Detector response of GSC/MAXI and its expected performance in orbit

Y. Tsuchiya; A. Yoshida; K. Yamaoka; T. Arakuni; T. Miyakawa; M. Matsuoka; S. Ueno; H. Tomida; T. Yokota; K. Kawasaki; N. Kuramata; H. Katayama; M. Morii; T. Mihara; M. Nakajima; N. Isobe; M. Kohama; H. Tsunemi; E. Miyata; N. Kawai; J. Kataoka; H. Negoro

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Detector response of GSC/MAXI and its expected performance in orbit

Y. Tsuchiya^*, A. Yoshida, K. Yamaoka, T. Arakuni, T. Miyakawa, M. Matsuoka, S. Ueno, H. Tomida, T. Yokota, K. Kawasaki, N. Kuramata, H. Katayama, M. Morii, T. Mihara, M. Nakajima, N. Isobe, M. Kohama, H. Tsunemi, E. Miyata, N. KawaiJ. Kataoka, H. Negoro

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Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image(MAXI) is an X-ray all sky monitor, which will be attached to the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) on the International Space Station (ISS) around the year 2008. MAXI carries two types of scientific instruments. The Gas Slit Camera(GSC) consists of twelve Xe filled one-dimensional position sensitive gas proportional counters sensitive to X-ray in 2-30 keV band. The Solid-state Slit Camera (SSC) is a set of X-ray CCD arrays sensitive to 0.5-10 keV photons. Both detectors are utilized in combination with a slit and orthogonally arranged collimator plates to produce one-dimensional X-ray images along sky great circles. The instruments are now under fabrication and preflight testing. A detector response matrix (DRM) of GSC is also under development phase based on flight model calibration tests for counters and collimators. MAXI's overall performance depends on not only hardware characteristics but on the fact that the field-of-view changes in time even during observations. To study this complicated situation, we are developing a software, DRM builder, and also a simulation software to evaluate "realistic" performance of GSC in ISS orbits.

Original language	English
Article number	58981F
Pages (from-to)	1-10
Number of pages	10
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	5898
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.616434
Publication status	Published - 2005
Externally published	Yes
Event	UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XIV - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: 2005 Aug 1 → 2005 Aug 3

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All sky monitor
MAXI
X-ray

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Tsuchiya, Y., Yoshida, A., Yamaoka, K., Arakuni, T., Miyakawa, T., Matsuoka, M., Ueno, S., Tomida, H., Yokota, T., Kawasaki, K., Kuramata, N., Katayama, H., Morii, M., Mihara, T., Nakajima, M., Isobe, N., Kohama, M., Tsunemi, H., Miyata, E., ... Negoro, H. (2005). Detector response of GSC/MAXI and its expected performance in orbit. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 5898, 1-10. Article 58981F. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.616434

Tsuchiya, Y, Yoshida, A, Yamaoka, K, Arakuni, T, Miyakawa, T, Matsuoka, M, Ueno, S, Tomida, H, Yokota, T, Kawasaki, K, Kuramata, N, Katayama, H, Morii, M, Mihara, T, Nakajima, M, Isobe, N, Kohama, M, Tsunemi, H, Miyata, E, Kawai, N, Kataoka, J & Negoro, H 2005, 'Detector response of GSC/MAXI and its expected performance in orbit', Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 5898, 58981F, pp. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.616434

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