XIPE: The X-ray imaging polarimetry explorer

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 d...

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Autor principal:	Soffitta, P.
Formato:	CONF
Materias:	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
Acceso en línea:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_0277786X_v9905_n_p_Soffitta
Aporte de:	Biblioteca Digital - Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (UBA) de Universidad de Buenos Aires

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spelling	todo:paper_0277786X_v9905_n_p_Soffitta2023-10-03T15:16:49Z XIPE: The X-ray imaging polarimetry explorer Soffitta, P. 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 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. CONF info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_0277786X_v9905_n_p_Soffitta
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topic	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
spellingShingle	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 Soffitta, P. XIPE: The X-ray imaging polarimetry explorer
topic_facet	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
description	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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title	XIPE: The X-ray imaging polarimetry explorer
title_short	XIPE: The X-ray imaging polarimetry explorer
title_full	XIPE: The X-ray imaging polarimetry explorer
title_fullStr	XIPE: The X-ray imaging polarimetry explorer
title_full_unstemmed	XIPE: The X-ray imaging polarimetry explorer
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XIPE: The X-ray imaging polarimetry explorer

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