The Radiation Belt Monitor (RBM) counts the number of particles falling on MAXI every second, to automatically stop the observation of the gas slit camera (GSC), one of MAXI’s detectors, when it enters a radiation band with a large number of particles. RBM is also a useful sensor for investigating relativistic electron precipitation (REP) events. It can monitor energetic electrons at 1-s time cadence in two perpendicular directions (i.e., both horizontal and vertical directions) at an energy range starting from 300 keV. The RBM data therefore give some information on the pitch angle distribution of REP events at low energy.

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“The MAXI Mission on the ISS: Science and Instruments for Monitoring All-Sky X-Ray Images”, Matsuoka, M. et al., PASJ, 61, 999 (2009) [doi:10.1093/pasj/61.5.999]

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