Highlights from MAXI observations
Abstract
MAXI started operation as an X-ray all-sky monitor on the Japanese Experiment Module "Kibo" of the International Space Station in August 2009. Since then, MAXI has detected outburst episodes Be X-ray binaries, black hole candidates, low-mass X-ray binaries, and active galactic nuclei. It also detected flares of active stars, gamma-ray bursts, and short X-ray transients from unidentified sources. I present an overview of the operation and scientific highlights of MAXI in its first 14 months.
- Publication:
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The First Year of MAXI: Monitoring Variable X-ray Sources
- Pub Date:
- December 2010
- Bibcode:
- 2010fym..confE...1K