X-ray gamma-ray polarimetry small satellite PolariS

Kiyoshi Hayashida; Daisuke Yonetoku; Shuichi Gunji; Toru Tamagawa; Tatehiro Mihara; Tsunefumi Mizuno; Hiromitsu Takahashi; Tadayasu Dotani; Hidetoshi Kubo; Yoichi Yatsu; Fuyuku Tokanai; Takeshi Nakamori; Shinpei Shibata; Asami Hayato; Akihiro Furuzawa; Yuji Kishimoto; Shunji Kitamoto; Kenji Toma; Masaaki Sadamoto; Keigo Yoshinaga; Juyong Kim; Shunichiro Ide; Fumiyoshi Kamitsukasa; Naohisa Anabuki; Hiroshi Tsunemi; Jun Katagiri; Juri Sugimoto

doi:10.1117/12.2056685

1 August 2014 X-ray gamma-ray polarimetry small satellite PolariS

Kiyoshi Hayashida, Daisuke Yonetoku, Shuichi Gunji, Toru Tamagawa, Tatehiro Mihara, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Tadayasu Dotani, Hidetoshi Kubo, Yoichi Yatsu, Fuyuku Tokanai, Takeshi Nakamori, Shinpei Shibata, Asami Hayato, Akihiro Furuzawa, Yuji Kishimoto, Shunji Kitamoto, Kenji Toma, Masaaki Sadamoto, Keigo Yoshinaga, Juyong Kim, Shunichiro Ide, Fumiyoshi Kamitsukasa, Naohisa Anabuki, Hiroshi Tsunemi, Jun Katagiri, Juri Sugimoto

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Proceedings Volume 9144, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 91440K (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056685
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2014, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Abstract

PolariS (Polarimetry Satellite) is a Japanese small satellite mission dedicated to polarimetry of X-ray and γ-ray sources. The primary aim of the mission is to perform hard X-ray (10-80 keV) polarimetry of sources brighter than 10 mCrab. For this purpose, PolariS employs three hard X-ray telescopes and scattering type imaging polarimeters. PolariS will measure the X-ray polarization for tens of sources including extragalactic ones mostly for the first time. The second purpose of the mission is γ-ray polarimetry of transient sources, such as γ-ray bursts (GRBs). Wide field polarimeters based on similar concept as that used in the IKAROS/GAP but with higher sensitivity will be used, and polarization measurement of 10 GRBs per year is expected.

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Kiyoshi Hayashida, Daisuke Yonetoku, Shuichi Gunji, Toru Tamagawa, Tatehiro Mihara, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Tadayasu Dotani, Hidetoshi Kubo, Yoichi Yatsu, Fuyuku Tokanai, Takeshi Nakamori, Shinpei Shibata, Asami Hayato, Akihiro Furuzawa, Yuji Kishimoto, Shunji Kitamoto, Kenji Toma, Masaaki Sadamoto, Keigo Yoshinaga, Juyong Kim, Shunichiro Ide, Fumiyoshi Kamitsukasa, Naohisa Anabuki, Hiroshi Tsunemi, Jun Katagiri, and Juri Sugimoto "X-ray gamma-ray polarimetry small satellite PolariS", Proc. SPIE 9144, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 91440K (1 August 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056685

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