The MAXI Mission on the ISS: Science and Instruments for Monitoring All Sky X-Ray Images Export

@article{citeulike:4794480, abstract = {The MAXI (Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image) mission is the first astronomical payload to be installed on the Japanese Experiment Module-Exposed Facility (JEM-EF) on the ISS. It is scheduled for launch in the middle of 2009 to monitor all-sky X-ray objects on every ISS orbit. MAXI will be more powerful than any previous X-ray All Sky Monitor (ASM) payloads, being able to monitor hundreds of AGN. MAXI will provide all sky images of X-ray sources of about 20 mCrab in the energy band of 2-30 keV from observation on one ISS orbit (90 min), about 4.5 mCrab for one day, and about 1 mCrab for one month. A final detectability of MAXI could be 0.2 mCrab for 2 year observations.}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, author = {Matsuoka, Masaru and Kawasaki, Kazuyoshi and Ueno, Shiro and Tomida, Hiroshi and Kohama, Mitsuhiro and Suzuki, Motoko and Adachi, Yasuki and Ishikawa, Masaki and Mihara, Tatehiro and Sugizaki, Mutsumi and Isobe, Naoki and Nakagawa, Yujin and Tsunemi, Hiroshi and Miyata, Emi and Kawai, Nobuyuki and Kataoka, Jun and Morii, Mikio and Yoshida, Atsumasa and Negoro, Hitoshi and Nakajima, Motoki and Ueda, Yoshihiro and Chujo, Hirotaka and Yamaoka, Kazutaka and Yamazaki, Osamu and Nakahira, Satoshi and You, Tetsuya and Ishiwata, Ryoji and Miyoshi, Sho and Eguchi, Satoshi and Hiroi, Kazuo and Katayama, Haruyoshi and Ebisawa, Ken}, citeulike-article-id = {4794480}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0906.0631}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://arxiv.org/pdf/0906.0631}, day = {3}, eprint = {0906.0631}, keywords = {x-ray}, month = {Jun}, posted-at = {2009-06-10 07:38:21}, priority = {2}, title = {The MAXI Mission on the ISS: Science and Instruments for Monitoring All Sky X-Ray Images}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0906.0631}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4794480 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4794480 N2 - The MAXI (Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image) mission is the first astronomical payload to be installed on the Japanese Experiment Module-Exposed Facility (JEM-EF) on the ISS. It is scheduled for launch in the middle of 2009 to monitor all-sky X-ray objects on every ISS orbit. MAXI will be more powerful than any previous X-ray All Sky Monitor (ASM) payloads, being able to monitor hundreds of AGN. MAXI will provide all sky images of X-ray sources of about 20 mCrab in the energy band of 2-30 keV from observation on one ISS orbit (90 min), about 4.5 mCrab for one day, and about 1 mCrab for one month. A final detectability of MAXI could be 0.2 mCrab for 2 year observations. TI - The MAXI Mission on the ISS: Science and Instruments for Monitoring All Sky X-Ray Images KW - x-ray AU - Matsuoka, Masaru AU - Kawasaki, Kazuyoshi AU - Ueno, Shiro AU - Tomida, Hiroshi AU - Kohama, Mitsuhiro AU - Suzuki, Motoko AU - Adachi, Yasuki AU - Ishikawa, Masaki AU - Mihara, Tatehiro AU - Sugizaki, Mutsumi AU - Isobe, Naoki AU - Nakagawa, Yujin AU - Tsunemi, Hiroshi AU - Miyata, Emi AU - Kawai, Nobuyuki AU - Kataoka, Jun AU - Morii, Mikio AU - Yoshida, Atsumasa AU - Negoro, Hitoshi AU - Nakajima, Motoki AU - Ueda, Yoshihiro AU - Chujo, Hirotaka AU - Yamaoka, Kazutaka AU - Yamazaki, Osamu AU - Nakahira, Satoshi AU - You, Tetsuya AU - Ishiwata, Ryoji AU - Miyoshi, Sho AU - Eguchi, Satoshi AU - Hiroi, Kazuo AU - Katayama, Haruyoshi AU - Ebisawa, Ken PY - 2009/Jun/03/ UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/0906.0631 ER -