The Gravity and Extreme Magnetism Small Expolorer Mission

Details The Gravity and Extreme Magnetism Small Expolorer Mission The Gravity and Extreme Magnetism Small Expolorer Mission

Jan 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011aas...21725442k&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #217, #254.42; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Scientific paper

Polarization is an inherently geometric quantity and provides information on source geometry inaccessible via spectroscopy or timing. To date, there have been reliable detections of X-ray polarization from only one object outside the solar system (the Crab nebula). Recent development of photoelectric polarimetry makes it possible to perform sensitive X-ray polarimetry with a modest mission. GEMS was recently selected by NASA to be the 13th Small Explorer mission with launch planned for 2014. GEMS will be 100× more sensitive than any previously flown X-ray polarimeter and should provide useful polarization measurements for dozens of sources, to lower than predicted levels. GEMS will lead to new insights into the nature of accreting black holes, highly magnetized neutron stars, and supernova remnants.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

The Gravity and Extreme Magnetism Small Expolorer Mission does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with The Gravity and Extreme Magnetism Small Expolorer Mission, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and The Gravity and Extreme Magnetism Small Expolorer Mission will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1399836