Title of article
The X-ray CCD camera of the MAXI experiment on the ISS/JEM
Author/Authors
Miyata، نويسنده , , E. and Tsunemi، نويسنده , , H. and Ogata، نويسنده , , H. and Akutsu، نويسنده , , D. and Yoshita، نويسنده , , K. and Hashimoto، نويسنده , , Y. and Torii، نويسنده , , K. and Matsuoka، نويسنده , , M. and Kawai، نويسنده , , N. and Yoshida، نويسنده , , A. and Mihara، نويسنده , , T. and Kotani، نويسنده , , T. and Negoro، نويسنده , , H. and Kubo، نويسنده , , H. and Matsumoto، نويسنده , , H. and Shirasaki، نويسنده , , Y. and Rubin، نويسنده , , B.C. and Sakurai، نويسنده , , I. and Yamauchi، نويسنده , , M.، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 1999
Pages
5
From page
91
To page
95
Abstract
Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image (MAXI), is the X-ray observatory on the Japanese experimental module (JEM) Exposed Facility (EF) on the International Space Station (ISS). MAXI is a slit scanning camera which consists of two kinds of X-ray detectors: one is a one-dimensional position-sensitive proportional counter with a total area of ∼5000 cm2, the Gas Slit Camera (GSC), and the other is an X-ray CCD array with a total area of ∼200 cm2, the Solid-state Slit Camera (SSC). The GSC subtends a field of view with an angular dimension of 1°×180° while the SSC subtends a field of view with an angular dimension of 1° times a little less than 180°. In the course of one station orbit, MAXI can scan almost the entire sky with a precision of 1° and with an X-ray energy range of 0.5–30 keV. We have developed the engineering model of CCD chips and the analogue electronics for the SSC. The energy resolution of EM CCD for Mn Kα has a full-width at half-maximum of ≃182 eV. Readout noise is ≃11 e− rms.
Keywords
International space station , X-ray detectors , Charge-coupled device
Journal title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A
Serial Year
1999
Journal title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A
Record number
2183456
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