| Chapter 1. MAXI Instruments and Services | |
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| Status of Calibration and Data Analysis of MAXI GSC . . . . . | 3 | M. Sugizaki on behalf of MAXI GSC Team |
| Gas Slit Camera (GSC) on MAXI . . . . . | 9 | T. Mihara and the MAXI team |
| Operation status of MAXI and ISS . . . . . | 17 | M. Kohama, S. Ueno, H. Tomida, K. Kawasaki, Y. Adachi, Y. Itamoto, M. Ishikawa, T. Mihara, M. Sugizaki, M. Serino, M. Matsuoka, H. Negoro, M. Nakajima, M. Morii, N. Kawai, K. Yamaoka, A. Yoshida, H. Tsunemi, Y. Ueda, M. Yamauchi, Y. Tsuboi |
| Calibration of Alignments of the MAXI/GSC . . . . . | 21 | K. Sugimori, M. Morii, N. Kawai, M. Sugizaki, M. Serino, and the MAXI team |
| The scientific results of MAXI/SSC . . . . . | 25 | H. Tomida, H. Tsunemi, M. Kimura, H.Kitayama, A. Daikyuji |
| In Orbit Performance of the MAXI/SSC 1 . . . . . | 29 | A. Daikyuji, M. Yamauchi, H. Tsunemi, M. Kimura, H. Kitayama, H. Tomida, M. Matsuoka, and the MAXI team |
| In Orbit Performance of the MAXI/SSC 2 . . . . . | 33 | H. Kitayama, M. Kimura, H. Tsunemi, A. Daikyuji, M. Yamauchi, H. Tomida, M. Matsuoka, and the MAXI team |
| The first year result of MAXI/SSC . . . . . | 37 | M. Kimura, H. Tsunemi, H. Kitayama, H. Tomida, and A. Daikyuji |
| MAXI alert system and its improvement . . . . . | 41 | F. Suwa, H. Negoro, H. Ozawa, M. Serino, and the MAXI team |
| Improvements of the auto-detection algorithm in the MAXI Nova-Alert system and on-line stored data processing . . . . . | 45 | H. Ozawa, H. Negoro, F. Suwa, and the MAXI team |
| Chapter 2. Black Hole | |
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RXTE Observations of New Black Hole Candidates XTE J1752-223 and MAXI J1659-152 . . . . . — Timing and Spectral Evolution and BH Masses — |
51 | N. Shaposhnikov, J. H. Swank, C. Markwardt, and H. Krimm |
| Swift observations of black hole candidate XTE J1752- 223 during outburst . . . . . | 57 | P. A. Curran, P. Casella, T. J. Maccarone, P. A. Evans, W. Landsman, H. A. Krimm, C. Brocksopp, and M. Still |
| Outbursts and State Transitions in Black Hole Candidates Observed by MAXI . . . . . | 63 | H. Negoro and MAXI Team |
| Swift Follow-up Observations of MAXI Discovered Galactic Transients . . . . . | 69 | J. A. Kennea, P. Romano, V. Mangano, A. P. Beardmore, P. A. Evans, P. A. Curran, H. A. Krimm, K. Yamaoka |
| Constraining accretion from coordinated multi-wavelength rapid timing observations of X-ray binaries . . . . . | 75 | P. Gandhi |
| MAXI J1659-152: the shortest orbital period black-hole binary . . . . . | 81 | E. Kuulkers, C. Kouveliotou, A. J. van der Horst, T. Belloni, J. Chenevez, A. Ibarra, T. Muñoz-Darias, A. Bazzano, M. Cadolle Bel, G. De Cesare, M. Díaz Trigo, E. Jourdain, P. Lubiński, L. Natalucci, J.-U. Ness, A. Parmar, A. M. T. Pollock, J. Rodriguez, J.-P. Roques, C. Sánchez-Fernández, P. Ubertini, and C. Winkler |
| Monitoring Variable X-ray Sources in Nearby Galaxies . . . . . | 87 | A. K. H. Kong |
| Spectral Evolution of the Black Hole X-ray Binary XTE J1752-223 Observed with MAXI . . . . . | 93 | S. Nakahira and the MAXI team |
| Suzaku observation of the transient black hole binary XTE J1752-223 . . . . . | 99 | S. Koyama, M. S. Tashiro, Y. Terada, H. Seta, A. Kubota and K. Yamaoka |
| RXTE follow-up observations of new MAXI X-ray sources . . . . . | 103 | K. Yamaoka, R. Allured, P. Kaaret, H. Negoro, M. Nakajima, T. Yamamoto, T. Mihara, M. Morii, M. Sugizaki, M. Serino, S. Nakahira, A. Yoshida, Y. Ueda, N. Kawai, and J. A. Kennea |
| The Optical Aspect of Variability of X-ray Transient MAXI 1659-152 . . . . . | 109 | T. Ohshima, T. Kato, H. Maehara, S. Kiyota |
| X-ray and Near-Infrared Observations of the Black Hole Candidate GX 339-4 . . . . . | 111 | M. Shidatsu, Y. Ueda, F. Tazaki, T. Yoshikawa, T. Nagayama, T. Nagata, N. Oi, K. Yamaoka, H. Takahashi, A. Kubota, J. Cottam, R. Remillard, H. Negoro, and the MAXI team |
| Stability of MRI Turbulent Accretion Disks . . . . . | 117 | H. R. Takahashi, and Y. Masada |
| Observational results of the Galactic X-ray sources with MAXI . . . . . | 123 | M. Ishikawa, S. Nakahira, K. Yamaoka, M. Sugizaki, Y. Ueda, H. Negoro, K. Ebisawa, N. Kawai, M. Matsuoka, H. Tsunemi, A. Daikyuji, S. Eguchi, K. Hiroi, R. Ishiwata, N. Isobe, K. Kawasaki, M. Kimura, M. Kohama, T. Mihara, S. Miyoshi, M. Morii, Y. E. Nakagawa, M. Nakajima, H. Ozawa, T. Sootome, K. Sugimori, M. Suzuki, H. Tomida, S. Ueno, T. Yamamoto, A. Yoshida, and the MAXI team |
| The outbursts era of the microQSO H1743-322 . . . . . | 129 | F. Capitanio, P. Ubertini, A. Tarana, M. Del Santo, P. Persi, and M. Roth |
| Suzaku observations of two Galactic black hole candidates XTE J1752-223 and MAXI J1659-152 triggered by MAXI . . . . . | 135 | K. Yamaoka |
| Global Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of State Transitions in Black Hole Candidates . . . . . | 136 | R. Matsumoto |
| The 7-year view of the accreting X-ray binaries in the Galaxy with INTEGRAL . . . . . | 137 | R.A. Krivonos |
| Monitoring the Galactic Center with the RXTE PCA . . . . . | 138 | C.B. Markwardt |
| Fermi Observations of Galactic Transients . . . . . | 139 | E.A. Hays |
| Multi-band optical monitoring of GRB100925A/MAXI J1659-152 . . . . . | 140 | D. Kuroda |
| Kanata optical photometric and polarimetric observations of MAXI J1659-152 . . . . . | 141 | T. Komatsu |
| Revealing the spectral/temp evolution of Cyg X-1 under Suzaku & MAXI collaboration . . . . . | 142 | S. Torii |
| X-ray spectral variability in the ultraluminous X-ray source Holmberg IX X-1 . . . . . | 143 | K. Vierdayanti |
| Chapter 3. Nova and CV | |
| Recent Progress of Hard X-ray Studies of Classical Novae . . . . . | 147 | M. Tsujimoto, and D. Takei |
| New Results on Stellar Flares Monitored with MAXI/GSC . . . . . | 151 | Y. Tsuboi, K. Yamazaki, A. Uzawa, T. Matsumura, S. Nakahira, M. Nakajima, H. Tomida, S. Ueno, M. Matsuoka, K. Kawasaki, M. Kohama, T. Mihara, M. Sugizaki, M. Suzuki, T. Yamamoto, T. Sootome, N. Kawai, M. Morii, K. Sugimori, H. Tsunemi, M. Kimura, A. Yoshida, K. Yamaoka, H. Negoro, R. Ishiwata, S. Miyoshi, H. Ozawa, Y. Ueda, N. Isobe, S. Eguchi, K. Hiroi, K. Ebisawa, Y. E. Nakagawa, A. Daikyuji, M. Ishikawa, and the MAXI team |
| A giant flare from a weak-lined T Tauri Star TWA-7 detected with MAXI/GSC . . . . . | 155 | A. Uzawa, Y. Tsuboi, M. Morii, M. Matsuoka, K. Yamazaki, T. Matsumura, S. Nakahira, M. Nakajima, H. Tomida, S. Ueno, K. Kawasaki, M. Kohama, T. Mihara, M. Sugizaki, M. Serino, T. Yamamoto, T. Sootome, N. Kawai, K. Sugimori, H. Tsunemi, M. Kimura, A. Yoshida, K. Yamaoka, H. Negoro, H. Ozawa, Y. Ueda, N. Isobe, S. Eguchi, K. Hiroi, K. Ebisawa, Y. E. Nakagawa, A. Daikyuji, M. Ishikawa, and the MAXI team |
| Search for the prompt X-ray emissions at the ignition of the Galactic classical novae . . . . . | 161 | J.Shimanoe, H.Yamaoka, T.Mihara, M.Sugizaki, and M.Serino |
| Suzaku observations of the massive twin star HD159176 . . . . . | 163 | K. Yamazaki, Y. Tsuboi, M. Tsujimoto, K. Koyama |
| Swift observations of novae . . . . . | 166 | J.P. Osborne |
| Chapter 4. Low Mass X-ray Binaries | |
| X-ray bursts and superbursts - recent developments . . . . . | 169 | J. in 't Zand |
| The Fermi-GBM X-ray burst monitor . . . . . | 175 | M. Linares, V. Connaughton, P. Jenke, A. Camero-Arranz, A. J. van der Horst, M. Finger, E. Beklen, C. Wilson-Hodge, C. Kouveliotou, S. Guiriec, D. Chakrabarty |
| Transient low mass X-ray binaries seen by INTEGRAL: the already known sources and the new IGRs . . . . . | 181 | A. Tarana, A. Bazzano, P. Ubertini, F. Capitanio |
| Orbital evolution of the Low Mass X-ray Binaries 4U 1822-37, XTE J1710-281 and MXB 1658-298 . . . . . | 187 | C. Jain, and B. Paul |
| Ginga Observation of a Recurrent Soft X-Ray Transient Source 1RXS J170930.2-263927 . . . . . | 193 | S. Yamauchi |
| Observations of AMSP/bursters . . . . . | 197 | D. Altamirano |
| Pulse-to-pulse variability of accreting pulsars: two regimes of accretion . . . . . | 198 | D. Klochkov |
| LMXBs in their hard state: studies with Suzaku, MAXI, and ASTRO-H . . . . . | 199 | S. Sakurai |
| Chapter 5. High Mass X-ray Binaries and Magnetars | |
| INTEGRAL review of HMXBs: SFXTs . . . . . | 203 | P. Ubertini, A. Bazzano, A. J. Bird, V. Sguera, and L. Sidoli |
| Binary pulsars observed with MAXI . . . . . | 209 | T. Mihara |
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Time Series Analysis of Data With Gaps . . . . . — Correlation Functions of MAXI Time Series — |
211 | J. D. Scargle |
| Revealing the nature of high-mass X-ray binaries through multi-wavelength and statistical analyses . . . . . | 217 | A. Bodaghee, J. A. Tomsick, J. Rodriguez |
| Cyclotron Resonance Feature in the X-ray Spectrum and Pulse Period Variations of GX 304-1 during the Outbursts in 2010 with MAXI/GSC, Suzaku, and RXTE . . . . . | 223 | T. Yamamoto, T. Mihara, M. Nakajima, M. Sugizaki, K. Yamaoka, and M. Matsuoka |
| Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients with Swift: catching outbursts and monitoring programs . . . . . | 229 | P. Romano, J.A. Kennea, D.N. Burrows, V. Mangano, V. La Parola, G. Cusumano, S. Vercellone, P. Esposito, H.A. Krimm, C. Pagani, and N. Gehrels |
| Outburst of LS V +44 17 detected by MAXI, RXTE, Swift . . . . . | 235 | R. Usui, M. Morii, N. Kawai, and the MAXI team |
| Analysis a new activity of the Be X-ray pulsar A 0535+26 . . . . . | 237 | M. Nakajima, on behalf of the MAXI team |
| MAXI observation of Crab pulsar during the gamma-ray flare in September 2010 . . . . . | 241 | M. Morii, N. Kawai, R. Usui, K. Sugimori, M. Sugizaki, T. Mihara, T. Yamamoto, M. Matsuoka, and the MAXI team |
| Discovery of MeV emission from Magnetar , AXP 1E1547.0-5408, with Suzaku Wide-band All-sky Monitor . . . . . | 243 | T. Yasuda, W. Iwakiri, Y. Terada, M. S. Tashiro, T. Enoto, A. Bamba, S. Shibata, Y. E. Nakagawa, K. Makishima, and The Suzaku-WAM team |
| Fermi/GBM monitoring of Accreting pulsars . . . . . | 246 | M.H. Finger |
| New views on accreting X-ray pulsars . . . . . | 247 | A. Santangelo |
| Magnetars, X-ray Pulsars, and Related Objects . . . . . | 248 | K. Makishima |
| Studies s of SFXTs with MAXI and Suzaku . . . . . | 249 | M. Sasano |
| Magnetized Vela X-1 . . . . . | 250 | V. Doroshenko |
| Intenisty and energy dependent profiles of transient HMXB pulsars GRO J1008-57, 1A 1118-61 and GX 304-1 . . . . . | 251 | B. Paul |
| Optical spectroscopic follow-up of the V0332+53 outburst . . . . . | 252 | K. Huang |
| Optical Spectroscopic observations of the Be/X-Ray binary A0535+262/V725 Tau during the giant outburst in 2009 . . . . . | 253 | Y. Moritani |
| Wide band observation of the neutron star X-ray binary GS1826-238 with Suzaku . . . . . | 254 | Y. Nonaka |
| The First MAXI/GSC View of Galactic Magnetars . . . . . | 255 | Y. Nakagawa |
| Attempts toward Understanding the Formation of Magnetars . . . . . | 256 | T. Nakano |
| Chapter 6. GRB | |
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Gamma-ray bursts and short X-ray transients observed by MAXI . . . . . — A summary of the first year — |
259 | M. Serino, A. Yoshida, N. Kawai, Y. E. Nakagawa, and MAXI team |
| The Catalina Real-Time Transient Survey (CRTS) . . . . . | 263 | S.G. Djorgovski, A. J. Drake, A. A. Mahabal, M. J. Graham, C. Donalek, R. Williams, E. C. Beshore, S. M. Larson, J. Prieto, M. Catelan, E. Christensen, R. H. McNaught |
| Subaru Wide-Field Variability Survey . . . . . | 269 | T. Morokuma |
| Optical observations of the very early phase GRB afterglows with MITSuME . . . . . | 273 | Y. Yatsu, H. Nakajima, T. Enomoto, K. Tokoyoda, K. Kawakami, N. Kawai, K. Asano, T. Shimokawabe, Y. A. Mori, H. Endo, D. Kuroda, K. Yanagisawa, M. Yoshida, Y. Shimizu, H. Toda, S. Nagayama, H. Hanayama, and K. Ohta |
| Palomar Transient Factory . . . . . | 277 | S. Kulkarni |
| Prior Emission Model for X-ray Plateau Phase of Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows . . . . . | 278 | R. Yamazaki |
| Chapter 7. Catalogs and Surveys | |
| Extragalactic Survey with MAXI and the First MAXI/GSC Catalog . . . . . | 281 | Y. Ueda, K. Hiroi, N. Isobe, M. Hayashida, and the MAXI team |
| The First MAXI/GSC Catalog in the Extragalactic Sky . . . . . | 283 | K. Hiroi, Y.Ueda, N.Isobe, M.Hayashida, and MAXI team |
| Strongly Variable AGNs Found in the Second XMM-Newton Serendipitous Source Catalogue . . . . . | 285 | N. Kamizasa, Y. Terashima, and H. Awaki |
| The optical spectrum classifications of mid-infrared excess sources found by the AKARI All-SKy Survey . . . . . | 287 | Y. Toba |
| Clustering of AGNs in All-Sky X-ray Surveys . . . . . | 288 | T. Miyaji |
| Chapter 8. AGN | |
| MAXI Observation of Blazars . . . . . | 291 | N. Isobe, and the MAXI team |
| MAXI Light Curves of Non-Blazar Type Active Galactic Nuclei . . . . . | 295 | S. Ueno, T. Mihara, M. Sugizaki, M. Matsuoka, N. Isobe, and MAXI team |
| Quick Follow-up Observation of the Largest X-ray Flare from the TeV blazar Mrk 421 . . . . . | 299 | K. Niinuma, M. Kino, H. Nagai, N. Isobe, K. Hada, K. Asada, S. Koyama, T. Oyama, T. Hara, and N. Kawaguchi |
| The spectral variability of UV-optical continuum emission of Active Galactic Nuclei . . . . . | 303 | T. Miinezaki, Y. Sakata, Y. Yoshii, T. Morokuma, S. Koshida, H. Sameshima, T. Aoki and Y. Kobayashi |
| Intranight Variability of Blazar Mrk180 . . . . . | 307 | A. Aghaee, C. S. Stalin, P. Petitjean, N. Sohrabkhani, M. Sabzi Sarvestani |
| Long-term spectral variavation of 3C 66A with Fermi and Kanata Telescope . . . . . | 311 | R. Itoh, Y. Fukazawa, Kanata Team and the Fermi Large Area Telescope Collaboration |
| Blazar Variability in Flux, Color, and Polarization Observed with the “Kanata” Optical-Near-Infrared Telescope . . . . . | 315 | M. Uemura, Y. Ikejiri, M. Sasada, R. Ito, M. Yamanaka, K. Sakimoto, A. Arai, Y. Fukazawa, T. Ohsugi, K. S. Kawabata, M. Yoshida, S. Sato, and M. Kino |
| Search for Active Galactic Nuclei using AKARI Mid-infrared All-Sky Survey . . . . . | 321 | S. Oyabu, Y. Toba, D. Ishihara, H. Matsuhara, T. Wada, Y. Ohyama, and M. Malkan |
| Fermi results of AGN . . . . . | 326 | G. Madejski |
| Quasi Periodic Oscillations (QPOs) in Blazars on Diverse Time Scales . . . . . | 327 | A. Gupta |
| Interpreting the Suzaku Spectra of MCG_6-30-15 without Invoking a High Black-Hole Spin . . . . . | 328 | H. Noda |
| Fermi LAT observation of exceptionally bright gamma-ray outbursts from 3C 454.3 in 2009 December and 2010 April . . . . . | 329 | Y. Tanaka |
| Chapter 9. Transient Monitoring Programs and Instrumentations | |
| Transient Observations with LSST . . . . . | 333 | L. M. Walkowicz, for the Transients and Variable Stars Science Collaboration |
| The Swift Target of Opportunity Program . . . . . | 337 | D. N. Burrows, J. A. Kennea, J. A. Nousek, and N. Gehrels |
| Swift-BAT all-sky monitoring: transient phenomena with timescales from days to months . . . . . | 341 | G. Cusumano, V. La Parola, A. Segreto, A. Maselli, P. Romano |
| All-sky Observations with Suzaku Wide-band All-sky Monitor and MAXI . . . . . | 345 | M. Ohno, M. Kokubun, T. Takahashi, K. Yamaoka, M. Serino, Y. E. Nakagawa, T. Tamagawa, Y. Fukazawa, T. Uehara, Y. Hanabata, T. Takahashi, S. Sugita, N. Vasquez, Y. Terada, M. Tashiro, S. Hong, W. Iwakiri, K. Takahara, T. Yasuda, N. Ohmori, A. Daikyuji, Y. Nishioka, M. Yamauchi, Y. Urata, P. Tsai, K. Nakazawa, K. Makishima, and the Suzaku-WAM team and MAXI team |
| Optical wide field monitor AROMA-W using multiple digital single-lens reflex cameras . . . . . | 351 | I. Takahashi, K. Tsunashima, T. Takeda, S. Ono, K. Yamaoka, A. Yoshida |
| Korea Array Radio Telescope in the Low Frequency Radio Sky . . . . . | 357 | S.-W. Kim, J.-S. Kim, Y.-S. Park, C. H. Kim, and B. W. Lee |
| The Small Satellite “TSUBAME” for Polarimetry of Gamma-ray Burst . . . . . | 361 | T. Enomoto, K. Kawakami, K. Tokoyoda, T. Toizumi, Y. Yatsu, N. Kawai, S. Matunaga, T. Nakamori, J. Kataoka, and S. Kubo |
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Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor (CGBM) for the CALET Mission on board the ISS(II) . . . . . — Current Development Status — |
365 | Y. Sakauchi, K. Tsunashima, T. Mizushima, T. Yamamoto, T. Hara, H. Yamane, A. Yoshida, K. Yamaoka, S. Nakahira, S. Torii, K. Mori, T. Tamura, H. Tomida, on behalf of CALET team |
| Thomson X-ray Polarimeter for a Small Satellite Mission . . . . . | 371 | P. V. Rishin, B. Paul, M. R. Gopala Krishna, R. Duraichelvan, C. Maitra, C. M. Ateequlla, R. Cowsik, J. Devasia, M. James, G. Rajagopala, H. N. Nagaraja, M. S. Ezhilarasi, P. Sandhya, T. S. Mamatha |
| A Coded-Mask CCD Camera for MAXI-2 . . . . . | 375 | T. Kotani, T. Iguchi, T. Shiraki, K. Yamaoka, A. Yoshida for The MAXI Team |
| ASTROSAT-LAXPC . . . . . | 378 | B. Paul |
| WIDGET: Ultra Bright Optical Transients Search . . . . . | 379 | Y. Urata |
| Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor for the CALET Mission (CGBM) onboard ISS 1: Scientific goal and expected background . . . . . | 380 | T. Mizushima |