The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE)
The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) expands observation space by simultaneously adding polarization measurements to the array of source properties currently measured (energy, time, and location). IXPE will thus open new dimensions for understanding how X-ray emission is produced in astroph...
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| author | Weisskopf, Martin C. Ramsey, Brian O'Dell, Stephen Tennant, Allyn Elsner, Ronald Soffitta, Paolo Bellazzini, Ronaldo Costa, Enrico Kolodziejczak, Jeffrey Kaspi, Victoria Muleri, Fabio Matt, Giorgio Romani, Roger Marshall, Herman |
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| author_facet | MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research Weisskopf, Martin C. Ramsey, Brian O'Dell, Stephen Tennant, Allyn Elsner, Ronald Soffitta, Paolo Bellazzini, Ronaldo Costa, Enrico Kolodziejczak, Jeffrey Kaspi, Victoria Muleri, Fabio Matt, Giorgio Romani, Roger Marshall, Herman |
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| description | The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) expands observation space by simultaneously adding polarization measurements to the array of 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 systems under extreme physical conditions - such as neutron stars and black holes. Polarization singularly probes physical anisotropies - ordered magnetic fields, aspheric matter distributions, or general relativistic coupling to black-hole spin - that are not otherwise measurable. Hence, IXPE complements all other investigations in high-energy astrophysics by adding important and relatively unexplored information to the parameter space for studying cosmic X-ray sources and processes, as well as for using extreme astrophysical environments as laboratories for fundamental physics. Keywords: X-ray astronomy, X-ray polarimetry, X-ray imaging |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1150782022-10-01T09:17:32Z The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) Weisskopf, Martin C. Ramsey, Brian O'Dell, Stephen Tennant, Allyn Elsner, Ronald Soffitta, Paolo Bellazzini, Ronaldo Costa, Enrico Kolodziejczak, Jeffrey Kaspi, Victoria Muleri, Fabio Matt, Giorgio Romani, Roger Marshall, Herman MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research Marshall, Herman The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) expands observation space by simultaneously adding polarization measurements to the array of 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 systems under extreme physical conditions - such as neutron stars and black holes. Polarization singularly probes physical anisotropies - ordered magnetic fields, aspheric matter distributions, or general relativistic coupling to black-hole spin - that are not otherwise measurable. Hence, IXPE complements all other investigations in high-energy astrophysics by adding important and relatively unexplored information to the parameter space for studying cosmic X-ray sources and processes, as well as for using extreme astrophysical environments as laboratories for fundamental physics. Keywords: X-ray astronomy, X-ray polarimetry, X-ray imaging 2018-04-30T13:27:54Z 2018-04-30T13:27:54Z 2016-07 2016-07 2018-03-16T18:42:19Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/ConferencePaper 0277-786X 1996-756X http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/115078 Weisskopf, Martin C. et al. “The Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE).” Edited by Jan-Willem A. den Herder, Tadayuki Takahashi, and Marshall Bautz. Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, July 2016, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, SPIE, July 2016 © 2016 SPIE http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2235240 Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf SPIE SPIE |
| spellingShingle | Weisskopf, Martin C. Ramsey, Brian O'Dell, Stephen Tennant, Allyn Elsner, Ronald Soffitta, Paolo Bellazzini, Ronaldo Costa, Enrico Kolodziejczak, Jeffrey Kaspi, Victoria Muleri, Fabio Matt, Giorgio Romani, Roger Marshall, Herman The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) |
| title | The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) |
| title_full | The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) |
| title_fullStr | The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) |
| title_short | The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) |
| title_sort | imaging x ray polarimetry explorer ixpe |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/115078 |
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