The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE)

oleh: Martin C. Weisskopf, Brian Ramsey, Stephen L. O’Dell, Allyn Tennant, Ronald Elsner, Paolo Soffita, Ronaldo Bellazzini, Enrico Costa, Jeffery Kolodziejczak, Victoria Kaspi, Fabio Mulieri, Herman Marshall, Giorgio Matt, Roger Romani

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Elsevier 2016-01-01

Deskripsi

The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) expands observation space by simultaneously adding polarization to the array of X-ray 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 in systems under extreme physical conditions. Keywords: X-ray astronomy, X-ray polarimetry, X-ray imaging