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Using observations of X-ray pulsar Her X-1 by the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer, we report on a highly significant ($>17\sigma$) detection of the polarization signal from an accreting neutron star. The observed degree of the linear…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-01-16 Victor Doroshenko , Juri Poutanen , Sergey S. Tsygankov , Valery F. Suleimanov , Matteo Bachetti , Ilaria Caiazzo , Enrico Costa , Alessandro Di Marco , Jeremy Heyl , Fabio La Monaca , Fabio Muleri , Alexander A. Mushtukov , George G. Pavlov , Brian D. Ramsey , John Rankin , Andrea Santangelo , Paolo Soffitta , Rüdiger Staubert , Martin C. Weisskopf , Silvia Zane , 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 , Stefano Ciprini , Alessandra De Rosa , Ettore Del Monte , Laura Di Gesu , Niccolò 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 , Vladimir Karas , Takao Kitaguchi , Jeffery J. Kolodziejczak , Henric Krawczynski , Luca Latronico , Ioannis Liodakis , Simone Maldera , Alberto Manfreda , Frédéric Marin , Andrea Marinucci , Alan P. Marscher , Herman L. Marshall , Giorgio Matt , Ikuyuki Mitsuishi , Tsunefumi Mizuno , C. -Y. Ng , Stephen L. O'Dell , Nicola Omodei , Chiara Oppedisano , Alessandro Papitto , Abel L. Peirson , Matteo Perri , Melissa Pesce-Rollins , Maura Pilia , Andrea Possenti , Simonetta Puccetti , Ajay Ratheesh , Roger W. Romani , Carmelo Sgrò , Patrick Slane , Gloria Spandre , Rashid A. Sunyaev , Toru Tamagawa , Fabrizio Tavecchio , Roberto Taverna , Yuzuru Tawara , Allyn F. Tennant , Nicolas E. Thomas , Francesco Tombesi , Alessio Trois , Roberto Turolla , Jacco Vink , Kinwah Wu , Fei Xie

The polarization of electromagnetic waves in the presence of a gravitational wave is analyzed. The rotation of the polarization angle and the Stokes parameters are deduced. A possible application to the detection of stochastic background of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-02-03 Shahen Hacyan

We report on polarimetric observations of 100 pulsars centered on 774 MHz, made using the Green Bank Telescope, presenting their polarization profiles and polarized flux densities and comparing them with previous observations when possible.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-03-25 J. L. Han , P. B. Demorest , W. van Straten , A. G. Lyne

We derive the exact drift velocity of plasma in the pulsar polar cap, in contrast to the order-of-magnitude expressions presented by Ruderman & Sutherland (1975) and generally used throughout the literature. We emphasize that the drift…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 J. van Leeuwen , A. N. Timokhin

Polarization, the precession direction with respect to the background magnetization, is an intrinsic degree of freedom of spin wave. Introducing symmetry breaking mechanisms lies in the heart of lifting the degeneracy between polarized spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-05-31 Hongbin Wu , Jin Lan

We have developed a relativistic model for pulsar radio emission and polarization by taking into account of detailed geometry of emission region, rotation and modulation. The sparks activity on the polar cap leads to plasma columns in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 D. Kumar , R. T. Gangadhara

Pulsar "standard model", that considers a pulsar as a rotating magnetized conducting sphere surrounded by plasma, is generalized to the case of oscillating star. We developed an algorithm for calculation of the Goldreich-Julian charge…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Andrey N. Timokhin

This paper examines the detailed sub-milliarcsecond polarization properties of an individual SiO maser feature displaying a rotation in polarization electric vector position angle of approximately \pi/2 across the feature. Such rotations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 A. J. Kemball , P. J. Diamond , L. Richter , I. Gonidakis , R. Xue

When polarized electrons traverse a region where the laser light is focused their polarization varies even if their energy and direction of motion are not changed. This effect is due to interference of the incoming electron wave and an…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-30 G. L. Kotkin , H. Perlt , V. G. Serbo

The unique and highly unusual drift feature reported for PSR J0815+0939, wherein one component's subpulses drift in the direction opposite of the general trend, is a veritable challenge to pulsar theory. In this paper, we observationally…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-27 Andrzej Szary , Joeri van Leeuwen

Despite some success in explaining the observed polarisation angle swing of radio pulsars within the geometric rotating vector model, many deviations from the expected S-like swing are observed. In this paper we provide a simple and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Karastergiou

It is shown that the curvature of spacetime, a possible net electric charge on the sun, a small positive cosmological constant and the oblateness of the sun, in conjunction with solar radiation pressure (SPR), affect the bound orbital…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-08-17 Roman Ya. Kezerashvili , Justin F. Vazquez-Poritz

At millimeter wavelengths, the atmospheric emission is circularly polarized owing to the Zeeman splitting of molecular oxygen by the Earth's magnetic field. We report a measurement of the signal in the 150 GHz band using 3 years of…

We analyze spin-dependent transport through a spin-diode in the presence of spin-flip and under influence of temperature bias. The current polarization and the spin accumulation are investigated in detail by means of reduced density matrix.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-04-10 M. Bagheri Tagani , H. Rahimpour Soleimani

We provide evidence for the effects of spin polarized current on a nanofabricated antiferromagnet incorporated into a spin-valve structure. Signatures of current-induced effects include bipolar steps in differential resistance,…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-13 Sergei Urazhdin , Nicholas Anthony

Optical approaches for wavefront shaping traditionally rely on phase modulation through holographic techniques. Shaping the phase determines a wave's diffraction and hence its intensity distribution in space. We instead show that shaping…

New-generation X-ray polarimeters currently under development promise to open a new window in the study of high-energy astrophysical sources. Among them, neutron stars appear particularly suited for polarization measurements. Radiation from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-09-24 Roberto Taverna , Roberto Turolla , Denis Gonzalez Caniulef , Silvia Zane , Fabio Muleri , Paolo Soffitta

Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers (VCSELs) combine compact geometry, low threshold current, and ease of integration, making them central to modern photonic systems. However, their polarization behavior remains a critical factor…

We present Crab X-ray polarization measurements using IXPE data with a total exposure of 300ks, three times more than the initial 2022 discovery paper. Polarization is detected in three times more pulsar phase bins, revealing an S-shaped…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-07-18 Josephine Wong , Tsunefumi Mizuno , Niccoló Bucciantini , Roger W. Romani , Yi-Jung Yang , Kuan Liu , Wei Deng , Kazuho Goya , Fei Xie , Maura Pilia , Philip Kaaret , Martin C. Weisskopf , Stefano Silvestri , C. -Y. Ng , Chien-Ting Chen , Iván Agudo , Lucio A. Antonelli , Matteo Bachetti , Luca Baldini , Wayne H. Baumgartner , Ronaldo Bellazzini , Stefano Bianchi , Stephen D. Bongiorno , Raffaella Bonino , Alessandro Brez , Fiamma Capitanio , Simone Castellano , Elisabetta Cavazzuti , Stefano Ciprini , Enrico Costa , Alessandra De Rosa , Ettore Del Monte , Laura Di Gesu , Niccoló Di Lalla , Alessandro Di Marco , Immacolata Donnarumma , Victor Doroshenko , Michal Dovčiak , Steven R. Ehlert , Teruaki Enoto , Yuri Evangelista , Sergio Fabiani , Riccardo Ferrazzoli , Javier A. Garcia , Shuichi Gunji , Jeremy Heyl , 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 , Frédéric Marin , Andrea Marinucci , Alan P. Marscher , Herman L. Marshall , Francesco Massaro , Giorgio Matt , Ikuyuki Mitsuishi , Fabio Muleri , Michela Negro , Stephen L. O'Dell , Nicola Omodei , Chiara Oppedisano , Alessandro Papitto , George G. Pavlov , Abel Lawrence Peirson , Matteo Perri , Melissa Pesce-Rollins , Pierre-Olivier Petrucci , Andrea Possenti , Juri Poutanen , Simonetta Puccetti , Brian D. Ramsey , John Rankin , Ajay Ratheesh , Oliver J. Roberts , Carmelo Sgró , 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 , Sergey Tsygankov , Roberto Turolla , Jacco Vink , Kinwah Wu , Silvia Zane

The direction of polarization produced by a moving source rotates with the respect to the rest frame. We show that this effect, induced by pulsar rotation, leads to an important correction to polarization swings within the framework of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-07-07 Maxim Lyutikov