The MAXI mission on the ISS: Science and instruments for monitoring All-sky X-ray Images

Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 999-1010

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

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e AOYAMA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

ⁱ WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catalogs: X ray source catalogue; Instrumentation: All Sky Monitor (ASM); Stars: X ray novae; Stars: X ray transients; X ray: AGN; X ray: GRB

Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY; SPACE STATIONS; STARS; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY DETECTORS;

ALL-SKY; CATALOG: X-RAY SOURCE CATALOG; INSTRUMENTATION: ALL SKY MONITOR; STAR: X-RAY NOVA; STAR: X-RAY TRANSIENT; STARS: X-RAY; X-RAY SOURCES; X-RAY TRANSIENTS; X-RAY: AGN; X-RAY: GRB;

ELECTRON SOURCES;

EID: 72149091453     PISSN: 00046264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pasj/61.5.999     Document Type: Article

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