Abstract
WF-MAXI is a soft X-ray transient monitor proposed for the ISS/JEM. Unlike MAXI, it will always cover a large field of view (20 % of the entire sky) to detect short transients more efficiently. In addition to the various transient sources seen by MAXI, we hope to localize X-ray counterparts of gravitational wave events, expected to be directly detected by Advanced-LIGO, Virgo and KAGRA in late 2010's. The main instrument, the Soft X-ray Large Solid Angle Cameras (SLC) is sensitive in the 0.7-12 keV band with a localization accuracy of ∼ 0:1°. The Hard X-ray Monitor (HXM) covers the same sky field in the 20 keV-1 MeV band.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray |
Publisher | SPIE |
Volume | 9144 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780819496126 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray - Montreal Duration: 2014 Jun 22 → 2014 Jun 26 |
Other
Other | Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray |
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City | Montreal |
Period | 14/6/22 → 14/6/26 |
Keywords
- all-sky monitor
- gamma-ray bursts
- gravitational waves
- International Space Station
- WF-MAXI
- X-ray astronomy
- X-ray detectors
- X-ray transients
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Applied Mathematics
- Computer Science Applications
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics