The observational response of MAXI onboard ISS

Naoki Isobe; Masaru Matsuoka; Shiro Ueno; Hiroshi Tomida; Kazuyoshi Kawasaki; Haruyoshi Katayama; Tatehiro Mihara; Mitsuhiro Kohama; Ikuya Sakurai; Motoki Nakajima; Nobuyuki Kawai; Jun Kataoka; Atsumasa Yoshida; Daiki Takahashi; Masami Uzawa; Hiroshi Tsunemi; Emi Miyata; Isao Tanaka

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The observational response of MAXI onboard ISS

Naoki Isobe^*, Masaru Matsuoka, Shiro Ueno, Hiroshi Tomida, Kazuyoshi Kawasaki, Haruyoshi Katayama, Tatehiro Mihara, Mitsuhiro Kohama, Ikuya Sakurai, Motoki Nakajima, Nobuyuki Kawai, Jun Kataoka, Atsumasa Yoshida, Daiki Takahashi, Masami Uzawa, Hiroshi Tsunemi, Emi Miyata, Isao Tanaka

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Abstract

The current status is reported of the development of Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image and the measurement of its observational response. MAXI is a scanning X-ray camera to be attached to the Japanese Experiment Module of the International Space Station in 2008. MAXI is mainly composed of two kinds of instruments, GSC which is sensitive to the 2 - 30 keV photons, and SSC to the 0.5 - 10 keV ones. As an X-ray all-sky monitor, MAXI has an unprecedented sensitivity of 7 mCrab in one orbit scan, and 1 mCrab in one week. Using the engineering mode of the proportional counter and of the collimator for GSC, the observational response of GSC is extensively measured. The acceptable performances are obtained as a whole for both the collimator and the counter. The engineering models of the other part of MAXI are also constructed and the measurement of their performance is ongoing.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	354-365
Number of pages	12
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	5165
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.505315
Publication status	Published - 2004
Externally published	Yes
Event	X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy XIII - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: 2003 Aug 3 → 2003 Aug 5

Keywords

All sky monitor
GSC
International Space Station
MAXI
Observational response
SSC
X-Ray

ASJC Scopus subject areas

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

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Isobe, N., Matsuoka, M., Ueno, S., Tomida, H., Kawasaki, K., Katayama, H., Mihara, T., Kohama, M., Sakurai, I., Nakajima, M., Kawai, N., Kataoka, J., Yoshida, A., Takahashi, D., Uzawa, M., Tsunemi, H., Miyata, E., & Tanaka, I. (2004). The observational response of MAXI onboard ISS. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 5165, 354-365. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.505315

Isobe, N, Matsuoka, M, Ueno, S, Tomida, H, Kawasaki, K, Katayama, H, Mihara, T, Kohama, M, Sakurai, I, Nakajima, M, Kawai, N, Kataoka, J, Yoshida, A, Takahashi, D, Uzawa, M, Tsunemi, H, Miyata, E & Tanaka, I 2004, 'The observational response of MAXI onboard ISS', Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 5165, pp. 354-365. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.505315

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