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The 37 month MAXI/GSC source catalog of the high galactic-latitude sky

Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series
  • Kazuo Hiroi
  • Yoshihiro Ueda
  • Masaaki Hayashida
  • Megumi Shidatsu
  • Ryosuke Sato
  • Taiki Kawamuro
  • Mutsumi Sugizaki
  • Satoshi Nakahira
  • Motoko Serino
  • Nobuyuki Kawai
  • Masaru Matsuoka
  • Tatehiro Mihara
  • Mikio Morii
  • Motoki Nakajima
  • Hitoshi Negoro
  • Takanori Sakamoto
  • Hiroshi Tomida
  • Yohko Tsuboi
  • Hiroshi Tsunemi
  • Shiro Ueno
  • Kazutaka Yamaoka
  • Atsumasa Yoshida
  • Masato Asada
  • Satoshi Eguchi
  • Takanori Hanayama
  • Masaya Higa
  • Kazuto Ishikawa
  • Masaki Ishikawa
  • Naoki Isobe
  • Mitsuhiro Kohama
  • Masashi Kimura
  • Kumiko Morihana
  • Yujin E. Nakagawa
  • Yuki Nakano
  • Yasunori Nishimura
  • Yuji Ogawa
  • Masayuki Sasaki
  • Juri Sugimoto
  • Toshihiro Takagi
  • Ryuichi Usui
  • Takayuki Yamamoto
  • Makoto Yamauchi
  • Koshiro Yoshidome
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Volume
207
Number
2
First page
36
Last page
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.1088/0067-0049/207/2/36

We present a catalog of high Galactic-latitude (|b| > 10°) X-ray sources detected in the first 37 months of data of the Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image/Gas Slit Camera (MAXI/GSC). To achieve the best sensitivity, we develop a background model of the GSC that well reproduces the data based on the detailed on-board calibration. Source detection is performed through image fits with a Poisson likelihood algorithm. The catalog contains 500 objects detected with significances of s D, 4-10 keV ≥ 7 in the 4-10 keV band. The limiting sensitivity is ≈7.5 × 10-12 erg cm-2 s-1 (≈0.6 mCrab) in the 4-10 keV band for 50% of the survey area, which is the highest ever achieved in an all-sky survey mission covering this energy band. We summarize the statistical properties of the catalog and results from cross matching with the Swift/BAT 70 month catalog, the meta-catalog of X-ray detected clusters of galaxies, and the MAXI/GSC 7 month catalog. Our catalog lists the source name (2MAXI), position and its error, detection significances and fluxes in the 4-10 keV and 3-4 keV bands, the hardness ratio, and the basic information of the likely counterpart available for 296 sources. © 2013. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

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https://doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/207/2/36
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  • DOI : 10.1088/0067-0049/207/2/36
  • ISSN : 0067-0049
  • SCOPUS ID : 84881163172

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