The Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE): Pre-Launch
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
2021-12-22 v2
Abstract
Scheduled to launch in late 2021, the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) is a NASA Small Explorer Mission in collaboration with the Italian Space Agency (ASI). The mission will open a new window of investigation - imaging X-ray polarimetry. The observatory features 3 identical telescopes each consisting of a mirror module assembly with a polarization-sensitive imaging X-ray detector at the focus. A coilable boom, deployed on orbit, provides the necessary 4-m focal length. The observatory utilizes a 3-axis-stabilized spacecraft which provides services such as power, attitude determination and control, commanding, and telemetry to the ground. During its 2-year baseline mission, IXPE will conduct precise polarimetry for samples of multiple categories of X-ray sources, with follow-on observations of selected targets.
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@article{arxiv.2112.01269,
title = {The Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE): Pre-Launch},
author = {Martin C. Weisskopf and Paolo Soffitta and Luca Baldini and Brian D. Ramsey and Stephen L. O'Dell and Roger W. Romani and Giorgio Matt and William D. Deininger and Wayne H. Baumgartner and Ronaldo Bellazzini and Enrico Costa and Jeffery J. Kolodziejczak and Luca Latronico and Herman L. Marshall and Fabio Muleri and Stephen D. Bongiorno and Allyn Tennant and Niccolo Bucciantini and Michal Dovciak and Frederic Marin and Alan Marscher and Juri Poutanen and Pat Slane and Roberto Turolla and William Kalinowski and Alessandro Di Marco and Sergio Fabiani and Massimo Minuti and Fabio La Monaca and Michele Pinchera and John Rankin and Carmelo Sgro' and Alessio Trois and Fei Xie and Cheryl Alexander and D. Zachery Allen and Fabrizio Amici and Jason Andersen and Angelo Antonelli and Spencer Antoniak and Primo Attina' and Mattia Barbanera and Matteo Bachetti and Randy M. Baggett and Jeff Bladt and Alessandro Brez and Raffaella Bonino and Christopher Boree and Fabio Borotto and Shawn Breeding and Daniele Brienza and H. Kyle Bygott and Ciro Caporale and Claudia Cardelli and Rita Carpentiero and Simone Castellano and Marco Castronuovo and Luca Cavalli and Elisabetta Cavazzuti and Marco Ceccanti and Mauro Centrone and Saverio Citraro and Fabio D' Amico and Elisa D'Alba and Laura Di Gesu and Ettore Del Monte and Kurtis L. Dietz and Niccolo' Di Lalla and Giuseppe Di Persio and David Dolan and Immacolata Donnarumma and Yuri Evangelista and Kevin Ferrant and Riccardo Ferrazzoli and MacKenzie Ferrie and Joseph Footdale and Brent Forsyth and Michelle Foster and Benjamin Garelick and Shuichi Gunji and Eli Gurnee and Michael Head and Grant Hibbard and Samantha Johnson and Erik Kelly and Kiranmayee Kilaru and Carlo Lefevre and Shelley Le Roy and Pasqualino Loffredo and Paolo Lorenzi and Leonardo Lucchesi and Tyler Maddox and Guido Magazzu and Simone Maldera and Alberto Manfreda and Elio Mangraviti and Marco Marengo and Alessandra Marrocchesi and Francesco Massaro and David Mauger and Jeffrey McCracken and Michael McEachen and Rondal Mize and Paolo Mereu and Scott Mitchell and Ikuyuki Mitsuishi and Alfredo Morbidini and Federico Mosti and Hikmat Nasimi and Barbara Negri and Michela Negro and Toan Nguyen and Isaac Nitschke and Alessio Nuti and Mitch Onizuka and Chiara Oppedisano and Leonardo Orsini and Darren Osborne and Richard Pacheco and Alessandro Paggi and Will Painter and Steven D. Pavelitz and Christina Pentz and Raffaele Piazzolla and Matteo Perri and Melissa Pesce-Rollins and Colin Peterson and Maura Pilia and Alessandro Profeti and Simonetta Puccetti and Jaganathan Ranganathan and Ajay Ratheesh and Lee Reedy and Noah Root and Alda Rubini and Stephanie Ruswick and Javier Sanchez and Paolo Sarra and Francesco Santoli and Emanuele Scalise and Andrea Sciortino and Christopher Schroeder and Tim Seek and Kalie Sosdian and Gloria Spandre and Chet O. Speegle and Toru Tamagawa and Marcello Tardiola and Antonino Tobia and Nicholas E. Thomas and Robert Valerie and Marco Vimercati and Amy L. Walden and Bruce Weddendorf and Jeffrey Wedmore and David Welch and Davide Zanetti and Francesco Zanetti},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2112.01269},
year = {2021}
}