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Many objects on the sky exhibit a centrosymmetric polarization pattern, particularly in cases involving single scattering around a central source. Utilizing a novel liquid crystal device (the ``theta cell'') that transforms the coordinate…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2009-03-17 Frans Snik

Gaseous X-ray polarimetry refers to a class of detectors used for measuring the polarization of soft X-rays. The systematic effects of such detectors introduce residual modulation, leading to systematic biases in the polarization detection…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-22 Difan Yi , Qian Liu , Hongbang Liu , Fei Xie , Huanbo Feng , Zuke Feng , Jin Li , Enwei Liang , Yangheng Zheng

We present a concept for an imaging gamma-ray polarimeter operating from ~50 MeV to ~1 GeV. Such an instrument would be valuable for the study of high-energy pulsars, active galactic nuclei, supernova remnants, and gamma-ray bursts. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 P. F. Bloser , S. D. Hunter , G. O. Depaola , F. Longo

Context: Observations of polarized emission are a significant source of information on the magnetic field that pervades the Interstellar Medium of the Galaxy. Despite the acknowledged importance of the magnetic field in interstellar…

Tons of space particles enter the Earth atmosphere every year, being detected when they produce fireballs, meteor showers, or when they impact the Earth surface. Particle detection in the showers could also be attempted from space using…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-16 Jennifer López-Viejobueno , Leire Beitia-Antero , Ana I. Gómez de Castro

Using the first station of the Long Wavelength Array (LWA1), we examine polarized pulsar emission between 25 and 88 MHz. Polarized light from pulsars undergoes Faraday rotation as it passes through the magnetized interstellar medium.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-07-01 V. Dike , G. B. Taylor , J. Dowell , K. Stovall

The Chinese Small Telescope ARray (hereinafter CSTAR) is the first Chinese astronomical instrument on the Antarctic ice cap. The low temperature and low pressure testing of the data acquisition system was carried out in a laboratory…

The BLAST Observatory is a proposed superpressure balloon-borne polarimeter designed for a future ultra-long duration balloon campaign from Wanaka, New Zealand. To maximize scientific output while staying within the stringent superpressure…

Some pulsars have their maximum observable energy output in the gamma-ray band, offering the possibility of using these high-energy photons as probes of the particle acceleration and interaction processes in pulsar magnetospheres. After an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 D. J. Thompson

The Active Monitor Box of Electrostatic Risks (AMBER) is a double-head thermal electron and ion electrostatic analyzer (energy range 0-30 keV) that was launched onboard the Jason-3 spacecraft in 2016. The next generation AMBER instrument,…

The CALorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET), launched for installation on the International Space Station (ISS) in August, 2015, has been accumulating scientific data since October, 2015. CALET is intended to perform long-duration…

The POLAR Investigation of the Sun (POLARIS) mission uses a combination of a gravity assist and solar sail propulsion to place a spacecraft in a 0.48 AU circular orbit around the Sun with an inclination of 75 degrees with respect to solar…

Since 2021, the Open Data Portal has provided access to the Pierre Auger Observatory's data for both the scientific community and the general public. The data release process has been in place since the Observatory's foundation. It…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-14 V. Scherini

This work is point of the preparation to the analysis of the PLANCK satellite data. The PLANCK satellite is an ESA mission which has been launched the 14th of may 2009 and is dedicaced to the measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-02-03 L. Fauvet , J. F. Macias-Perez

We report on the concept of an innovative source to produce polarized proton/deuteron beams of a kinetic energy up to several GeV from a laser-driven plasma accelerator. Spin effects have been implemented into the PIC simulation code VLPL…

Optical polarimetry provides information on the geometry of the emitting region, the magnetic field configuration and the properties of dust in astrophysical sources. Current state-of-the-art instruments typically have a small field of view…

Cosmic Microwave Background experiments need to measure polarization properties of the incoming radiation very accurately to achieve their scientific goals. As a result of that, it is necessary to properly characterize these instruments.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-18 Gabriele Coppi , Giulia Conenna , Sofia Savorgnano , Felipe Carrero , Rolando Dünner-Planella , Nicholas Galitzki , Federico Nati , Mario Zannoni

The DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) is a space-based particle detector launched on December 17th, 2015 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (China). The main goals of the DAMPE mission are the study of galactic cosmic rays (CR),…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-09-14 Francesca Alemanno

Polarization is one of the fundamental natures of electromagnetic radiation. The detection of polarization or polarized photons from distant X-ray radiating systems (such as X-ray binaries (XBs), active galactic nuclei (AGN), pulsars, and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-01-01 Arbind Pradhan , Sree Bhattacherjee , Biplob Sarkar