Development of the collimator response of gas slit camera of MAXI

Mikio Morii; Masaru Matsuoka; Shiro Ueno; Hiroshi Tomida; Haruyoshi Katayama; Kazuyoshi Kawasaki; Takao Yokota; Naoyuki Kuramata; Tatehiro Mihara; Mitsuhiro Kohama; Naoki Isobe; Motoki Nakajima; Hiroshi Tsunemi; Emi Miyata; Atsumasa Yoshida; Kazutaka Yamaoka; Yuichiro Tsuchiya; Takehiro Miyakawa; Nobuyuki Kawai; Jun Kataoka; Satoshi Tanaka; Hitoshi Negoro

doi:10.1117/12.671300

Development of the collimator response of gas slit camera of MAXI

Mikio Morii^*, Masaru Matsuoka, Shiro Ueno, Hiroshi Tomida, Haruyoshi Katayama, Kazuyoshi Kawasaki, Takao Yokota, Naoyuki Kuramata, Tatehiro Mihara, Mitsuhiro Kohama, Naoki Isobe, Motoki Nakajima, Hiroshi Tsunemi, Emi Miyata, Atsumasa Yoshida, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Yuichiro Tsuchiya, Takehiro Miyakawa, Nobuyuki Kawai, Jun KataokaSatoshi Tanaka, Hitoshi Negoro

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Abstract

Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image (MAXI) is an X-ray all-sky scanner, which will be attached on Exposed Facility of Japanese Experiment Module dubbed "Kibo" of International Space Station (ISS). MAXI will be launched by the Space Shuttle or the Japanese H-IIA Transfer Vehicle (HTV) in 2008. MAXI carries two types of X-ray cameras: Solid-state Slit Camera (SSC) for 0.5 - 10 keV and Gas Slit Camera (GSC) for 2-30 keV bands. Both have long narrow fields of view (FOV) made by a slit and orthogonally arranged collimator plates (slats). The FOV will sweep almost the whole sky once every 96 minutes by utilizing the orbital motion of ISS. Then the light curve of an X-ray point source become triangular shape in one transit. In this paper, we present the actual triangular response of the GSC collimator, obtained by our calibration. In fact they are deformed by gaps between the slats, leaning angle of the slats, and the effective width of the slats. We are measuring these sizes by shooting X-ray beams into the detector behind the collimator. We summarize the calibration and present the first compilation of the data to make the GSC collimator response, which will be useful for public users.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation II
Subtitle of host publication	Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671300
Publication status	Published - 2006
Externally published	Yes
Event	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation II: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray - Orlando, FL, United States Duration: 2006 May 24 → 2006 May 31

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	6266 II
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

Conference

Conference	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation II: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
Country/Territory	United States
City	Orlando, FL
Period	06/5/24 → 06/5/31

Keywords

All sky monitor
Collimator
MAXI
X-ray

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Morii, M., Matsuoka, M., Ueno, S., Tomida, H., Katayama, H., Kawasaki, K., Yokota, T., Kuramata, N., Mihara, T., Kohama, M., Isobe, N., Nakajima, M., Tsunemi, H., Miyata, E., Yoshida, A., Yamaoka, K., Tsuchiya, Y., Miyakawa, T., Kawai, N., ... Negoro, H. (2006). Development of the collimator response of gas slit camera of MAXI. In Space Telescopes and Instrumentation II: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray [62663U] (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 6266 II). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671300

Development of the collimator response of gas slit camera of MAXI. / Morii, Mikio; Matsuoka, Masaru; Ueno, Shiro et al.

Space Telescopes and Instrumentation II: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray. 2006. 62663U (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 6266 II).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Morii, M, Matsuoka, M, Ueno, S, Tomida, H, Katayama, H, Kawasaki, K, Yokota, T, Kuramata, N, Mihara, T, Kohama, M, Isobe, N, Nakajima, M, Tsunemi, H, Miyata, E, Yoshida, A, Yamaoka, K, Tsuchiya, Y, Miyakawa, T, Kawai, N, Kataoka, J, Tanaka, S & Negoro, H 2006, Development of the collimator response of gas slit camera of MAXI. in Space Telescopes and Instrumentation II: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray., 62663U, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 6266 II, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation II: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, Orlando, FL, United States, 06/5/24. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671300

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