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Energy Dependent Intensity Variation of the Persistent X-ray Emission of Magnetars Observed with Suzaku
Yujin Nakagawa, Ken Ebisawa, Teruaki Enoto
Emission mechanism of the magnetars is still controversial while various observational and theoretical studies have been made. In order to investigate mechanisms of both the persis…
Detection of the thermal component in GRB 160107A
Yuta Kawakubo, Takanori Sakamoto, Satoshi Nakahira +14
We present the detection of a blackbody component in GRB 160107A emission by using the combined spectral data of the CALET Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (CGBM) and the MAXI Gas Slit Came…
Large X-ray Flares on Stars Detected with MAXI/GSC: A Universal Correlation between the Duration of a Flare and its X-ray Luminosity
Yohko Tsuboi, Kyohei Yamazaki, Yasuharu Sugawara +39
23 giant flares from 13 active stars (eight RS CVn systems, one Algol system, three dMe stars and one YSO) were detected during the first two years of our all-sky X-ray monitoring…
CALET Upper Limits on X-ray and Gamma-ray Counterparts of GW 151226
O. Adriani, Y. Akaike, K. Asano +89
We present upper limits in the hard X-ray and gamma-ray bands at the time of the LIGO gravitational-wave event GW 151226 derived from the CALorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET) ob…
Sub-MeV Band Observation of a Hard Burst from AXP 1E 1547.0-5408 with the Suzaku Wide-band All-sky Monitor
Tetsuya Yasuda, Wataru B. Iwakiri, Makoto S. Tashiro +11
The 2.1-s anomalous X-ray pulsar 1E 1547.0-5408 exhibited an X-ray outburst on 2009 January 22, emitting a large number of short bursts. The wide-band all- sky monitor (WAM) on-boa…
MAXI observations of GRBs
Motoko Serino, Takanori Sakamoto, Nobuyuki Kawai +40
Monitor of all-sky image (MAXI) Gas Slit Camera (GSC) detects gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) including the bursts with soft spectra, such as X-ray flashes (XRFs). MAXI/GSC is sensitive to…
The 37-month MAXI/GSC source catalog in the high Galactic-latitude sky
Kazuo Hiroi, Yoshihiro Ueda, Masaaki Hayashida +40
We present the catalog of high Galactic-latitude () X-ray sources detected in the first 37-month data of Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image (MAXI) / Gas Slit Camera (GS…
Spectral Evolution of a New X-ray Transient MAXI J0556-332 Observed by MAXI, Swift, and RXTE
Mutsumi Sugizaki, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Masaru Matsuoka +31
We report on the spectral evolution of a new X-ray transient, MAXI J0556-332, observed by MAXI, Swift, and RXTE. The source was discovered on 2011 January 11 (MJD=55572) by MAXI Ga…
Spectral Comparison of Weak Short Bursts to the Persistent X-rays from the Magnetar 1E 1547.0-5408 in its 2009 Outburst
Teruaki Enoto, Yujin E. Nakagawa, Takanori Sakamoto +1
In January 2009, the 2.1-sec anomalous X-ray pulsar 1E 1547.0-5408 evoked intense burst activity. A follow-up Suzaku observation on January 28 recorded enhanced persistent emission…
Long-term Monitoring of the Black Hole Binary GX 339-4 in the High/Soft State during the 2010 Outburst with MAXI/GSC
Megumi Shidatsu, Yoshihiro Ueda, Satoshi Nakahira +29
We present the results of monitoring the Galactic black hole candidate GX 339-4 with the Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image (MAXI) / Gas Slit Camera (GSC) in the high/soft state during…
Revisit of Local X-ray Luminosity Function of Active Galactic Nuclei with the MAXI Extragalactic Survey
Yoshihiro Ueda, Kazuo Hiroi, Naoki Isobe +32
We construct a new X-ray (2--10 keV) luminosity function of Compton-thin active galactic nuclei (AGNs) in the local universe, using the first MAXI/GSC source catalog surveyed in th…
A Large X-ray Flare from a Single Weak-lined T Tauri Star TWA-7 Detected with MAXI GSC
Akiko Uzawa, Yohko Tsuboi, Mikio Morii +35
We present a large X-ray flare from a nearby weak-lined T Tauri star TWA-7 detected with the Gas Slit Camera (GSC) on the Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image (MAXI). The GSC captured X-…
The First MAXI/GSC Catalog in the High Galactic-Latitude Sky
Kazuo Hiroi, Yoshihiro Ueda, Naoki Isobe +32
We present the first unbiased source catalog of the Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image (MAXI) mission at high Galactic latitudes (), produced from the first 7-month d…
Peculiarly Narrow SED of GRB 090926B with MAXI and Fermi/GBM
Motoko Serino, Atsumasa Yoshida, Nobuyuki Kawai +32
The monitor of all-sky X-ray image (MAXI) Gas Slit Camera (GSC) on the International Space Station (ISS) detected a gamma-ray burst (GRB) on 2009, September 26, GRB\,090926B. This…
The Suzaku Discovery of A Hard Power-Law Component in the Spectra of Short Bursts from SGR 0501+4516
Yujin E. Nakagawa, Kazuo Makishima, Teruaki Enoto
Using data with the Suzaku XIS and HXD, spectral studies of short bursts from the soft gamma repeater SGR 0501+4516 were performed. In total, 32 bursts were detected during the ~60…
Long-term spectral and timing properties of the soft gamma-ray repeater SGR 1833-0832 and detection of extended X-ray emission around the radio pulsar PSR B1830-08
P. Esposito, G. L. Israel, R. Turolla +19
SGR 1833-0832 was discovered on 2010 March 19 thanks to the Swift detection of a short hard X-ray burst and follow-up X-ray observations. Since then, it was repeatedly observed wit…
Bright X-ray flares from the BL Lac object Mrk 421, detected with MAXI in 2010 January and February
Naoki Isobe, Kousuke Sugimori, Nobuyuki Kawai +28
Strong X-ray flares from the blazar Mrk 421 were detected in 2010 January and February through the 7 month monitoring with the MAXI GSC. The maximum 2 -- 10 keV flux in the January…
MAXI GSC observations of a spectral state transition in the black hole candidate XTE J1752-223
Satoshi Nakahira, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Mutsumi Sugizaki +29
We present the first results on the black hole candidate XTE J1752-223 from the Gas Slit Camera (GSC) on-board the Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image (MAXI) on the International Space…
Spectral Lag Relations in GRB Pulses Detected with HETE-2
M. Arimoto, N. Kawai, K. Asano +36
Using a pulse-fit method, we investigate the spectral lags between the traditional gamma-ray band (50-400 keV) and the X-ray band (6-25 keV) for 8 GRBs with known redshifts (GRB 01…
Suzaku Discovery of a Hard X-Ray Tail in the Persistent Spectra from the Magnetar 1E 1547.0-5408 during its 2009 Activity
Enoto Teruaki, Nakazawa Kazuhiro, Makishima Kazuo +8
The fastest-rotating magnetar 1E 1547.0-5408 was observed in broad-band X-rays with Suzaku for 33 ks on 2009 January 28-29, 7 days after the onset of its latest bursting activity.…
A new analysis of the short-duration, hard-spectrum GRB 051103, a possible extragalactic SGR giant flare
K. Hurley, A. Rowlinson, E. Bellm +34
GRB 051103 is considered to be a candidate soft gamma repeater (SGR) extragalactic giant magnetar flare by virtue of its proximity on the sky to M81/M82, as well as its time histor…
Suzaku Observation of the New Soft Gamma Repeater SGR 0501+4516 in Outburst
T. Enoto, Y. E. Nakagawa, N. Rea +17
We present the first Suzaku observation of the new Soft Gamma Repeater SGR 0501+4516, performed on 2008 August 26, four days after the onset of bursting activity of this new member…