TY - GEN
T1 - An imaging x-ray polarimeter for the study of galactic and extragalactic x-ray sources
AU - Weisskopf, Martin C.
AU - Bellazzini, Ronaldo
AU - Costa, Enrico
AU - Ramsey, Brian D.
AU - O'Dell, Stephen L.
AU - Elsner, Ronald F.
AU - Tennant, Allyn F.
AU - Pavlov, George
AU - Matt, Giorgio
AU - Kaspi, Victoria M.
AU - Coppi, Paolo S.
AU - Wu, Kinwah
AU - Siegmund, Oswald H.W.
AU - Zavlin, Vyacheslav E.
PY - 2008/12/1
Y1 - 2008/12/1
N2 - Technical progress in X-ray optics and in polarization-sensitive X-ray detectors, which our groups pioneered, enables a scientifically powerful, dedicated space mission for imaging X-ray polarimetry. This mission is sufficiently sensitive to measure X-ray (linear) polarization for a broad range of cosmic sources-primarily those involving neutron stars, stellar black holes, and supermassive black holes (active galactic nuclei). We describe the technical basis, the mission concept, and the physical and astrophysical questions such a mission would address.
AB - Technical progress in X-ray optics and in polarization-sensitive X-ray detectors, which our groups pioneered, enables a scientifically powerful, dedicated space mission for imaging X-ray polarimetry. This mission is sufficiently sensitive to measure X-ray (linear) polarization for a broad range of cosmic sources-primarily those involving neutron stars, stellar black holes, and supermassive black holes (active galactic nuclei). We describe the technical basis, the mission concept, and the physical and astrophysical questions such a mission would address.
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U2 - 10.1117/12.788184
DO - 10.1117/12.788184
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:70249144739
SN - 9780819472212
T3 - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
BT - Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2008
T2 - Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2008: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
Y2 - 23 June 2008 through 28 June 2008
ER -