A polarized view of the hot and violent universe

A polarized view of the hot and violent universe

Abstract X-ray polarimetry has long been considered the ‘holy grail’ of X-ray astronomy. Fortunately, after a silence of more than 40 years, the field is now rejuvenating. In fact, an X-ray polarimeter onboard a Cube-sat nano-satellite has been recently successfully operated. IXPE, the...

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Main Authors: Soffitta, Paolo, Bucciantini, Niccolo’, Churazov, Eugene, Costa, Enrico, Dovciak, Michal, Feng, Hua, Heyl, Jeremy, Ingram, Adam, Jahoda, Keith, Kaaret, Philip, Kallman, Timothy, Karas, Vladimir, Khabibullin, Ildar, Krawczynski, Henric, Malzac, Julien, Marin, Frédéric, Marshall, Herman
Other Authors: MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Netherlands 2021
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/136802

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