The MAXI Mission on the ISS: Science and Instruments for Monitoring All Sky X-Ray Images
Masaru Matsuoka (1), Kazuyoshi Kawasaki (1), Shiro Ueno (1), Hiroshi, Tomida (1), Mitsuhiro Kohama (1, 2), Motoko Suzuki (1), Yasuki Adachi (1),, Masaki Ishikawa (1), Tatehiro Mihara (2), Mutsumi Sugizaki (2), Naoki Isobe, (2), Yujin Nakagawa (2), Hiroshi Tsunemi (3)

TL;DR
The MAXI mission on the ISS is designed to monitor the entire sky in X-ray wavelengths, providing continuous, high-sensitivity observations of X-ray sources such as AGN, with unprecedented coverage and detection capabilities.
Contribution
This paper introduces the MAXI instrument on the ISS, detailing its advanced capabilities for all-sky X-ray monitoring and its potential to surpass previous X-ray monitors in sensitivity and coverage.
Findings
MAXI will monitor hundreds of AGN simultaneously.
It can detect X-ray sources down to 0.2 mCrab over two years.
MAXI provides all-sky images with high temporal resolution.
Abstract
The MAXI (Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image) mission is the first astronomical payload to be installed on the Japanese Experiment Module-Exposed Facility (JEM-EF) on the ISS. It is scheduled for launch in the middle of 2009 to monitor all-sky X-ray objects on every ISS orbit. MAXI will be more powerful than any previous X-ray All Sky Monitor (ASM) payloads, being able to monitor hundreds of AGN. MAXI will provide all sky images of X-ray sources of about 20 mCrab in the energy band of 2-30 keV from observation on one ISS orbit (90 min), about 4.5 mCrab for one day, and about 1 mCrab for one month. A final detectability of MAXI could be 0.2 mCrab for 2 year observations.
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