The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE)

Martin C. Weisskopf; Brian Ramsey; Stephen L. O’Dell; Allyn Tennant; Ronald Elsner; Paolo Soffita; Ronaldo Bellazzini; Enrico Costa; Jeffery Kolodziejczak; Victoria Kaspi; Fabio Mulieri; Herman Marshall; Giorgio Matt; Roger Romani

Results in Physics (Jan 2016)

The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE)

Martin C. Weisskopf,
Brian Ramsey,
Stephen L. O’Dell,
Allyn Tennant,
Ronald Elsner,
Paolo Soffita,
Ronaldo Bellazzini,
Enrico Costa,
Jeffery Kolodziejczak,
Victoria Kaspi,
Fabio Mulieri,
Herman Marshall,
Giorgio Matt,
Roger Romani

Affiliations

Martin C. Weisskopf: NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, ZP12, Huntsville, AL 35812, USA; Corresponding author at: NASA/MSFC/ZP12, 320 Sparkman Drive, Huntsville, AL 35805, USA.
Brian Ramsey: NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, ZP12, Huntsville, AL 35812, USA
Stephen L. O’Dell: NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, ZP12, Huntsville, AL 35812, USA
Allyn Tennant: NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, ZP12, Huntsville, AL 35812, USA
Ronald Elsner: NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, ZP12, Huntsville, AL 35812, USA
Paolo Soffita: IAPS/INAF, Rome 00133, Italy
Ronaldo Bellazzini: INFN-Pisa, Pisa 56127, Italy
Enrico Costa: IAPS/INAF, Rome 00133, Italy
Jeffery Kolodziejczak: NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, ZP12, Huntsville, AL 35812, USA
Victoria Kaspi: McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0G4, Canada
Fabio Mulieri: IAPS/INAF, Rome 00133, Italy
Herman Marshall: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Giorgio Matt: University Roma Tre, Rome 00154, Italy
Roger Romani: Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6
pp. 1179 – 1180

Abstract

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The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) expands observation space by simultaneously adding polarization to the array of X-ray source properties currently measured (energy, time, and location). IXPE will thus open new dimensions for understanding how X-ray emission is produced in astrophysical objects, especially in systems under extreme physical conditions. Keywords: X-ray astronomy, X-ray polarimetry, X-ray imaging

Published in Results in Physics

ISSN: 2211-3797 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Science: Physics
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