Remembering Yury N. Gnedin at the Dawn of X-ray Polarimetry: Predictions of IXPE Observations of Neutron Stars

NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) was launched in December 2021. It is 100 times more sensitive to polarized X-ray emission than any preceding mission and it is opening a new observational window into high-energy astrophysics. I outline Yury N. Gnedin’s many contributions to understan...

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Main Author: Jeremy Heyl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-01-01
Series:Universe
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1997/8/2/84