Swift/BAT and MAXI/GSC broadband transient monitor

Takanori Sakamoto; Ryoma Oda; Tatehiro Mihara; Atsumasa Yoshida; Makoto Arimoto; Scott D. Barthelmy; Nobuyuki Kawai; Hans A. Krimm; Satoshi Nakahira; Motoko Serino

doi:10.1093/pasj/psv130

Swift/BAT and MAXI/GSC broadband transient monitor

Takanori Sakamoto, Ryoma Oda, Tatehiro Mihara, Atsumasa Yoshida, Makoto Arimoto, Scott D. Barthelmy, Nobuyuki Kawai, Hans A. Krimm, Satoshi Nakahira, Motoko Serino

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We present a newly developed broadband transient monitor using the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) and the MAXI Gas Slit Camera (GSC) data. Our broadband transient monitor keeps vigil for high-energy transient sources from 2 keV to 200 keV in seven energy bands by combining the BAT (15-200 keV) and the GSC (2-20 keV) data. Currently, daily and 90-minute (one orbit) averaged light curves are available for 106 high-energy transient sources. This transient monitor is available to the public through our web server, http://yoshidalab.mydns.jp/bat-gsc-trans-mon/, for wider use by the community. We discuss a daily sensitivity of our monitor and possible future improvements on our pipeline.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	S21-S211
Journal	Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
Volume	68
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/pasj/psv130
Publication status	Published - 2016 Jun 1
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

binaries: general
methods: data analysis
stars: activity
stars: black holes
stars: jets

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Astronomy and Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science

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Swift/BAT and MAXI/GSC broadband transient monitor

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