Instrumentation and Future Missions in the Upcoming Era of X-ray Polarimetry
The maturity of current detectors based on technologies that range from solid state to gases renewed the interest for X-ray polarimetry, raising the enthusiasm of a wide scientific community to improve the performance of polarimeters as well as to produce more detailed theoretical predictions. We wi...
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| description | The maturity of current detectors based on technologies that range from solid state to gases renewed the interest for X-ray polarimetry, raising the enthusiasm of a wide scientific community to improve the performance of polarimeters as well as to produce more detailed theoretical predictions. We will introduce the basic concepts about measuring the polarization of photons, especially in the X-rays, and we will review the current state of the art of polarimeters in a wide energy range from soft to hard X-rays, from solar flares to distant astrophysical sources. We will introduce relevant examples of polarimeters developed from the recent past up to the panorama of upcoming space missions to show how the recent development of the technology is allowing reopening the observational window of X-ray polarimetry. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a279cb6c4f004d86a81f5ca5011f6d3c2022-12-22T00:00:29ZengMDPI AGGalaxies2075-44342018-05-01625410.3390/galaxies6020054galaxies6020054Instrumentation and Future Missions in the Upcoming Era of X-ray PolarimetrySergio Fabiani0INAF-IAPS, via del Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, ItalyThe maturity of current detectors based on technologies that range from solid state to gases renewed the interest for X-ray polarimetry, raising the enthusiasm of a wide scientific community to improve the performance of polarimeters as well as to produce more detailed theoretical predictions. We will introduce the basic concepts about measuring the polarization of photons, especially in the X-rays, and we will review the current state of the art of polarimeters in a wide energy range from soft to hard X-rays, from solar flares to distant astrophysical sources. We will introduce relevant examples of polarimeters developed from the recent past up to the panorama of upcoming space missions to show how the recent development of the technology is allowing reopening the observational window of X-ray polarimetry.http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4434/6/2/54X-ray polarimetryinstrumentationpolarization |
| spellingShingle | Sergio Fabiani Instrumentation and Future Missions in the Upcoming Era of X-ray Polarimetry Galaxies X-ray polarimetry instrumentation polarization |
| title | Instrumentation and Future Missions in the Upcoming Era of X-ray Polarimetry |
| title_full | Instrumentation and Future Missions in the Upcoming Era of X-ray Polarimetry |
| title_fullStr | Instrumentation and Future Missions in the Upcoming Era of X-ray Polarimetry |
| title_full_unstemmed | Instrumentation and Future Missions in the Upcoming Era of X-ray Polarimetry |
| title_short | Instrumentation and Future Missions in the Upcoming Era of X-ray Polarimetry |
| title_sort | instrumentation and future missions in the upcoming era of x ray polarimetry |
| topic | X-ray polarimetry instrumentation polarization |
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