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Abstract:

XIPE, the X-ray Imaging Polarimetry Explorer, is a mission dedicated to X-ray Astronomy. At the time of writing XIPE is in a competitive phase A as fourth medium size mission of ESA (M4). It promises to reopen the polarimetry window in high energy Astrophysics after more than 4 decades thanks to a detector that efficiently exploits the photoelectric effect and to X-ray optics with large effective area. XIPE uniqueness is time-spectrally-spatially-resolved X-ray polarimetry as a breakthrough in high energy astrophysics and fundamental physics. Indeed the payload consists of three Gas Pixel Detectors at the focus of three X-ray optics with a total effective area larger than one XMM mirror but with a low weight. The payload is compatible with the fairing of the Vega launcher. XIPE is designed as an observatory for X-ray astronomers with 75 % of the time dedicated to a Guest Observer competitive program and it is organized as a consortium across Europe with main contributions from Italy, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom, Poland, Sweden. © 2016 SPIE.

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Documento: Conferencia
Título:XIPE: The X-ray imaging polarimetry explorer
Autor:Soffitta, P. et al.
Este artículo contiene 426 autores, consultelos en el artículo en formato pdf.
Filiación: Este artículo contiene 426 autores con sus filiaciones, consultelas en el artículo en formato pdf.
Palabras clave:Gas Pixel Detector; Polarimetry; X-ray Astronomy; X-ray optics; Astrophysics; Ellipsometry; Photoelectricity; Pixels; Polarimeters; Readout systems; Space telescopes; X ray analysis; X ray optics; Effective area; Fundamental physics; Large effective areas; Pixel detector; Spatially resolved; United kingdom; X-ray astronomy; X-ray polarimetry; Gamma rays
Año:2016
Volumen:9905
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2233046
Título revista:Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
Título revista abreviado:Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng
ISSN:0277786X
CODEN:PSISD
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_0277786X_v9905_n_p_Soffitta

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(2016) . XIPE: The X-ray imaging polarimetry explorer. Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 9905.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2233046
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Soffitta, P. "XIPE: The X-ray imaging polarimetry explorer" . Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray 9905 (2016).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2233046
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Soffitta, P. "XIPE: The X-ray imaging polarimetry explorer" . Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, vol. 9905, 2016.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2233046
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Soffitta, P. XIPE: The X-ray imaging polarimetry explorer. Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng. 2016;9905.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2233046