2025ApJ...993..173D


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2025ApJ...993..173D - Astrophys. J., 993, 173 (2025/November-2)

Advanced Weights for IXPE Polarization Analysis.

DINSMORE J.T. and ROMANI R.W.

Abstract (from CDS):

As the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) measures increasingly faint sources, the need for precise polarimetry extraction becomes paramount. In addition to previously described neural-net weights, we introduce here point-spread function weights and particle background weights, which can be critical for faint sources. In some cases these can be augmented by time/phase and energy weights. We provide a publicly available analysis tool to incorporate these new weights, validate our method on simulated data, and test it on archival IXPE observations. Together these weights decrease the area of the polarization uncertainty contour by a factor of 2 compared to baseline IXPE analysis and will be essential for background-limited IXPE observations.

Abstract Copyright: © 2025. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): Polarimetry - Pulsars - X-ray astronomy - Astrostatistics techniques - Gamma-ray bursts

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Number of rows : 3
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026
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1 V* CM Tau Psr 05 34 31.9474694616 +22 00 52.153698024           ~ 5476 0
2 PSR B0540-69 Psr 05 40 11.2000490438 -69 19 54.198559829           ~ 976 3
3 GRB 221009A gB 19 13 03.85 +19 46 22.7           ~ 433 0

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