2001/01/25 by Hale Bradt, H. Bradt, Ronald A. Remillard +2
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research #FOS: Physical sciences #Particle Detector Development and Performance #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0101452
Proceedings of "X-ray Astronomy 2000", Sept. 2000, Palermo Italy, Eds. Riccardo Giacconi, Luigi Stella & Salvatore Serio, PASP Conference Series. 6 pages, 4 figures
arxiv created 2001/01/25 · openalex publication_date 2001/01/25 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
A concept for an all-sky monitor mission substantially more powerful than the RXTE ASM is presented in brief. It makes use of 31 Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) proportional counters to provide continuous monitoring of the entire x-ray sky, except for earth occultations and a small region around the sun. This coverage would allow the study of a wide variety of short duration cosmic outbursts. At time scales longer than a few minutes, the sensitivity for the monitoring of x-ray sources (1.5 - 15 keV) would be greatly improved over the RXTE ASM, a factor of 6 in one day. This mission concept, the Advanced X-ray Monitor (AXM), is described in more detail in Remillard et al. (2000).