The Stellar X-Ray Polarimeter

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May 1996

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996aas...188.5701t&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, 188th AAS Meeting, #57.01; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 28, p.912

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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The Stellar X-Ray Polarimeter (SXRP) will provide an order of magnitude increase in sensitivity compared to previous astronomical x-ray polarimeters. The SXRP uses a graphite Bragg crystal and a lithium Thomson scattering target as polarization analyzers and is sensitive in an energy band from 2.6 to 15 keV. Candidate targets include binary x-ray pulsars, supernova remnants, and accretion disk sources including black hole candidates and soft x-ray transients. Measurement of the x-ray polarization of these sources will provide unique information not obtainable from timing or spectroscopy. For example, SXRP observations of accreting x-ray pulsars will definitely determine the accretion geometry. The SXRP will be launched on the Russian Spectrum-X-Gamma mission, currently scheduled for late 1997.

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