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%B Proceedings of the "The X-ray Universe 2005
%C Noordwijk
%P 245-246
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%X The Monitor e Imageador de Raios-X (MIRAX) is a small (~250 kg) X-ray astronomy satellite mission designed to monitor the central Galactic plane for transient phenomena. With a field-of-view of ~1000 square degrees and an angular resolution of ~6 arcmin, MIRAX will provide an unprecedented discovery-space coverage to study X-ray variability in detail, from fast X-ray novae to long-term (~several months) variable phenomena. MIRAXs instruments will include a soft X-ray (2-18 keV) and two hard X-ray (10-200 keV) coded-aperture imagers, with sensitivities of ~5 and ~2.6 mCrab/day, respectively. MIRAX is an approved mission of the Brazilian Space Agency (Agncia Espacial Brasileira - AEB) and is scheduled to be launched in 2011 in a low-altitude (~550 km) circular equatorial orbit. In this paper we present recent developments in the mission planning and design, as well as Monte Carlo simulations of the instrumental background performed using the GEANT-based MGGPOD package.
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%@affiliation Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)
%@affiliation Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)
%@affiliation Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)
%@affiliation Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)
%@affiliation University of California San Diego (UCSD)
%@affiliation Space Research Organization Netherlands (SRON)
%@affiliation Space Research Organization Netherlands (SRON)
%@affiliation Institut f¨ur Astronomie und Astrophysik (IAAT)
%@affiliation Institut f¨ur Astronomie und Astrophysik (IAAT)
%@affiliation University of Warwick
%@affiliation Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
%@affiliation Integral Science Operations Centre (ISOC)
%@affiliation Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
%I ESA
%D 2006
%A Braga, João,
%A Mejía Cabeza, Jorge,
%A D' Amico, Flavio,
%A Jablonski, Francisco José,
%A Rothschild, R. E,
%A Heise, J.,
%A Zand, J.,
%A Staubert, R.,
%A Kendziorra, E.,
%A Wilms, J.,
%A Remillard, R.,
%A Kuulkers, E.,
%A Janot Pacheco, E.,
%@area CEA
%T The MIRAX X-ray transient mission: recent developments
%@electronicmailaddress joao.braga@inpe.br
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%@electronicmailaddress flavio.damico@inpe.br
%@electronicmailaddress chico@das.inpe.br
%@versiontype finaldraft
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%@dissemination NTRSNASA; BNDEPOSITOLEGAL.
%E Wilson, A.,
%@isbn 92-9092-915-4
%K x-ray.
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