NASA NTRS · 20180006418
The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE): Technical Overview
Abstract
The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) will expand the information space for study of cosmic sources, by adding linear polarization to the properties (time, energy, and position) observed in x-ray astronomy. Selected in 2017 January as a NASA Astrophysics Small Explorer (SMEX) mission, IXPE will be launched into an equatorial orbit in 2021. The IXPE mission will provide scientifically meaningful measurements of the x-ray polarization of a few dozen sources in the 2-8 keV band, including polarization maps of several x-ray-bright extended sources and phase-resolved polarimetry of many bright pulsating x-ray sources.
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O'Dell, Stephen L., Baldini, Luca, Bellazzini, Ronaldo, Costa, Enrico, Elsner, Ronald F., Kaspi, Victoria M., Kolodziejczak, Jeffery J., Latronico, Luca, Marshall, Herman L., Matt, Giorgio, Muleri, Fabio, Ramsey, Brian D., Romani, Roger W., Soffitta, Paolo, Tennant, Allyn F., Weisskopf, Martin C., Allen, D. Zachery, Amici, Fabrizio, Antonelli, L. Angelo, Antoniak, Spencer, Attina, Primo, Bachetti, Matteo, Barbanera, Mattia, Baumgartner, Wayne H., Bladt, Jeff, Bongiorno, Stephen D., Borotto, Fabio, Brez, Alessandro, Brooks, Thomas, Bussinger, Scott, Bygott, H. Kyle, Cavazzuti, Elisabetta, Ceccanti, Marco, Citraro, Saverio, Deininger, William D., Monte, Ettore Del, Dietz, Kurtis L., Lalla, Niccolò Di, Persio, Giuseppe Di, Donnarumma, Immacolata, Erickson, Jennifer, Evangelista, Yuri, Fabiani, Sergio, Ferrazzoli, Riccardo, Foster, Michelle, Giusti, Manuela, Gunji, Shuichi, Guy, Larry, Johnson, Sandra, Kalinowski, William, Kelley, Anthony R., Kilaru, Kiranmayee, Lefevre, Carlo, Maldera, Simone, Manfreda, Alberto, Marengo, Marco, Masciarelli, James, McEachen, Mike, Mereu, Paolo, Minuti, Massimo, Mitchell, Mark A., Mitchell, Scott, Mitsuishi, Ikuyuki, Morbidini, Alfredo, Mosti, Federico, Nasimi, Hikmat, Negri, Barbara, Orsini, Leonardo, Osborne, Darren, Pavelitz, Steven D., Pentz, Christina, Perri, Matteo, Pesce-Rollins, Melissa, Peterson, Colin, Piazzolla, Raffaele, Pieraccini, Stefano, Pilia, Maura, Pinchera, Michele, Puccetti, Simonetta, Ranganathan, Jaganathan, Read, Tim, Rubini, Alda, Santoli, Francesco, Sarra, Paolo, Schindhelm, Sarah, Sciortino, Andrea, Seckar, Chris, Sgr, Carmelo, Smith, Brian T., Spandre, Gloria, Speegle, Chet O., Tamagawa, Toru, Tardiola, Marcello, Tobia, Antonino, Tortosa, Alessia, Trois, Alessio, Weddendorf, Bruce, Wedmore, Jeff, Zanetti, Davide. 2018-06-10. The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE): Technical Overview. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20180006418
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