The Imaging x-ray polarimetry explorer (IXPE) at last!

Paolo Soffitta; Luca Baldini; Wayne Baumgartner; Ronaldo Bellazzini; Stephen D. Bongiorno; Niccolò Bucciantini; Enrico Costa; Michal Dovčiak; Steven Ehlert; Philip E. Kaaret; Jeffery J. Kolodziejczak; Luca Latronico; Frédéric Marin; Alan P. Marscher; Herman L. Marshall; Giorgio Matt; Fabio Muleri; Stephen L. O'Dell; Juri Poutanen; Brian Ramsey; Roger W. Romani; Patrick Slane; Allyn F. Tennant; Roberto Turolla; Martin C. Weisskopf; Iván Agudo; Lucio Angelo Antonelli; Matteo Bachetti; Stefano Bianchi; Raffaella Bonino; Alessandro Brez; Fiamma Capitanio; Simone Castellano; Elisabetta Cavazzuti; Chiel-Ting Chen; Stefano Ciprini; Alessandra De Rosa; Ettore Del Monte; Laura Di Gesu; Niccolò Di Lalla; Alessandro Di Marco; Immacolata Donnarumma; Victor Doroshenko; Teruaki Enoto; Yuri Evangelista; Sergio Fabiani; Riccardo Ferrazzoli; Javier A. Garcia; Shuichi Gunji; Kiyoshi Hayashida; Jeremy Heyl; Wataru Iwakiri; Svetlana G. Jorstad; Vladimir Karas; Fabian Kislat; Takao Kitaguchi; Henric Krawczynski; Fabio La Monaca; Ioannis Liodakis; Simone Maldera; Alberto Manfreda; Andrea Marinucci; Francesco Massaro; Ikuyuki Mitsuishi; Tsunefumi Mizuno; Michela Negro; C.-Y. Ng; Nicola Omodei; Chiara Oppedisano; Alessandro Papitto; George G. Pavlov; Abel Lawrence Peirson; Matteo Perri; Melissa Pesce-Rollins; Pierre-Olivier Petrucci; Maura Pilia; Andrea Possenti; Simonetta Puccetti; John Rankin; Ajay Ratheesh; Oliver J. Roberts; Carmelo Sgrò; Gloria Spandre; Douglas A. Swartz; Toru Tamagawa; Fabrizio Tavecchio; Roberto Taverna; Yuzuru Tawara; Nicholas E. Thomas; Francesco Tombesi; Alessio Trois; Sergey S. Tsygankov; Jacco Vink; Kinwah Wu; Fei Xie; Silvia Zane

doi:10.1117/12.2677296

5 October 2023 The Imaging x-ray polarimetry explorer (IXPE) at last!

Paolo Soffitta, Luca Baldini, Wayne Baumgartner, Ronaldo Bellazzini, Stephen D. Bongiorno, Niccolò Bucciantini, Enrico Costa, Michal Dovčiak, Steven Ehlert, Philip E. Kaaret, Jeffery J. Kolodziejczak, Luca Latronico, Frédéric Marin, Alan P. Marscher, Herman L. Marshall, Giorgio Matt, Fabio Muleri, Stephen L. O'Dell, Juri Poutanen, Brian Ramsey, Roger W. Romani, Patrick Slane, Allyn F. Tennant, Roberto Turolla, Martin C. Weisskopf, Iván Agudo, Lucio Angelo Antonelli, Matteo Bachetti, Stefano Bianchi, Raffaella Bonino, Alessandro Brez, Fiamma Capitanio, Simone Castellano, Elisabetta Cavazzuti, Chiel-Ting Chen, Stefano Ciprini, Alessandra De Rosa, Ettore Del Monte, Laura Di Gesu, Niccolò Di Lalla, Alessandro Di Marco, Immacolata Donnarumma, Victor Doroshenko, Teruaki Enoto, Yuri Evangelista, Sergio Fabiani, Riccardo Ferrazzoli, Javier A. Garcia, Shuichi Gunji, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Jeremy Heyl, Wataru Iwakiri, Svetlana G. Jorstad, Vladimir Karas, Fabian Kislat, Takao Kitaguchi, Henric Krawczynski, Fabio La Monaca, Ioannis Liodakis, Simone Maldera, Alberto Manfreda, Andrea Marinucci, Francesco Massaro, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Michela Negro, C.-Y. Ng, Nicola Omodei, Chiara Oppedisano, Alessandro Papitto, George G. Pavlov, Abel Lawrence Peirson, Matteo Perri, Melissa Pesce-Rollins, Pierre-Olivier Petrucci, Maura Pilia, Andrea Possenti, Simonetta Puccetti, John Rankin, Ajay Ratheesh, Oliver J. Roberts, Carmelo Sgrò, Gloria Spandre, Douglas A. Swartz, Toru Tamagawa, Fabrizio Tavecchio, Roberto Taverna, Yuzuru Tawara, Nicholas E. Thomas, Francesco Tombesi, Alessio Trois, Sergey S. Tsygankov, Jacco Vink, Kinwah Wu, Fei Xie, Silvia Zane

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Proceedings Volume 12678, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XXIII; 1267803 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2677296
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2023, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

IXPE, the first observatory dedicated to imaging x-ray polarimetry, was launched on Dec 9, 2021 and is operating successfully. A partnership between NASA and the Italian Space Agencey (ASI) IXPE features three x-ray telescopes each comprised of a mirror module assembly with a polarization sensitive detector at its focus. An extending boom was deployed on orbit to provide the necessary 4 m focal length. A three-axis-stabilized spacecraft provides power, attitude determination and control, and commanding. After one year of observation IXPE has measured statistically significant polarization from almost all the classes of celestial sources that emit X-rays. In the following we describe the IXPE mission, reporting on its performance after 1.5 year of operations. We show the main astrophysical results which are outstanding for a SMEX mission.

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Paolo Soffitta, Luca Baldini, Wayne Baumgartner, Ronaldo Bellazzini, Stephen D. Bongiorno, Niccolò Bucciantini, Enrico Costa, Michal Dovčiak, Steven Ehlert, Philip E. Kaaret, Jeffery J. Kolodziejczak, Luca Latronico, Frédéric Marin, Alan P. Marscher, Herman L. Marshall, Giorgio Matt, Fabio Muleri, Stephen L. O'Dell, Juri Poutanen, Brian Ramsey, Roger W. Romani, Patrick Slane, Allyn F. Tennant, Roberto Turolla, Martin C. Weisskopf, Iván Agudo, Lucio Angelo Antonelli, Matteo Bachetti, Stefano Bianchi, Raffaella Bonino, Alessandro Brez, Fiamma Capitanio, Simone Castellano, Elisabetta Cavazzuti, Chiel-Ting Chen, Stefano Ciprini, Alessandra De Rosa, Ettore Del Monte, Laura Di Gesu, Niccolò Di Lalla, Alessandro Di Marco, Immacolata Donnarumma, Victor Doroshenko, Teruaki Enoto, Yuri Evangelista, Sergio Fabiani, Riccardo Ferrazzoli, Javier A. Garcia, Shuichi Gunji, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Jeremy Heyl, Wataru Iwakiri, Svetlana G. Jorstad, Vladimir Karas, Fabian Kislat, Takao Kitaguchi, Henric Krawczynski, Fabio La Monaca, Ioannis Liodakis, Simone Maldera, Alberto Manfreda, Andrea Marinucci, Francesco Massaro, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Michela Negro, C.-Y. Ng, Nicola Omodei, Chiara Oppedisano, Alessandro Papitto, George G. Pavlov, Abel Lawrence Peirson, Matteo Perri, Melissa Pesce-Rollins, Pierre-Olivier Petrucci, Maura Pilia, Andrea Possenti, Simonetta Puccetti, John Rankin, Ajay Ratheesh, Oliver J. Roberts, Carmelo Sgrò, Gloria Spandre, Douglas A. Swartz, Toru Tamagawa, Fabrizio Tavecchio, Roberto Taverna, Yuzuru Tawara, Nicholas E. Thomas, Francesco Tombesi, Alessio Trois, Sergey S. Tsygankov, Jacco Vink, Kinwah Wu, Fei Xie, and Silvia Zane "The Imaging x-ray polarimetry explorer (IXPE) at last!", Proc. SPIE 12678, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XXIII, 1267803 (5 October 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2677296

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