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W. Forman

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XIPE: the x-ray imaging polarimetry explorer

2016

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 bu…

X-ray AstronomyHigh-energy astronomyPolarimetryX-ray opticsX-ray telescopeCondensed Matter Physic01 natural sciencesObservatory0103 physical sciencesPolarimetryElectronicOptical and Magnetic MaterialsSpectral resolutionElectrical and Electronic Engineering010303 astronomy & astrophysicsGas Pixel DetectorPhysicsX-ray astronomyta115X-ray optics010308 nuclear & particles physicsElectronic Optical and Magnetic MaterialApplied MathematicsVegaAstronomyComputer Science Applications1707 Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionGas Pixel Detector; Polarimetry; X-ray Astronomy; X-ray opticsCondensed Matter PhysicsComputer Science ApplicationsApplied MathematicGas Pixel Detector; Polarimetry; X-ray Astronomy; X-ray optics; Electronic Optical and Magnetic Materials; Condensed Matter Physics; Computer Science Applications1707 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition; Applied Mathematics; Electrical and Electronic EngineeringGas Pixel Detector; Polarimetry; X-ray Astronomy; X-ray optics; Electronic Optical and Magnetic Materials; Condensed Matter Physics; Computer Science Applications; Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition; Applied Mathematics; Electrical and Electronic EngineeringComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionX-ray optic
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XRASE: the X-ray spectroscopic explorer

2001

The X-Ray Spectroscopic Explorer (XRASE) has a unique combination of features that will make it possible to address many of NASA's scientific goals. These include how galaxy clusters form, the physics and chemistry of the ISM, the heating of stellar coronae, the amount and content of intergalactic baryonic matter, the mass of black holes and the formation of disks and jets in AGN and galactic binaries. XRASE has a thin foil, multilayered telescope with a large collecting area up to 10 keV, especially in the Fe Kα region (1100 cm2). Its microcalorimeter array combines high energy resolution (7 eV at 6 keV) and efficiency with a field-of-view of 26 arcmin2. A deep orbit allows for long, conti…

Space and Planetary ScienceAstronomy and Astrophysics
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