MAXI Nova Alert System and the Latest Scientific Results

Journal Article · Thu Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3475348· OSTI ID:21410526

Negoro, H; Miyoshi, S; Ozawa, H; Ishiwata, R; Nakajima, N ^[1]; Matsuoka, M; Kawasaki, K; Ueno, S; Tomida, H; Suzuki, M; Ishikawa, M ^[2]; Mihara, T; Kohama, M; Sugizaki, M; Nakagawa, Y ^[3]; Tsunemi, H ^[4]; Kawai, N; Morii, M ^[5]; Yoshida, A; Yamaoka, K ^[6]

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1. Department of Physics, Nihon Univ., Chiyoda, Tokyo 101-8308 (Japan)
2. ISS Science Project Office, ISAS, JAXA, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8505 (Japan)
3. Cosmic Radiation Laboratory, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama 351-198 (Japan)
4. Department of Earth and Space Science, Osaka Univ., Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043 (Japan)
5. Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551 (Japan)
6. Department of Physics and Mathematics, Aoyama Gakuin Univ., Kanagawa 229-8558 (Japan)

MAXI, Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image, is the first astronomical telescope onboard the ISS. One of the main goals of our mission is to discover new transient objects by scanning more than 95% of the sky every {approx}92 min with two types of X-ray cameras, Gas Slit Camera (GSC) and Solid-state Slit Camera (SSC). We have developed a completely new data analysis system, a nova alert system, to find transient objects and send alerts to the world as soon as possible. Here we describe the current status of the system, and transient objects discovered with the system.

• OSTI ID: 21410526
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1248, Issue 1; Conference: International conference on X-ray astronomy 2009: Present status, multi-wavelength approach and future perspectives, Bologna (Italy), 7-11 Sep 2009; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3475348; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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