Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Scientific paper
2011-08-29
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
14 pages, including 10 figures and 3 tables, PASJ accepted
Scientific paper
We present the first unbiased source catalog of the Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image (MAXI) mission at high Galactic latitudes ($|b| > 10^{\circ}$), produced from the first 7-month data (2009 September 1 to 2010 March 31) of the Gas Slit Camera in the 4--10 keV band. We develop an analysis procedure to detect faint sources from the MAXI data, utilizing a maximum likelihood image fitting method, where the image response, background, and detailed observational conditions are taken into account. The catalog consists of 143 X-ray sources above 7 sigma significance level with a limiting sensitivity of $\sim1.5\times10^{-11}$ ergs cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$ (1.2 mCrab) in the 4--10 keV band. Among them, we identify 38 Galactic/LMC/SMC objects, 48 galaxy clusters, 39 Seyfert galaxies, 12 blazars, and 1 galaxy. Other 4 sources are confused with multiple objects, and one remains unidentified. The log $N$ - log $S$ relation of extragalactic objects is in a good agreement with the HEAO-1 A-2 result, although the list of the brightest AGNs in the entire sky has significantly changed since that in 30 years ago.
Eguchi Satoshi
Hayashida Masaaki
Hiroi Kazuo
Ishikawa Masaki
Isobe Naoki
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