXI is expected to create a novel catalogue of not only the stable X-ray sources but also the highly variable ones in the sky, especially active galactic nuclei for the first time. If MAXI detects X-ray phenomena, alerts will be quickly made through the Internet.

• OSTI ID: 21067272
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 921, Issue 1; Conference: 1. GLAST symposium, Stanford, CA (United States), 5-8 Feb 2007; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2757391; (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
CATALOGS
COSMIC PHOTONS
COSMIC X-RAY SOURCES
GALAXY NUCLEI
GAMMA ASTRONOMY
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
PHOTON EMISSION
SENSITIVITY
X-RAY DETECTION