Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) will expand the information space for study of cosmic sources, by adding linear polarization to the properties (time, energy, and position) observed in x-ray astronomy. Selected in 2017 January as a NASA Astrophysics Small Explorer (SMEX) mission, IXPE will be launched into an equatorial orbit in 2021. The IXPE mission will provide scientifically meaningful measurements of the x-ray polarization of a few dozen sources in the 2-8 keV band, including polarization maps of several x-ray-bright extended sources and phase-resolved polarimetry of many bright pulsating x-ray sources.
Keywords:
Astronomy
Type:
MSFC-E-DAA-TN60040
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SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018; Jun 10, 2018 - Jun 15, 2018; Austin, TX; United States
Format:
application/pdf
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