2000
DOI: 10.1063/1.1302478
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Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image (MAXI)

Abstract: Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image (MAXI) is the first astrophysical payload which will be mounted on the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) Exposed Facility in 2004. It is an X-ray all-sky monitor with unprecedented sensitivity to watch the activities of the X-ray sources in the whole sky in every 90 minutes. MAXI is boxshaped in 0.8 x 1.0 x 1.85 m with the weight of 500 kg. The mission life will be at least 2 years. MAXI has two fan-like field of views (FOV), 160 x 1.5 degree each. The X-ray instruments are Gas Sl… Show more

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“…It provides us with a unique opportunity to discover new objects and study their transient behaviors. In fact, we have discovered 31 new X-ray objects including 14 black hole binaries, 13 neutron star binaries, and one white dwarf binary, that appeared in our Galaxy and the Small Magellanic Cloud (e.g., Mihara et al 2022). The data also enable us to study their variabilities on time scales from hours to over 12 yr. To uncover the nature of these new transient objects, prompt follow-up observations with large-area X-ray telescopes as well as multi-wavelength observations from both space and ground observatories are essential.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 95%
“…It provides us with a unique opportunity to discover new objects and study their transient behaviors. In fact, we have discovered 31 new X-ray objects including 14 black hole binaries, 13 neutron star binaries, and one white dwarf binary, that appeared in our Galaxy and the Small Magellanic Cloud (e.g., Mihara et al 2022). The data also enable us to study their variabilities on time scales from hours to over 12 yr. To uncover the nature of these new transient objects, prompt follow-up observations with large-area X-ray telescopes as well as multi-wavelength observations from both space and ground observatories are essential.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 95%
“…In fact, we have discovered 31 new X-ray objects including 14 black-hole binaries, 13 neutron-star binaries, and one white-dwarf binary, that appeared in our Galaxy and the Small Magellanic Cloud (e.g. Mihara et al 2022). The data also enable us to study their variabilities in time scales from hours to over the 12 years.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 95%
“…The sensitivity is 7 mCrab (5 σ level) in one scan and 1 mCrab in one-week accumulation [1,3]. The purposes of the all-sky monitor are not only the discoveries of new X-ray sources, but also the challenge to the cosmology models by measuring the large scale structure of the universe via the distribution of distant active galaxies as well as the cosmic X-ray background.…”
Section: Monitor Of All-sky X-ray Image (Maxi)mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For on-axis scanning (φ = 0 deg) this yields ∼ 10 c s −1 per GSC in 1-30 keV when averaged over the scan time. 3, and should be taken as a reference value only. Then the average count rate is ∼ 40 c s −1 .…”
Section: Crab Count Rate and In-orbit Data Ratementioning
confidence: 99%
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