Galaxies (Aug 2024)
Considerations on Possible Directions for a Wide Band Polarimetry X-ray Mission
- Paolo Soffitta,
- Enrico Costa,
- Nicolas De Angelis,
- Ettore Del Monte,
- Klaus Desch,
- Alessandro Di Marco,
- Giuseppe Di Persio,
- Sergio Fabiani,
- Riccardo Ferrazzoli,
- Markus Gruber,
- Takahashi Hiromitsu,
- Saba Imtiaz,
- Philip Kaaret,
- Jochen Kaminski,
- Dawoon E. Kim,
- Fabian Kislat,
- Henric Krawczynski,
- Fabio La Monaca,
- Carlo Lefevre,
- Hemanth Manikantan,
- Herman L. Marshall,
- Romana Mikusincova,
- Alfredo Morbidini,
- Fabio Muleri,
- Stephen L. O’Dell,
- Takashi Okajima,
- Mark Pearce,
- Vladislavs Plesanovs,
- Brian D. Ramsey,
- Ajay Ratheesh,
- Alda Rubini,
- Shravan Vengalil Menon,
- Martin C. Weisskopf
Affiliations
- Paolo Soffitta
- INAF-Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
- Enrico Costa
- INAF-Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
- Nicolas De Angelis
- INAF-Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
- Ettore Del Monte
- INAF-Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
- Klaus Desch
- Physikalisches Institut, der Universität Bonn, Nussallee 12, 53115 Bonn, Germany
- Alessandro Di Marco
- INAF-Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
- Giuseppe Di Persio
- INAF-Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
- Sergio Fabiani
- INAF-Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
- Riccardo Ferrazzoli
- INAF-Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
- Markus Gruber
- Physikalisches Institut, der Universität Bonn, Nussallee 12, 53115 Bonn, Germany
- Takahashi Hiromitsu
- Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
- Saba Imtiaz
- INAF-Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
- Philip Kaaret
- NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, 320 Sparkman Drive, Huntsville, AL 35805, USA
- Jochen Kaminski
- Physikalisches Institut, der Universität Bonn, Nussallee 12, 53115 Bonn, Germany
- Dawoon E. Kim
- INAF-Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
- Fabian Kislat
- Department of Physics and Astronomy and Space Science Center, University of New Hampshire, Morse Hall, 8 College Rd, Durham, NH 03824, USA
- Henric Krawczynski
- Physics Department, Washington University in Saint Louis, 1 Brookings Dr, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
- Fabio La Monaca
- INAF-Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
- Carlo Lefevre
- INAF-Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
- Hemanth Manikantan
- INAF-Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
- Herman L. Marshall
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
- Romana Mikusincova
- INAF-Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
- Alfredo Morbidini
- INAF-Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
- Fabio Muleri
- INAF-Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
- Stephen L. O’Dell
- NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, 320 Sparkman Drive, Huntsville, AL 35805, USA
- Takashi Okajima
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
- Mark Pearce
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Physics, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
- Vladislavs Plesanovs
- Physikalisches Institut, der Universität Bonn, Nussallee 12, 53115 Bonn, Germany
- Brian D. Ramsey
- NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, 320 Sparkman Drive, Huntsville, AL 35805, USA
- Ajay Ratheesh
- INAF-Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
- Alda Rubini
- INAF-Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
- Shravan Vengalil Menon
- Physics Department, Washington University in Saint Louis, 1 Brookings Dr, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
- Martin C. Weisskopf
- NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, 320 Sparkman Drive, Huntsville, AL 35805, USA
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies12040047
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 4
p. 47
Abstract
The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) has confirmed that X-ray polarimetry is a valuable tool in astronomy, providing critical insights into the emission processes and the geometry of compact objects. IXPE was designed to be sensitive in the 2–8 keV energy range for three primary reasons: (1) celestial X-ray sources are bright within this range, (2) the optics are effective, and (3) most sources across various classes were expected to exhibit some level of polarization. Indeed, IXPE is a great success, and its discoveries are necessitating the revision of many theoretical models for numerous sources. However, one of IXPE’s main limitations is its relatively narrow energy band, coupled with rapidly declining efficiency. In this paper, we will demonstrate the benefits of devising a mission focused on a broader energy band (0.1–79 keV). This approach leverages current technologies that align well with theoretical expectations and builds on the successes of IXPE.
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