no code implementations • 4 Nov 2021 • A. L. Peirson, R. W. Romani
X-ray polarimetry will soon open a new window on the high energy universe with the launch of NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE).
no code implementations • 8 Jul 2020 • A. L. Peirson, R. W. Romani, H. L. Marshall, J. F. Steiner, L. Baldini
We present a method for enhancing the sensitivity of X-ray telescopic observations with imaging polarimeters, with a focus on the gas pixel detectors (GPDs) to be flown on the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE).
