The First Light from MAXI onboard JEM (Kibo)-EF on ISS

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Jul 2010

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010aipc.1248..531m&link_type=abstract

X-RAY ASTRONOMY 2009; PRESENT STATUS, MULTI-WAVELENGTH APPROACH AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES: Proceedings of the International Confer

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X-Ray Spectroscopy, Pulsars, Novae, X-Ray Sources (Astronomical), Gamma-Ray Effects, X-Ray, Pulsars, Novae, Dwarf Novae, Recurrent Novae, And Other Cataclysmic Variables, X-Ray Sources, X-Ray Bursts, Gamma-Ray Sources, Gamma-Ray Bursts

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MAXI, the first astronomical payload attached to ISS JEM-EF, began operation on August 3, 2009 for monitoring all-sky X-ray images every ISS orbit (92 min). This paper reports the first results obtained during the 1-month test observations. All instruments as well as two main X-ray slit cameras, the GSC and SSC, worked as we expected. The detection limits of MAXI-GSC are about 25 mCrab and 8 mCrab for one ISS orbit (92 min) and 1-day observations, respectively. GSC covers about 76% and 96% of the entire sky for respective single-orbit and 1-day observations. MAXI has detected a transient X-ray pulsar A0535+26, an X-ray burst, and a gamma-ray burst in the first month of the test observation period.

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