MAXI Instruments
MAXI carries two types of instruments, Gas Slit Camera (GSC) and Solid-state Slit Camera (SSC).
The GSC is composed of 12 one-dimensional PSPCs (counter ID = 0-9, A, B), and covers the 2 -- 30 keV energy range with an energy resolution of 18 % (5.9 keV). The SSC is composed of two cameras, SSC-H and SSC-Z, each has 16 chips of X-ray CCDs, and covers the 0.5 -- 12 keV energy range with an energy resolution of < 150 eV (5.9 keV).
References
- "The MAXI Mission on the ISS: Science and Instruments for Monitoring All-Sky X-Ray Images"
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M. Matsuoka, et al.
The Astronomical Society of Japan, Volume 61, Issue 5, 25 October 2009, Pages 999-1010 [ PASJ ] - "In-Orbit Performance of MAXI Gas Slit Camera (GSC) on ISS"
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M. Sugizaki, et al.
The Astronomical Society of Japan, Volume 63, Issue sp3, 25 November 2011, Pages S63-S644 [ PASJ ] - "In-Orbit Performance of the MAXI/SSC onboard the ISS"
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H. Tsunemi, et al.
The Astronomical Society of Japan, Volume 62, Issue 6, 25 December 2010, Pages 1371-1379 [ PASJ ]