Monitoring the Spectral and Flux Evolution of MAXI Discovered Galactic Black Hole Candidates with Swift
Abstract
The 'Monitor of the All-Sky X-ray Image" (MAXI) is a Japanese X-ray telescope mounted on the International Space Station, consisting of two 1-D coded mask slit detectors (the Gas Scintillation Camera: GSC, and Solid State Camera: SSC) which scan the majority of the sky every 93 minute ISS orbit, in the 0.5-20 keV range. This range makes it ideal for the early discovery of Galactic X-ray transients. Utilizing Swift we have a program of accurately localizing, and then monitoring these new transients in both X-ray and Optical/UV with short (1ks) daily-weekly observations over the duration of their outburst. These observations allow us to track both the spectral and flux evolution of the outburst, as well as in some cases, detect temporal variations such as QPOs and orbital periodicities. In this poster we present results from the program over the last 12 months, including results from MAXI J1305-704.
- Publication:
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AAS/High Energy Astrophysics Division #13
- Pub Date:
- April 2013
- Bibcode:
- 2013HEAD...1312640K