MAXI/GSC image fitting analysis for transient X-ray sources

Other

Scientific paper

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

X-Ray Sources (Astronomical), Astronomical Instruments, Gamma-Ray Sources (Astronomical), X-Ray Sources, X-Ray Bursts, Astronomical And Space-Research Instrumentation, Gamma-Ray Sources, Gamma-Ray Bursts

Scientific paper

The Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image (MAXI) is the unprecedentedly sensitive all-sky X-ray monitor. Gas Slit Camera (GSC) of MAXI is sensitive for 2-30 keV bands and sweeps almost the whole sky once every 90 minutes with long narrow fields of view (FoV). We developed the PSF(Point Spread Function)-fitting method for the scanning data of MAXI/GSC to calculate the position and flux of X-ray point sources. This method is useful both to determine the position of a transient source like GRBs and to calculate the fluxes of sources located in a crowded region. For transients whose duration is shorter than one scan (about 30 sec-4 min), other method is applied to determine the position without assumption of constancy of X-ray flux. The locations of two short X-ray transients discovered by MAXI/GSC (ATel No.2321 and No.2415) were determined by these methods.

No associations

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for scientists and scientific papers. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

MAXI/GSC image fitting analysis for transient X-ray sources does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with MAXI/GSC image fitting analysis for transient X-ray sources, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and MAXI/GSC image fitting analysis for transient X-ray sources will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1403426

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.