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X-ray synchrotron radiation is expected to be highly polarized. Thanks to the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE), it is now possible to evaluate the degree of X-ray polarization in sources such as supernova remnants (SNRs). Jointly…
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics
2025-04-10
Alessandra Mercuri , Emanuele Greco , Jacco Vink , Riccardo Ferrazzoli , Silvia Perri
Supernova remnants are commonly considered to produce most of the Galactic cosmic rays via diffusive shock acceleration. However, many questions about the physical conditions at shock fronts, such as the magnetic-field morphology close to…
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics
2023-03-09
Riccardo Ferrazzoli , Patrick Slane , Dmitry Prokhorov , Ping Zhou , Jacco Vink , Niccolò Bucciantini , Enrico Costa , Niccolò Di Lalla , Alessandro Di Marco , Paolo Soffitta , Martin C. Weisskopf , Kazunori Asakura , Luca Baldini , Jeremy Heyl , Philip E. Kaaret , Frédéric Marin , Tsunefumi Mizuno , C. -Y. Ng , Melissa Pesce-Rollins , Stefano Silvestri , Carmelo Sgrò , Douglas A. Swartz , Toru Tamagawa , Yi-Jung Yang , Iván Agudo , Lucio A. Antonelli , Matteo Bachetti , Wayne H. Baumgartner , Ronaldo Bellazzini , Stefano Bianchi , Stephen D. Bongiorno , Raffaella Bonino , Alessandro Brez , Fiamma Capitanio , Simone Castellano , Elisabetta Cavazzuti , Chien-Ting Chen , Stefano Ciprini , Alessandra De Rosa , Ettore Del Monte , Laura Di Gesu , Immacolata Donnarumma , Victor Doroshenko , Michal Dovčiak , Steven R. Ehlert , Teruaki Enoto , Yuri Evangelista , Sergio Fabiani , Javier A. Garcia , Shuichi Gunji , Kiyoshi Hayashida , Wataru Iwakiri , Svetlana G. Jorstad , Fabian Kislat , Vladimir Karas , Takao Kitaguchi , Jeffery J. Kolodziejczak , Henric Krawczynski , Fabio La Monaca , Luca Latronico , Ioannis Liodakis , Simone Maldera , Alberto Manfreda , Andrea Marinucci , Alan P. Marscher , Herman L. Marshall , Giorgio Matt , Ikuyuki Mitsuishi , Fabio Muleri , Michela Negro , Stephen L. O'Dell , Nicola Omodei , Chiara Oppedisano , Alessandro Papitto , George G. Pavlov , Abel L. Peirson , Matteo Perri , Pierre-Olivier Petrucci , Maura Pilia , Andrea Possenti , Juri Poutanen , Simonetta Puccetti , Brian D. Ramsey , John Rankin , Ajay Ratheesh , Oliver Roberts , Roger W. Romani , Gloria Spandre , Fabrizio Tavecchio , Roberto Taverna , Yuzuru Tawara , Allyn F. Tennant , Nicholas E. Thomas , Francesco Tombesi , Alessio Trois , Sergey S. Tsygankov , Roberto Turolla , Kinwah Wu , Fei Xie , Silvia Zane
X-ray polarization observations of IC 4329A with IXPE: Constraining the geometry of the X-ray corona
X-ray polarimetry is a powerful tool to probe the geometry of the hot X-ray corona in active galactic nuclei (AGN). Here, we present our results on the characterisation of the X-ray polarization of the radio-quiet Seyfert-type AGN IC 4329A…
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics
2023-05-17
Indrani Pal , C. S. Stalin , Rwitika Chatterjee , Vivek K. Agrawal
We present measurements of the polarization of X-rays in the $2-8 \thinspace \mathrm{keV}$ band from the nucleus of the radio galaxy Centaurus A (Cen A), using a 100ks observation from the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE). Nearly…
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics
2022-08-31
Steven R. Ehlert , Riccardo Ferrazzoli , Andrea Marinucci , Herman L. Marshall , Riccardo Middei , Luigi Pacciani , Matteo Perri , Pierre-Olivier Petrucci , Simonetta Puccetti , Thibault Barnouin , Stefano Bianchi , Ioannis Liodakis , Grzegorz Madejski , Fréderic Marin , Alan P. Marscher , Giorgio Matt , Juri Poutanen , Kinwah Wu , Iván Agudo , Lucio A. Antonelli , Matteo Bachetti , Luca Baldini , Wayne H. Baumgartner , Ronaldo Bellazzini , Stephen D. Bongiorno , Raffaella Bonino , Alessandro Brez , Niccolò Bucciantini , Fiamma Capitanio , Simone Castellano , Elisabetta Cavazzuti , Stefano Ciprini , Enrico Costa , Alessandra De Rosa , Ettore Del Monte , Laura Di Gesu , Niccolò Di Lalla , Alessandro Di Marco , Immacolata Donnarumma , Victor Doroshenko , Michal Dovčiak , Teruaki Enoto , Yuri Evangelista , Sergio Fabiani , Javier A. Garcia , Shuichi Gunji , Kiyoshi Hayashida , Jeremy Heyl , Wataru Iwakiri , Svetlana G. Jorstad , Vladimir Karas , Takao Kitaguchi , Jeffery J. Kolodziejczak , Henric Krawczynski , Fabio La Monaca , Luca Latronico , Simone Maldera , Alberto Manfreda , Francesco Massaro , Ikuyuki Mitsuishi , Tsunefumi Mizuno , Fabio Muleri , Michela Negro , C. -Y. Ng , Stephen L. O'Dell , Nicola Omodei , Chiara Oppedisano , Alessandro Papitto , George G. Pavlov , Abel L. Peirson , Melissa Pesce-Rollins , Maura Pilia , Andrea Possenti , Brian D. Ramsey , John Rankin , Ajay Ratheesh , Roger W. Romani , Carmelo Sgrò , Patrick Slane , Paolo Soffitta , Gloria Spandre , Toru Tamagawa , Fabrizio Tavecchio , Roberto Taverna , Yuzuru Tawara , Allyn F. Tennant , Nicholas E. Thomas , Francesco Tombesi , Alessio Trois , Sergey Tsygankov , Roberto Turolla , Jacco Vink , Martin C. Weisskopf , Fei Xie , Silvia Zane , James Rodi , Elisabeth Jourdain , Jean-Pierre Roques
Supernova remnants (SNRs) provide insights into cosmic-ray acceleration and magnetic field dynamics at shock fronts. Recent X-ray polarimetric measurements by the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) have revealed radial magnetic…
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics
2024-06-11
Riccardo Ferrazzoli , Dmitry Prokhorov , Niccolò Bucciantini , Patrick Slane , Jacco Vink , Martina Cardillo , Yi-Jung Yang , Stefano Silvestri , Ping Zhou , Enrico Costa , Nicola Omodei , C. -Y. Ng , Paolo Soffitta , Martin C. Weisskopf , Luca Baldini , Alessandro Di Marco , Victor Doroshenko , Jeremy Heyl , Philip Kaaret , Dawoon E. Kim , Frédéric Marin , Tsunefumi Mizuno , Melissa Pesce-Rollins , Carmelo Sgrò , Douglas A. Swartz , Toru Tamagawa , Fei Xie , Iván Agudo , Lucio A. Antonelli , Matteo Bachetti , Wayne H. Baumgartner , Ronaldo Bellazzini , Stefano Bianchi , Stephen D. Bongiorno , Raffaella Bonino , Alessandro Brez , Fiamma Capitanio , Simone Castellano , Elisabetta Cavazzuti , Chien-Ting Chen , Stefano Ciprini , Alessandra De Rosa , Ettore Del Monte , Laura Di Gesu , Niccolò Di Lalla , Immacolata Donnarumma , Michal Dovčiak , Steven R. Ehlert , Teruaki Enoto , Yuri Evangelista , Sergio Fabiani , Javier A. Garcia , Shuichi Gunji , Kiyoshi Hayashida , Wataru Iwakiri , Svetlana G. Jorstad , Vladimir Karas , Fabian Kislat , Takao Kitaguchi , Jeffery J. Kolodziejczak , Henric Krawczynski , Fabio La Monaca , Luca Latronico , Ioannis Liodakis , Simone Maldera , Alberto Manfreda , Andrea Marinucci , Alan P. Marscher , Herman L. Marshall , Francesco Massaro , Giorgio Matt , Ikuyuki Mitsuishi , Fabio Muleri , Michela Negro , Stephen L. O'Dell , Chiara Oppedisano , Alessandro Papitto , George G. Pavlov , Abel L. Peirson , Matteo Perri , Pierre-Olivier Petrucci , Maura Pilia , Andrea Possenti , Juri Poutanen , Simonetta Puccetti , Brian D. Ramsey , John Rankin , Ajay Ratheesh , Oliver J. Roberts , Roger W. Romani , Gloria Spandre , Fabrizio Tavecchio , Roberto Taverna , Yuzuru Tawara , Allyn F. Tennant , Nicholas E. Thomas , Francesco Tombesi , Alessio Trois , Sergey S. Tsygankov , Roberto Turolla , Kinwah Wu , Silvia Zane
We report the discovery of polarized flux at 2.2 micron from the bright shell of the approximately 320 year old supernova remnant Cas A. The fractional polarizations are comparable at 6 cm and 2.2 micron, and the polarization angles are…
Synchrotron emission from the shocked regions in supernova remnants provides, through its polarization, crucial details about the magnetic field strength and orientation in these regions. This, in turn, provides information on particle…
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics
2024-10-07
Patrick Slane , Riccardo Ferrazzoli , Ping Zhou , Jacco Vink
We report on the discovery of polarized X-ray emission from an accreting millisecond pulsar. During a 10-day-long coverage of the February 2024 outburst of SRGA J144459.2-604207, the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) detected an…
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics
2025-02-05
Alessandro Papitto , Alessandro Di Marco , Juri Poutanen , Tuomo Salmi , Giulia Illiano , Fabio La Monaca , Filippo Ambrosino , Anna Bobrikova , Maria Cristina Baglio , Caterina Ballocco , Luciano Burderi , Sergio Campana , Francesco Coti Zelati , Tiziana Di Salvo , Riccardo La Placa , Vladislav Loktev , Sinan Long , Christian Malacaria , Arianna Miraval Zanon , Mason Ng , Maura Pilia , Andrea Sanna , Luigi Stella , Tod Strohmayer , Silvia Zane
We report on the first detection of linearly polarized x-ray emission from an ultra-magnetized neutron star with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE). The IXPE 35 observations of the anomalous x-ray pulsar 4U 0142+61 reveal a…
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics
2022-11-30
Roberto Taverna , Roberto Turolla , Fabio Muleri , Jeremy Heyl , Silvia Zane , Luca Baldini , Denis González Caniulef , Matteo Bachetti , John Rankin , Ilaria Caiazzo , Niccolò Di Lalla , Victor Doroshenko , Manel Errando , Ephraim Gau , Demet Kırmızıbayrak , Henric Krawczynski , Michela Negro , Mason Ng , Nicola Omodei , Toru Tamagawa , Keisuke Uchiyama , Martin C. Weisskopf , Ivan Agudo , Lucio A. Antonelli , Wayne H. Baumgartner , Ronaldo Bellazzini , Stefano Bianchi , Stephen D. Bongiorno , Raffaella Bonino , Alessandro Brez , Niccolò Bucciantini , Fiamma Capitanio , Simone Castellano , Elisabetta Cavazzuti , Stefano Ciprini , Enrico Costa , Alessandra De Rosa , Ettore Del Monte , Laura Di Gesu , Alessandro Di Marco , Immacolata Donnarumma , Michal Dovčiak , Steven R. Ehlert , Teruaki Enoto , Yuri Evangelista , Sergio Fabiani , Riccardo Ferrazzoli , Javier A. Garcia , Shuichi Gunji , Kiyoshi Hayashida , Wataru Iwakiri , Svetlana G. Jorstad , Vladimir Karas , Takao Kitaguchi , Jeffery J. Kolodziejczak , Fabio La Monaca , Luca Latronico , Ioannis Liodakis , Simone Maldera , Alberto Manfreda , Frédéric Marin , Andrea Marinucci , Alan P. Marscher , Herman L. Marshall , Giorgio Matt , Ikuyuki Mitsuishi , Tsunefumi Mizuno , Stephen C. -Y. Ng , Stephen L. O'Dell , Chiara Oppedisano , Alessandro Papitto , George G. Pavlov , Abel L. Peirson , Matteo Perri , Melissa Pesce-Rollins , Maura Pilia , Andrea Possenti , Juri Poutanen , Simonetta Puccetti , Brian D. Ramsey , Ajay Ratheesh , Roger W. Romani , Carmelo Sgrò , Patrick Slane , Paolo Soffitta , Gloria Spandre , Fabrizio Tavecchio , Yuzuru Tawara , Allyn F. Tennant , Nicolas E. Thomas , Francesco Tombesi , Alessio Trois , Sergey Tsygankov , Jacco Vink , Kinwah Wu , Fei Xie
We present an X-ray spectro-polarimetric analysis of the bright Seyfert galaxy IC 4329A. The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) observed the source for ~500 ks, supported by XMM-Newton (~60 ks) and NuSTAR (~80 ks) exposures. We…
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics
2023-08-31
A. Ingram , M. Ewing , A. Marinucci , D. Tagliacozzo , D. J. Rosario , A. Veledina , D. E. Kim , F. Marin , S. Bianchi , J. Poutanen , G. Matt , H. L. Marshall , F. Ursini , A. De Rosa , P-O. Petrucci , G. Madejski , T. Barnouin , L. Di Gesu , M. Dovvciak , V. E. Gianolli , H. Krawczynski , V. Loktev , R. Middei , J. Podgorny , S. Puccetti , A. Ratheesh , P. Soffitta , F. Tombesi , S. R. Ehlert , F. Massaro , I. Agudo , L. A. Antonelli , M. Bachetti , L. Baldini , W. H. Baumgartner , R. Bellazzini , S. D. Bongiorno , R. Bonino , A. Brez , N. Bucciantini , F. Capitanio , S. Castellano , E. Cavazzuti , C. -T. Chen , S. Ciprini , E. Costa , E. Del Monte , N. Di Lalla , A. Di Marco , I. Donnarumma , V. Doroshenko , T. Enoto , Y. Evangelista , S. Fabiani , R. Ferrazzoli , J. A. Garcia , S. Gunji , J. Heyl , W. Iwakiri , S. G. Jorstad , P. Kaaret , V. Karas , F. Kislat , T. Kitaguchi , J. J. Kolodziejczak , F. La Monaca , L. Latronico , I. Liodakis , S. Maldera , A. Manfreda , A. P. Marscher , I. Mitsuishi , T. Mizuno , F. Muleri , M. Negro , C. -Y. Ng , S. L. ODell , N. Omodei , C. Oppedisano , A. Papitto , G. G. Pavlov , A. L. Peirson , M. Perri , M. Pesce-Rollins , M. Pilia , A. Possenti , B. D. Ramsey , J. Rankin , O. J. Roberts , R. W. Romani , C. Sgro , P. Slane , G. Spandre , D. A. Swartz , T. Tamagawa , F. Tavecchio , R. Taverna , Y. Tawara , A. F. Tennant , N. E. Thomas , A. Trois , S. S. Tsygankov , R. Turolla , J. Vink , M. C. Weisskopf , K. Wu , F. Xie , S. Zane
X-ray polarization measurement of the gold standard of radio-quiet active galactic nuclei : NGC 1068
We used the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) satellite to measure, for the first time, the 2-8 keV polarization of NGC 1068. We pointed IXPE for a net exposure time of 1.15 Ms on the target, in addition to two ~ 10 ks each Chandra…
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics
2024-09-18
F. Marin , A. Marinucci , M. Laurenti , D. E. Kim , T. Barnouin , A. Di Marco , F. Ursini , S. Bianchi , S. Ravi , H. L. Marshall , G. Matt , C. -T. Chen , V. E. Gianolli , A. Ingram , W. P. Maksym , C. Panagiotou , J. Podgorny , S. Puccetti , A. Ratheesh , F. Tombesi , I. Agudo , L. A. Antonelli , M. Bachetti , L. Baldini , W. Baumgartner , R. Bellazzini , S. Bongiorno , R. Bonino , A. Brez , N. Bucciantini , F. Capitanio , S. Castellano , E. Cavazzuti , S. Ciprini , E. Costa , A. De Rosa , E. Del Monte , L. Di Gesu , N. Di Lalla , I. Donnarumma , V. Doroshenko , M. Dovciak , S. Ehlert , T. Enoto , Y. Evangelista , S. Fabiani , R. Ferrazzoli , J. Garcia , S. Gunji , J. Heyl , W. Iwakiri , S. Jorstad , P. Kaaret , V. Karas , F. Kislat , T. Kitaguchi , J. Kolodziejczak , H. Krawczynski , F. La Monaca , L. Latronico , I. Liodakis , G. Madejski , S. Maldera , A. Manfreda , A. Marscher , F. Massaro , I. Mitsuishi , T. Mizuno , F. Muleri , M. Negro , S. Ng , S. O'Dell , N. Omodei , C. Oppedisano , A. Papitto , G. Pavlov , M. Perri , M. Pesce-Rollins , P. -O. Petrucci , M. Pilia , A. Possenti , J. Poutanen , B. Ramsey , J. Rankin , O. Roberts , R. Romani , C. Sgro , P. Slane , P. Soffitta , G. Spandre , D. Swartz , T. Tamagawa , F. Tavecchio , R. Taverna , Y. Tawara , A. Tennant , N. Thomas , A. Trois , S. Tsygankov , R. Turolla , J. Vink , M. Weisskopf , K. Wu , F. Xie , S. Zane
The gamma-ray emitting binary stellar system LS I +61 303 was observed with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) on two successive orbits over orbital phases of 0.74 to 1.05. Polarization is detected at a significance of…
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics
2026-05-18
Philip Kaaret , Sudip Chakraborty , Daniel Golonka , Oliver J. Roberts , Ioannis Liodakis , Andrea Gnarini , Steven R. Ehlert , Joel B. Coley
The incoming Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) observations of X-ray binaries provide a new tool to investigate the underlying accretion geometry. Here we report the first measurements of X-ray polarization of the extra-galactic…
We report the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) polarimetric and simultaneous multiwavelength observations of the high-energy-peaked BL Lacertae (HBL) object 1ES 1959+650, performed in 2022 October and 2023 August. In 2022 October…
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics
2025-03-28
Luigi Pacciani , Dawoon E. Kim , Riccardo Middei , Herman L. Marshall , Alan P. Marscher , Ioannis Liodakis , Iván Agudo , Svetlana G. Jorstad , Juri Poutanen , Manel Errando , Laura Di Gesu , Michela Negro , Fabrizio Tavecchio , Kinwah Wu , Chien-Ting Chen , Fabio Muleri , Lucio Angelo Antonelli , Immacolata Donnarumma , Steven R. Ehlert , Francesco Massaro , Stephen L. O'Dell , Matteo Perri , Simonetta Puccetti , Giacomo Bonnoli , Pouya M. Kouch , Emmanouil Angelakis , Alexander Kraus , Matteo Bachetti , Luca Baldini , Wayne H. Baumgartner , Ronaldo Bellazzini , Stefano Bianchi , Stephen D. Bongiorno , Raffaella Bonino , Alessandro Brez , Niccoló Bucciantini , Fiamma Capitanio , Simone Castellano , Elisabetta Cavazzuti , Stefano Ciprini , Enrico Costa , Alessandra De Rosa , Ettore Del Monte , Niccoló Di Lalla , Alessandro Di Marco , Victor Doroshenko , Michal Dovčiak , Teruaki Enoto , Yuri Evangelista , Sergio Fabiani , Riccardo Ferrazzoli , Javier A. Garcia , Shuichi Gunji , Jeremy Heyl , Wataru Iwakiri , Philip Kaaret , Vladimir Karas , Fabian Kislat , Jeffery J. Kolodziejczak , Henric Krawczynski , Fabio La Monaca , Luca Latronico , Simone Maldera , Alberto Manfreda , Frédéric Marin , Andrea Marinucci , Giorgio Matt , Tsunefumi Mizuno , C. -Y. Ng , Nicola Omodei , Chiara Oppedisano , Alessandro Papitto , George G. Pavlov , Abel Lawrence Peirson , Melissa Pesce-Rollins , Pierre-Olivier Petrucci , Maura Pilia , Andrea Possenti , Brian D. Ramsey , John Rankin , Ajay Ratheesh , Oliver J. Roberts , Roger W. Romani , Carmelo Sgró , Patrick Slane , Paolo Soffitta , Gloria Spandre , Douglas A. Swartz , Toru Tamagawa , Roberto Taverna , Allyn F. Tennant , Nicholas E. Thomas , Francesco Tombesi , Alessio Trois , Sergey S. Tsygankov , Roberto Turolla , Jacco Vink , Martin C. Weisskopf , Fei Xie , Silvia Zane
We present the first X-ray polarimetric observation of the extreme high-synchrotron-peaked blazar 1ES 1101--232, conducted by the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE). The data analysis incorporates simultaneous and quasi-simultaneous…
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics
2025-12-11
Xin-Ke Hu , Jin Zhang , Fei Xie , Xiang-Gao Wang
We report the localization of the forward and reversed shock fronts in the young supernova remnant Cas-A using X-ray data obtained with the Chandra Observatory. High resolution X-ray maps resolve a previously unseen X-ray feature…
Astrophysics · Physics
2009-11-06
E. V. Gotthelf , B. Koralesky , L. Rudnick , T. W. Jones , U. Hwang , R. Petre
The radiation from accreting X-ray pulsars was expected to be highly polarized, with some estimates for the polarization degree of up to 80%. However, phase-resolved and energy-resolved polarimetry of X-ray pulsars is required in order to…
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics
2023-04-26
Sofia V. Forsblom , Juri Poutanen , Sergey S. Tsygankov , Matteo Bachetti , Alessandro Di Marco , Victor Doroshenko , Jeremy Heyl , Fabio La Monaca , Christian Malacaria , Herman L. Marshall , Fabio Muleri , Alexander A. Mushtukov , Maura Pilia , Daniele Rogantini , Valery F. Suleimanov , Roberto Taverna , Fei Xi , Iván Agudo , Lucio A. Antonelli , Luca Baldini , Wayne H. Baumgartner , Ronaldo Bellazzini , Stefano Bianchi , Stephen D. Bongiorno , Raffaella Bonino , Alessandro Brez , Niccolò Bucciantini , Fiamma Capitanio , Simone Castellano , Elisabetta Cavazzuti , Chien-Ting Chen , Stefano Ciprini , Enrico Costa , Alessandra De Rosa , Ettore Del Monte , Laura Di Gesu , Niccolò Di Lalla , Immacolata Donnarumma , Michal Dovčiak , Steven R. Ehlert , Teruaki Enoto , Yuri Evangelista , Sergio Fabiani , Riccardo Ferrazzoli , Javier A. Garcia , Shuichi Gunji , Kiyoshi Hayashida , Wataru Iwakiri , Svetlana G. Jorstad , Philip Kaaret , Vladimir Karas , Takao Kitaguchi , Jeffery J. Kolodziejczak , Henric Krawczynski , Luca Latronico , Ioannis Liodakis , Simone Maldera , Alberto Manfreda , Frédéric Marin , Andrea Marinucci , Alan P. Marscher , Giorgio Matt , Ikuyuki Mitsuishi , Tsunefumi Mizuno , Michela Negro , Chi-Yung Ng , Stephen L. O'Dell , Nicola Omodei , Chiara Oppedisano , Alessandro Papitto , George G. Pavlov , Abel L. Peirson , Matteo Perri , Melissa Pesce-Rollins , Pierre-Olivier Petrucci , Andrea Possenti , Simonetta Puccetti , Brian D. Ramsey , John Rankin , Ajay Ratheesh , Oliver J. Roberts , Roger W. Romani , Carmelo Sgrò , Patrick Slane , Paolo Soffitta , Gloria Spandre , Rashid A. Sunyaev , Doug Swartz , Toru Tamagawa , Fabrizio Tavecchio , Yuzuru Tawara , Allyn F. Tennant , Nicholas E. Thomas , Francesco Tombesi , Alessio Trois , Roberto Turolla , Jacco Vink , Martin C. Weisskopf , Kinwah Wu , Silvia Zane
Young supernova remnants (SNRs) strongly modify surrounding magnetic fields, which in turn play an essential role in accelerating cosmic rays (CRs). X-ray polarization measurements probe magnetic field morphology and turbulence at the…
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics
2023-09-06
Ping Zhou , Dmitry Prokhorov , Riccardo Ferrazzoli , Yi-Jung Yang , Patrick Slane , Jacco Vink , Stefano Silvestri , Niccolò Bucciantini , Estela Reynoso , David Moffett , Paolo Soffitta , Doug Swartz , Philip Kaaret , Luca Baldini , Enrico Costa , C. -Y. Ng , Dawoon E. Kim , Victor Doroshenko , Steven R. Ehlert , Jeremy Heyl , Frédéric Marin , Tsunefumi Mizuno , Melissa Pesce-Rollins , Carmelo Sgrò , Toru Tamagawa , Martin C. Weisskopf , Fei Xie , Iván Agudo , Lucio A. Antonelli , Matteo Bachetti , Wayne H. Baumgartner , Ronaldo Bellazzini , Stefano Bianchi , Stephen D. Bongiorno , Raffaella Bonino , Alessandro Brez , Fiamma Capitanio , Simone Castellano , Elisabetta Cavazzuti , Chien-Ting Chen , Stefano Ciprini , Alessandra De Rosa , Ettore Del Monte , Laura Di Gesu , Niccolò Di Lalla , Alessandro Di Marco , Immacolata Donnarumma , Michal Dovčiak , Teruaki Enoto , Yuri Evangelista , Sergio Fabiani , Javier A. Garcia , Shuichi Gunji , Kiyoshi Hayashida , Wataru Iwakiri , Svetlana G. Jorstad , Fabian Kislat , Vladimir Karas , Takao Kitaguchi , Jeffery J. Kolodziejczak , Henric Krawczynski , Fabio La Monaca , Luca Latronico , Ioannis Liodakis , Simone Maldera , Alberto Manfreda , Andrea Marinucci , Alan P. Marscher , Herman L. Marshall , Giorgio Matt , Ikuyuki Mitsuishi , Fabio Muleri , Michela Negro , Stephen L. O'Dell , Nicola Omodei , Chiara Oppedisano , Alessandro Papitto , George G. Pavlov , Abel L. Peirson , Matteo Perri , Pierre-Olivier Petrucci , Maura Pilia , Andrea Possenti , Juri Poutanen , Simonetta Puccetti , Brian D. Ramsey , John Rankin , Ajay Ratheesh , Oliver Roberts , Roger W. Romani , Gloria Spandre , Fabrizio Tavecchio , Roberto Taverna , Yuzuru Tawara , Allyn F. Tennant , Nicholas E. Thomas , Francesco Tombesi , Alessio Trois , Sergey S. Tsygankov , Roberto Turolla , Kinwah Wu , Silvia Zane
Accreting X-ray pulsars (XRPs) are presumably ideal targets for polarization measurements, as their high magnetic field strength is expected to polarize the emission up to a polarization degree of ~80%. However, such expectations are being…
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics
2023-07-12
Christian Malacaria , Jeremy Heyl , Victor Doroshenko , Sergey S. Tsygankov , Juri Poutanen , Sofia V. Forsblom , Fiamma Capitanio , Alessandro Di Marco , Yujia Du , Lorenzo Ducci , Fabio La Monaca , Alexander A. Lutovinov , Herman L. Marshall , Ilya A. Mereminskiy , Sergey V. Molkov , Mason Ng , Pierre-Olivier Petrucci , Andrea Santangelo , Andrey E. Shtykovsky , Valery F. Suleimanov , Ivan Agudo , Lucio A. Antonelli , Matteo Bachetti , Luca Baldini , Wayne H. Baumgartner , Ronaldo Bellazzini , Stefano Bianchi , Stephen D. Bongiorno , Raffaella Bonino , Alessandro Brez , Niccolo Bucciantini , Simone Castellano , Elisabetta Cavazzuti , Chien-Ting Chen , Stefano Ciprini , Enrico Costa , Alessandra De Rosa , Ettore Del Monte , Laura Di Gesu , Niccolo Di Lalla , Immacolata Donnarumma , Michal Dovciak , Steven R. Ehlert , Teruaki Enoto , Yuri Evangelista , Sergio Fabiani , Riccardo Ferrazzoli , Javier A. Garcia , Shuichi Gunji , Kiyoshi Hayashida , Wataru Iwakiri , Svetlana G. Jorstad , Philip Kaaret , Vladimir Karas , Fabian Kislat , Takao Kitaguchi , Jeffery J. Kolodziejczak1 , Henric Krawczynski , Luca Latronico , Ioannis Liodakis , Simone Maldera , Alberto Manfreda , Frederic Marin , Andrea Marinucci , Alan P. Marscher , Francesco Massaro , Giorgio Matt , Ikuyuki Mitsuishi , Tsunefumi Mizuno , Fabio Muleri , Michela Negro , Chi-Yung Ng , Stephen L. O'Dell , Nicola Omodei , Chiara Oppedisano , Alessandro Papitto , George G. Pavlov , Abel L. Peirson , Matteo Perri , Melissa Pesce-Rollins , Maura Pilia , Andrea Possenti , Simonetta Puccetti , Brian D. Ramsey , John Rankin , Ajay Ratheesh , Oliver J. Roberts , Roger W. Romani , Carmelo Sgro , Patrick Slane , Paolo Soffitta , Gloria Spandre , Douglas A. Swartz , Toru Tamagawa , Fabrizio Tavecchio , Roberto Taverna , Yuzuru Tawara , Allyn F. Tennant , Nicholas E. Thomas , Francesco Tombesi , Alessio Trois , Roberto Turolla , Jacco Vink , Martin C. Weisskopf , Kinwah Wu , Fei Xie , Silvia Zane
The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) detected X-ray polarization in the nearest Seyfert 2 galaxy, the Circinus galaxy, for the first time. To reproduce the IXPE results, we computed the degree of polarization based on two types of…
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics
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