MAXI/GSC catalog in high Galactic-latitude sky

We present the first unbiased source catalog of the Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image (MAXI) mission at high Galactic latitudes (|b|>10{deg}), produced from the first 7-month data (2009 September 1 to 2010 March 31) of the Gas Slit Camera in the 4-10keV band. We have developed an analysis procedure to detect faint sources from the MAXI data, utilizing a maximum likelihood image fitting method, where the image response, background, and detailed observational conditions are taken into account. The catalog consists of 143 X-ray sources above the 7{sigma} significance level with a limiting sensitivity of ~1.5x10^-11^erg/cm^2^/s (1.2mCrab) in the 4-10keV band. Among them, we have identified 38 Galactic/LMC/SMC objects, 48 galaxy clusters, 39 Seyfert galaxies, 12 blazars, and 1 galaxy. Four other sources are confused with multiple objects, and one remains unidentified. The logN-logS relation of extragalactic objects is in good agreement with the HEAO-1 A-2 result, although the list of the brightest AGNs in the entire sky has significantly changed since that produced 30yr ago.

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Identifier
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS.VizieR/J/PASJ/63/S677
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Provenance
Creator Hiroi K.; Ueda Y.; Isobe N.; Hayashida M.; Eguchi S.; Sugizaki M.,Kawai N.; Tsunemi H.; Matsuoka M.; Mihara T.; Yamaoka K.; Ishikawa M.,Kimura M.; Kitayama H.; Kohama M.; Matsumura T.; Morii M.; Nakagawa Y.E.,Nakahira S.; Nakajima M.; Negoro H.; Serino M.; Shidatsu M.; Sootome T.,Sugimori K.; Suwa F.; Toizumi T.; Tomida H.; Tsuboi Y.; Ueno S.; Usui R.,Yamamoto T.; Yamazaki K.; Yoshida A.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2012
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Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Cosmology; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics