X-Ray Polarization of Blazars and Jets

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Sep 2011

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American Astronomical Society, HEAD meeting #12, #24.03

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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The field of X-ray polarimetry has been semi-dormant for several decades owing to the lack of sensitive Xray polarimetry missions. The situation will change in 2014 when NASA's GEMS (Gravity and Extreme Magnetism SMEX) mission will be launched. GEMS will be able to probe percent level polarization degrees of 2-10 keV X-rays for mCrab sources. In this contribution, we describe GEMS observations of blazars. We highlight three science investigations and their potential scientific pay-off.

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