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

Matsuoka, Masaru; Kawasaki, Kazuyoshi; Ueno, Shiro; Tomida, Hiroshi; Kohama, Mitsuhiro; Suzuki, Motoko; Adachi, Yasuki; Ishikawa, Masaki; Mihara, Tatehiro; Sugizaki, Mutsumi; Isobe, Naoki; Nakagawa, Yujin; Tsunemi, Hiroshi; Miyata, Emi; Kawai, Nobuyuki; Kataoka, Jun; Morii, Mikio; Yoshida, Atsumasa; Negoro, Hitoshi; Nakajima, Motoki; Ueda, Yoshihiro; Chujo, Hirotaka; Yamaoka, Kazutaka; Yamazaki, Osamu; Nakahira, Satoshi; You, Tetsuya; Ishiwata, Ryoji; Miyoshi, Sho; Eguchi, Satoshi; Hiroi, Kazuo; Katayama, Haruyoshi; Ebisawa, Ken

doi:10.1093/pasj/61.5.999

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

Published in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan • Oct 25, 2009

Authors:

Masaru Matsuoka

Kazuyoshi Kawasaki

Shiro Ueno

Abstract

Abstract The Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image (MAXI) mission is the first astronomical payload to be installed on the Japanese Experiment Module — Exposed Facility (JEM-EF or Kibo-EF) on the International Space Station. It has two types of X-ray slit cameras with wide FOVs and two kinds of X-ray detec...

Subject

Physics

Payload (computing)

Sky

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