Swift/BAT and MAXI/GSC broadband transient monitor

We present a newly developed broadband transient monitor using the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) and the MAXI Gas Slit Camera (GSC) data. Our broadband transient monitor keeps vigil for high-energy transient sources from 2 keV to 200 keV in seven energy bands by combining the BAT (15–200 keV) an...

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Published inPublications of the Astronomical Society of Japan Vol. 68; no. SP1
Main Authors Sakamoto, Takanori, Oda, Ryoma, Mihara, Tatehiro, Yoshida, Atsumasa, Arimoto, Makoto, Barthelmy, Scott D., Kawai, Nobuyuki, Krimm, Hans A., Nakahira, Satoshi, Serino, Motoko
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford University Press 01.06.2016
Subjects
stars: jets
binaries: general
methods: data analysis
stars: black holes
stars: activity
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Summary:We present a newly developed broadband transient monitor using the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) and the MAXI Gas Slit Camera (GSC) data. Our broadband transient monitor keeps vigil for high-energy transient sources from 2 keV to 200 keV in seven energy bands by combining the BAT (15–200 keV) and the GSC (2–20 keV) data. Currently, daily and 90-minute (one orbit) averaged light curves are available for 106 high-energy transient sources. This transient monitor is available to the public through our web server, http://yoshidalab.mydns.jp/bat_gsc_trans_mon/, for wider use by the community. We discuss a daily sensitivity of our monitor and possible future improvements on our pipeline.
ISSN:0004-6264
0004-6264
2053-051X
DOI:10.1093/pasj/psv130