1. The Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE): Pre-Launch
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Weisskopf, Martin C., Soffitta, Paolo, Baldini, Luca, Ramsey, Brian D., O'Dell, Stephen L., Romani, Roger W., Matt, Giorgio, Deininger, William D., Baumgartner, Wayne H., Bellazzini, Ronaldo, Costa, Enrico, Kolodziejczak, Jeffery J., Latronico, Luca, Marshall, Herman L., Muleri, Fabio, Bongiorno, Stephen D., Tennant, Allyn, Bucciantini, Niccolo, Dovciak, Michal, Marin, Frederic, Marscher, Alan, Poutanen, Juri, Slane, Pat, Turolla, Roberto, Kalinowski, William, Di Marco, Alessandro, Fabiani, Sergio, Minuti, Massimo, La Monaca, Fabio, Pinchera, Michele, Rankin, John, Sgro', Carmelo, Trois, Alessio, Xie, Fei, Alexander, Cheryl, Allen, D. Zachery, Amici, Fabrizio, Andersen, Jason, Antonelli, Angelo, Antoniak, Spencer, Attina', Primo, Barbanera, Mattia, Bachetti, Matteo, Baggett, Randy M., Bladt, Jeff, Brez, Alessandro, Bonino, Raffaella, Boree, Christopher, Borotto, Fabio, Breeding, Shawn, Brienza, Daniele, Bygott, H. Kyle, Caporale, Ciro, Cardelli, Claudia, Carpentiero, Rita, Castellano, Simone, Castronuovo, Marco, Cavalli, Luca, Cavazzuti, Elisabetta, Ceccanti, Marco, Centrone, Mauro, Citraro, Saverio, Amico, Fabio D', D'Alba, Elisa, Di Gesu, Laura, Del Monte, Ettore, Dietz, Kurtis L., Di Lalla, Niccolo', Di Persio, Giuseppe, Dolan, David, Donnarumma, Immacolata, Evangelista, Yuri, Ferrant, Kevin, Ferrazzoli, Riccardo, Ferrie, MacKenzie, Footdale, Joseph, Forsyth, Brent, Foster, Michelle, Garelick, Benjamin, Gunji, Shuichi, Gurnee, Eli, Head, Michael, Hibbard, Grant, Johnson, Samantha, Kelly, Erik, Kilaru, Kiranmayee, Lefevre, Carlo, Roy, Shelley Le, Loffredo, Pasqualino, Lorenzi, Paolo, Lucchesi, Leonardo, Maddox, Tyler, Magazzu, Guido, Maldera, Simone, Manfreda, Alberto, Mangraviti, Elio, Marengo, Marco, Marrocchesi, Alessandra, Massaro, Francesco, Mauger, David, McCracken, Jeffrey, McEachen, Michael, Mize, Rondal, Mereu, Paolo, Mitchell, Scott, Mitsuishi, Ikuyuki, Morbidini, Alfredo, Mosti, Federico, Nasimi, Hikmat, Negri, Barbara, Negro, Michela, Nguyen, Toan, Nitschke, Isaac, Nuti, Alessio, Onizuka, Mitch, Oppedisano, Chiara, Orsini, Leonardo, Osborne, Darren, Pacheco, Richard, Paggi, Alessandro, Painter, Will, Pavelitz, Steven D., Pentz, Christina, Piazzolla, Raffaele, Perri, Matteo, Pesce-Rollins, Melissa, Peterson, Colin, Pilia, Maura, Profeti, Alessandro, Puccetti, Simonetta, Ranganathan, Jaganathan, Ratheesh, Ajay, Reedy, Lee, Root, Noah, Rubini, Alda, Ruswick, Stephanie, Sanchez, Javier, Sarra, Paolo, Santoli, Francesco, Scalise, Emanuele, Sciortino, Andrea, Schroeder, Christopher, Seek, Tim, Sosdian, Kalie, Spandre, Gloria, Speegle, Chet O., Tamagawa, Toru, Tardiola, Marcello, Tobia, Antonino, Thomas, Nicholas E., Valerie, Robert, Vimercati, Marco, Walden, Amy L., Weddendorf, Bruce, Wedmore, Jeffrey, Welch, David, Zanetti, Davide, and Zanetti, Francesco
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Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics - Abstract
Scheduled to launch in late 2021, the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) is a NASA Small Explorer Mission in collaboration with the Italian Space Agency (ASI). The mission will open a new window of investigation - imaging X-ray polarimetry. The observatory features 3 identical telescopes each consisting of a mirror module assembly with a polarization-sensitive imaging X-ray detector at the focus. A coilable boom, deployed on orbit, provides the necessary 4-m focal length. The observatory utilizes a 3-axis-stabilized spacecraft which provides services such as power, attitude determination and control, commanding, and telemetry to the ground. During its 2-year baseline mission, IXPE will conduct precise polarimetry for samples of multiple categories of X-ray sources, with follow-on observations of selected targets.
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- 2021