A photoelectric polarimeter for XEUS: a new window in x-ray sky

Details A photoelectric polarimeter for XEUS: a new window in x-ray sky A photoelectric polarimeter for XEUS: a new window in x-ray sky

2006-09-20

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0609571v1

Proc.SPIE Int.Soc.Opt.Eng. 6266 (2006) 24-31

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

12 pages, 7 figures

Scientific paper

10.1117/12.671693

XEUS is a large area telescope aiming to rise X-ray Astronomy to the level of Optical Astronomy in terms of collecting areas. It will be based on two satellites, locked on a formation flight, one with the optics, one with the focal plane. The present design of the focal plane foresees, as an auxiliary instrument, the inclusion of a Polarimeter based on a Micropattern Chamber. We show how such a device is capable to solve open problems on many classes of High Energy Astrophysics objects and to use X-ray sources as a laboratory for a substantial progress on Fundamental Physics.

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