The observational response of MAXI onboard ISS

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5165, Issue , 2004, Pages 354-365

  Isobe, Naoki ^a   Matsuoka, Masaru ^a   Ueno, Shiro ^a   Tomida, Hiroshi ^a   Kawasaki, Kazuyoshi ^a   Katayama, Haruyoshi ^a   Mihara, Tatehiro ^a,b   Kohama, Mitsuhiro ^b   Sakurai, Ikuya ^b   Nakajima, Motoki ^b   Kawai, Nobuyuki ^a,c   Kataoka, Jun ^a,c   Yoshida, Atsumasa ^a,d   Takahashi, Daiki ^d   Uzawa, Masami ^d   Tsunemi, Hiroshi ^a,e   Miyata, Emi ^a,e   Tanaka, Isao ^f  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d AOYAMA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f Meisei Electric Co Ltd

Author keywords

All sky monitor; GSC; International Space Station; MAXI; Observational response; SSC; X Ray

Indexed keywords

GAS IMAGING SPECTROMETERS (GSC); GSC; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS); MAXI; MONITOR OF ALL-SKY X-RAY IMAGE (MAXI); OBSERVATIONAL RESPONCE; SSC;

ASTRONOMY; CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COSMIC RAYS; SCANNING; SPACE STATIONS; SPECTROMETERS; X RAYS;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 11144354036     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.505315     Document Type: Conference Paper

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