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XIPE : The X-ray imaging polarimetry explorer

  • P. Soffitta
  • , R. Bellazzini
  • , E. Bozzo
  • , V. Burwitz
  • , A. J. Castro-Tirado
  • , E. Costa
  • , T. Courvoisier
  • , H. Feng
  • , S. Gburek
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  • , G. Matt
  • , F. Muleri
  • , K. Nandra
  • , M. Pearce
  • , J. Poutanen
  • , V. Reglero
  • , D. Sabau Maria
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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.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSpace Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
EditorsJan-Willem A. den Herder, Tadayuki Takahashi, Marshall Bautz
PublisherSPIE
Number of pages20
Volume9905
ISBN (Electronic)9781510601901
ISBN (Print)9781510601895
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016
MoE publication typeA4 Conference publication
EventSpace Telescopes and Instrumentation: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray - Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Duration: 26 Jun 20161 Jul 2016

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE : the International Society for Optical Engineering
PublisherSPIE, The International Society for Optical Engineering
Number9905
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceSpace Telescopes and Instrumentation
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityEdinburgh
Period26/06/201601/07/2016

Keywords

  • Gas Pixel Detector
  • Polarimetry
  • X-ray Astronomy
  • X-ray optics

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