XIPE: the x-ray imaging polarimetry explorer
XIPE, the X-ray Imaging Polarimetry Explorer, is a mission dedicated to X-ray Astronomy. At the time of writing XIPE is in a competitive phase A as fourth medium size mission of ESA (M4). It promises to reopen the polarimetry window in high energy Astrophysics after more than 4 decades thanks to a d...
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| author | Grinberg, Victoria Linares Alegret, Manuel Marshall, Herman Schulz, Norbert S. |
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| description | XIPE, the X-ray Imaging Polarimetry Explorer, is a mission dedicated to X-ray Astronomy. At the time of writing XIPE is in a competitive phase A as fourth medium size mission of ESA (M4). It promises to reopen the polarimetry window in high energy Astrophysics after more than 4 decades thanks to a detector that efficiently exploits the photoelectric effect and to X-ray optics with large effective area. XIPE uniqueness is time-spectrally-spatially-resolved X-ray polarimetry as a breakthrough in high energy astrophysics and fundamental physics. Indeed the payload consists of three Gas Pixel Detectors at the focus of three X-ray optics with a total effective area larger than one XMM mirror but with a low weight. The payload is compatible with the fairing of the Vega launcher. XIPE is designed as an observatory for X-ray astronomers with 75 % of the time dedicated to a Guest Observer competitive program and it is organized as a consortium across Europe with main contributions from Italy, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom, Poland, Sweden. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1164022022-09-30T09:43:32Z XIPE: the x-ray imaging polarimetry explorer Grinberg, Victoria Linares Alegret, Manuel Marshall, Herman Schulz, Norbert S. MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research Grinberg, Victoria Linares Alegret, Manuel Marshall, Herman Schulz, Norbert S XIPE, the X-ray Imaging Polarimetry Explorer, is a mission dedicated to X-ray Astronomy. At the time of writing XIPE is in a competitive phase A as fourth medium size mission of ESA (M4). It promises to reopen the polarimetry window in high energy Astrophysics after more than 4 decades thanks to a detector that efficiently exploits the photoelectric effect and to X-ray optics with large effective area. XIPE uniqueness is time-spectrally-spatially-resolved X-ray polarimetry as a breakthrough in high energy astrophysics and fundamental physics. Indeed the payload consists of three Gas Pixel Detectors at the focus of three X-ray optics with a total effective area larger than one XMM mirror but with a low weight. The payload is compatible with the fairing of the Vega launcher. XIPE is designed as an observatory for X-ray astronomers with 75 % of the time dedicated to a Guest Observer competitive program and it is organized as a consortium across Europe with main contributions from Italy, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom, Poland, Sweden. 2018-06-19T14:12:38Z 2018-06-19T14:12:38Z 2016-06 2018-03-16T19:37:57Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/ConferencePaper http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/116402 Soffitta, P., et al. "XIPE: The x-Ray Imaging Polarimetry Explorer." Proceedings Volume 9905, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 26 June - July 1, 2016, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, edited by Jan-Willem A. den Herder et al., 2016, SPIE, p. 990515. © 2016 SPIE https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2538-0188 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6492-1293 http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2233046 Proceedings Volume 9905, 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 | Grinberg, Victoria Linares Alegret, Manuel Marshall, Herman Schulz, Norbert S. XIPE: the x-ray imaging polarimetry explorer |
| title | XIPE: the x-ray imaging polarimetry explorer |
| title_full | XIPE: the x-ray imaging polarimetry explorer |
| title_fullStr | XIPE: the x-ray imaging polarimetry explorer |
| title_full_unstemmed | XIPE: the x-ray imaging polarimetry explorer |
| title_short | XIPE: the x-ray imaging polarimetry explorer |
| title_sort | xipe the x ray imaging polarimetry explorer |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/116402 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2538-0188 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6492-1293 |
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