Hard X-ray Imaging for MIRAX

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Apr 2002

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002aps..aprn17025r&link_type=abstract

American Physical Society, April Meeting, Jointly Sponsored with the High Energy Astrophysics Division (HEAD) of the American As

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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We describe the recently proposed Brazilian MIRAX X-ray astromony mission that will provide continuous, 2-200 keV imaging of more than 1000^circ of the central Galactic plane for 9 months/year for up to 5 years. MIRAX will have the unique capability to detect, localize, identify, and study short-lived, rare and/or unpredictable phenomena, including weak X-ray transients and fast X-ray novae. Secondary target fields (1-2 months/year while the Sun crosses the Galactic center) include the Cygnus, Vela, and Magellanic Cloud regions. MIRAX will probe neutron star and X-ray burst theory via 20,000 type I bursts and 50 rare superbursts, measure spin frequencies of accreting neutron stars with detections of 10-100 burst oscillations, and will measure explosive flares in other sources, such as active stellar coronae, Soft Gamma-ray Repeaters, fast x-ray novae, and new types yet to be discovered. The science, instrumentation, mission operations, and data distribution will be discussed.

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