Published July 12, 2007
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Journal article
High sensitivity all sky X-ray monitor and survey with MAXI
Creators
- 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)
Description
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
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1063/1.2757391;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- AIP Conference Proceedings
- Journal Volume
- 921
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 440-441
- ISSN
- 0094-243X
- CODEN
- APCPCS
Conference
- Title
- 1. GLAST symposium
- Dates
- 5-8 Feb 2007
- Place
- Stanford, CA (United States)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 39081341
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- CATALOGS; COSMIC PHOTONS; COSMIC X-RAY SOURCES; GALAXY NUCLEI; GAMMA ASTRONOMY; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION; PHOTON EMISSION; SENSITIVITY; X-RAY DETECTION
- Descriptors DEC
- ASTRONOMY; BOSONS; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMIC RAY SOURCES; DETECTION; DOCUMENT TYPES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EMISSION; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; PHOTONS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATIONS
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics