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Description
MAXI has discovered 35 new X-ray transients since 2009. Sources in source-crowded regions such as the Galactic bulge regions, however, have not been investigated intensively because of relatively low spatial resolution (~ 1 deg) X-ray cameras. We are therefore trying to discover X-ray novae and other transient objects by creating light curves at regions around the Galactic bulge at equal intervals using more than 15 years MAXI data. We are also developing the system to produce light curves based on an image fit method by Morii, M., et al. (2016, PASJ, 68, S11). The new system takes account of an asymmetric point spread function of the Gas-Slit Cameras for oblique incident X-rays. As a result, we can obtain 10-20 keV light curves in addition to improved 2-4 keV and 4-10 keV ones. We will show some examples of the best MAXI light curves ever obtained, and some results of new source findings.
