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An X-Ray All Sky Monitor for a Japanese Experimental Module on the Space Station

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

M. Matsuoka ,
N. Kawai ,
T. Imai ,
M. Yamauchi ,
A. Yoshida ,
T. Kohno ,
A. Yoneda  and
H. Tsunemi
M. Matsuoka
Affiliation:
The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-01, Japan
N. Kawai
Affiliation:
The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-01, Japan
T. Imai
Affiliation:
The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-01, Japan
M. Yamauchi
Affiliation:
The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-01, Japan
A. Yoshida
Affiliation:
The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-01, Japan
T. Kohno
Affiliation:
The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-01, Japan
A. Yoneda
Affiliation:
The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-01, Japan
H. Tsunemi
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama-cho, Toyonaka, Osaka 560, Japan

Abstract

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We propose an X-ray all sky monitor for Japanese Experimental Module (JEM) on the space station. Considering practical circumstances, we show as a case study that the all sky monitor with slit hole cameras is most promising for monitoring the short-term and long-term X-ray transients. We call this all sky monitor as MAXI (Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image). Position determination of gamma-ray bursts could be achieved with accuracy less than one degree observing the X-ray component of the burst. Weak X-ray sources such as active galactic nuclei could be also monitored with time resolution less than one day. The X-ray all sky monitor will work to discover X-ray novae and transient phenomena and give us the alarm for further detailed observations. The obtained data will be also used for archival study.

Type
V. Long Term Future Issues
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 123: Observatories in Earth Orbit and Beyond , 1990 , pp. 463 - 468
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1990

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