Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer: prelaunch

C. Weisskopf, Martin; Soffitta, P.; Baldini, L.; D. Ramsey, Brian; L. O’Dell, Stephen; W. Romani, Roger; Matt, G.; D. Deininger, William; H. Baumgartner, W.; Bellazzini, R.; Costa, E.; J. Kolodziejczak, Jeffery; Latronico, L.; L. Marshall, Herman; Muleri, Fabio; D. Bongiorno, Stephen; F. Tennant, Allyn; Bucciantini, N.; Dovčiak, Michal; Marin, Frédéric; P. Marscher, Alan; Poutanen, Juri; Slane, Patrick; Turolla, R.; Kalinowski, William; Di Marco, Alessandro; Fabiani, Sergio; Minuti, M.; La Monaca, Fabio; Pinchera, Michele; Rankin, John; Sgró, C.; Trois, A.; Xie, Fei; D. Alexander, Cheryl; Zachery Allen, D.; Amici, Fabrizio; Andersen, Jason; A. Antonelli, L.; Antoniak, Spencer; Attinà, Primo; Barbanera, M.; Bachetti, Matteo; Baggett, Randy; Bladt, Jeff; Brez, A.; Bonino, R.; Boree, Christopher; Borotto, Fabio; Breeding, Shawn; Brienza, Daniele; Kyle Bygott, H.; Caporale, Ciro; Cardelli, Claudia; Carpentiero, Rita; Castellano, Simone; Castronuovo, Marco; Cavalli, Luca; Cavazzuti, E.; Ceccanti, Marco; Centrone, Mauro; Citraro, Saverio; D’Amico, Fabio; D’Alba, Elisa; Di Gesu, Laura; Del Monte, E.; L. Dietz, Kurtis; Di Lalla, Niccolò; Di Persio, Giuseppe; F. Dolan, David; Donnarumma, I.; Evangelista, Y.; Ferrant, Kevin; Ferrazzoli, Riccardo; Ferrie, MacKenzie; Footdale, Joseph; Forsyth, Brent; Foster, Michelle; Garelick, Benjamin; Gunji, Shuichi; Gurnee, Eli; Head, Michael; Hibbard, Grant; Johnson, Samantha; Kelly, Erik; Kilaru, Kiranmayee; Lefevre, Carlo; Le Roy, Shelley; Loffredo, Pasqualino; Lorenzi, Paolo; Lucchesi, Leonardo; Maddox, Tyler; Magazzu, Guido; Maldera, S.; Manfreda, Alberto; Mangraviti, Elio; Marengo, Marco; Marrocchesi, Alessandra; Massaro, F.; T. Mauger, David; McCracken, Jeffrey; McEachen, Michael; Mize, Rondal; Mereu, Paolo; A. Mitchell, Scott; Mitsuishi, Ikuyuki; Morbidini, Alfredo; Mosti, Federico; Nasimi, Hikmat; Negri, Barbara; Negro, Michela; T. Nguyen, Toan; Nitschke, Isaac; Nuti, Alessio; Onizuka, Mitch; Oppedisano, C.; Orsini, Leonardo; Osborne, Darren; Pacheco, Richard; Paggi, A.; Painter, Will; D. Pavelitz, Steven; Pentz, Christina; Piazzolla, Raffaele; Perri, M.; Pesce-Rollins, M.; Peterson, Colin; Pilia, M.; Profeti, A.; Puccetti, Simonetta; Ranganathan, Jaganathan; Ratheesh, Ajay; Reedy, Lee; Root, Noah; Rubini, Alda; Ruswick, Stephanie; Sánchez, J.; Sarra, Paolo; Santoli, Francesco; Scalise, Emanuele; Sciortino, Andrea; Schroeder, Christopher; Seek, Tim; Sosdian, Kalie; Spandre, G.; O. Speegle, Chet; Tamagawa, Toru; Tardiola, Marcello; Tobia, Antonino; E. Thomas, Nicholas; Valerie, Robert; Vimercati, Marco; L. Walden, Amy; Weddendorf, Bruce; Wedmore, Jeffrey; P Welch, David; Zanetti, Davide; Zanetti, Francesco

doi:10.1117/1.jatis.8.2.026002

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Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer: prelaunch

Published in Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems • Apr 14, 2022

Authors:

Martin C. Weisskopf

P. Soffitta

L. Baldini

Abstract

Launched on 2021 December 9, the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) is a NASA Small Explorer Mission in collaboration with the Italian Space Agency (ASI). The mission will open a new window of investigation—imaging x-ray polarimetry. The observatory features three identical telescopes, each c...

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Polarimetry

Observatory

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