An Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Mission

Details An Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Mission An Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Mission

Mar 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008head...10.2818w&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, HEAD meeting #10, #28.18

Physics

Optics

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Technical progress both in x-ray optics and in polarization-sensitive x-ray detectors, which our groups have pioneered, enables a scientifically powerful --- yet inexpensive --- dedicated mission for imaging x-ray polarimetry. Such a mission is sufficiently sensitive to measure x-ray (linear) polarization for a broad range of cosmic sources --- particularly those involving neutron stars, stellar black holes, and supermassive black holes (active galactic nuclei). We describe the technical elements, discuss a mission concept, and synopsize the important physical and astrophysical questions such a mission would address.

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