2022AJ....164..103D

Query : 2022AJ....164..103D

2022AJ....164..103D - Astron. J., 164, 103 (2022/September-0)

Calibration of the IXPE Focal Plane X-Ray Polarimeters to Polarized Radiation.

DI MARCO A., FABIANI S., LA MONACA F., MULERI F., RANKIN J., SOFFITTA P., XIE F., AMICI F., ATTINA P., BACHETTI M., BALDINI L., BARBANERA M., BAUMGARTNER W., BELLAZZINI R., BOROTTO F., BREZ A., BRIENZA D., CAPORALE C., CARDELLI C., CARPENTIERO R., CASTELLANO S., CASTRONUOVO M., CAVALLI L., CAVAZZUTI E., CECCANTI M., CENTRONE M., CITRARO S., COSTA E., D'ALBA E., D'AMICO F., DEL MONTE E., DI COSIMO S., DI LALLA N., DI PERSIO G., DONNARUMMA I., EVANGELISTA Y., FERRAZZOLI R., LATRONICO L., LEFEVRE C., LOFFREDO P., LORENZI P., LUCCHESI L., MAGAZZU C., MAGAZZU G., MALDERA S., MANFREDA A., MANGRAVITI E., MARENGO M., MATT G., MEREU P., MINUTI M., MORBIDINI A., MOSTI F., NASIMI H., NEGRI B., NUTI A., O'DELL S.L., ORSINI L., PERRI M., PESCE-ROLLINS M., PIAZZOLLA R., PIERACCINI S., PILIA M., PINCHERA M., PROFETI A., PUCCETTI S., RAMSEY B.D., RATHEESH A., RUBINI A., SANTOLI F., SARRA P., SCALISE E., SCIORTINO A., SGRO C., SPANDRE G., TARDIOLA M., TENNANT A.F., TOBIA A., TROIS A., VIMERCATI M., WEISSKOPF M.C., ZANETTI D. and ZANETTI F.

Abstract (from CDS):

The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) is a NASA Small Explorer mission-in partnership with the Italian Space Agency-dedicated to X-ray polarimetry in the 2-8 keV energy band. The IXPE telescope comprises three grazing incidence mirror modules coupled to three detector units hosting each one a Gas Pixel Detector, a gas detector that allows measuring the polarization degree by using the photoelectric effect. A wide and accurate ground calibration was carried out on the IXPE Detector Units at INAF-IAPS, in Italy, where a dedicated facility was setup at this aim. In this paper, we present the results obtained from this calibration campaign to study the IXPE focal plane detector response to polarized radiation. In particular, we report on the modulation factor, which is the main parameter to estimate the sensitivity of a polarimeter.

Abstract Copyright: © 2022. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): X-ray astronomy - Polarimetry

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Number of rows : 2
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA 		ICRS (J2000)
DEC 		Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026 		#notes
1 M 1 SNR 05 34 31.8 +22 01 03           ~ 6516 1
2 V* V818 Sco LXB 16 19 55.0692669024 -15 38 25.017666540 11.60 12.40 11.1     Oev 1730 0

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