Development status and simulation study of monitor of all-sky x-ray image (MAXI) mission

Hiroshi Tomida; Masaru Matsuoka; Kazuyoshi Kawasaki; Shiro Ueno; Yasuki Adachi; Mitsuhiro Kohama; Motoko Suzuki; Masaki Ishikawa; Haruyoshi Katayama; Tatehiro Mihara; Mutsumi Sugizaki; Naoki Isobe; Hiroshi Tsunemi; Emi Miyata; Nobuyuki Kawai; Jun Kataoka; Atsumasa Yoshida; Kazutaka Yamaoka; Hitoshi Negoro; Motoki Nakajima; Yoshihiro Ueda; Satochi Eguchi; Mikio Morii

doi:10.1117/12.788833

Development status and simulation study of monitor of all-sky x-ray image (MAXI) mission

Hiroshi Tomida^*, Masaru Matsuoka, Kazuyoshi Kawasaki, Shiro Ueno, Yasuki Adachi, Mitsuhiro Kohama, Motoko Suzuki, Masaki Ishikawa, Haruyoshi Katayama, Tatehiro Mihara, Mutsumi Sugizaki, Naoki Isobe, Hiroshi Tsunemi, Emi Miyata, Nobuyuki Kawai, Jun Kataoka, Atsumasa Yoshida, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Hitoshi Negoro, Motoki NakajimaYoshihiro Ueda, Satochi Eguchi, Mikio Morii

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MAXI (Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image) is a payload on board the International Space Station, and will be launched on April 2009. We report on the current development status on MAXI, in particular on the two types of X-ray camera (GSC and SSC), and the simulation results of the MAXI observation. SSC is a CCD camera. The moderate energy resolution enables us to detect the various emission peak including 0.5 keV oxygen line. The averaged energy resolution at the CCD temperature of -70 deg is 144.5 eV (FWHM) for 5.9 keV X-ray. GSC includes proportional gas counters, which have large X-ray detection area (5350cm²). The averaged position resolution of 1.1mm at 8 keV enable us to determined the celestial position of bright sources within the accuracy of 0.1 degree. The simulation study involving the results of performance test exhibits the high sensitivity of MAXI as designed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2008
Subtitle of host publication	Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Print)	9780819472212
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788833
Publication status	Published - 2008
Externally published	Yes
Event	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2008: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray - Marseille, France Duration: 2008 Jun 23 → 2008 Jun 28

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	7011
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

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Conference	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2008: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
Country/Territory	France
City	Marseille
Period	08/6/23 → 08/6/28

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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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Tomida, H., Matsuoka, M., Kawasaki, K., Ueno, S., Adachi, Y., Kohama, M., Suzuki, M., Ishikawa, M., Katayama, H., Mihara, T., Sugizaki, M., Isobe, N., Tsunemi, H., Miyata, E., Kawai, N., Kataoka, J., Yoshida, A., Yamaoka, K., Negoro, H., ... Morii, M. (2008). Development status and simulation study of monitor of all-sky x-ray image (MAXI) mission. In Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2008: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray Article 70112R (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 7011). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788833

Development status and simulation study of monitor of all-sky x-ray image (MAXI) mission. / Tomida, Hiroshi; Matsuoka, Masaru; Kawasaki, Kazuyoshi et al.
Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2008: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray. SPIE, 2008. 70112R (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 7011).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Tomida, H, Matsuoka, M, Kawasaki, K, Ueno, S, Adachi, Y, Kohama, M, Suzuki, M, Ishikawa, M, Katayama, H, Mihara, T, Sugizaki, M, Isobe, N, Tsunemi, H, Miyata, E, Kawai, N, Kataoka, J, Yoshida, A, Yamaoka, K, Negoro, H, Nakajima, M, Ueda, Y, Eguchi, S & Morii, M 2008, Development status and simulation study of monitor of all-sky x-ray image (MAXI) mission. in Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2008: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray., 70112R, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 7011, SPIE, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2008: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, Marseille, France, 08/6/23. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788833

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