@inproceedings{0cade41f4f814eceaedb8674cc67af34,
title = "An imaging x-ray polarimeter for the study of galactic and extragalactic x-ray sources",
abstract = "Technical progress in X-ray optics and in polarization-sensitive X-ray detectors, which our groups pioneered, enables a scientifically powerful, dedicated space mission for imaging X-ray polarimetry. This mission is sufficiently sensitive to measure X-ray (linear) polarization for a broad range of cosmic sources-primarily those involving neutron stars, stellar black holes, and supermassive black holes (active galactic nuclei). We describe the technical basis, the mission concept, and the physical and astrophysical questions such a mission would address.",
author = "Weisskopf, \{Martin C.\} and Ronaldo Bellazzini and Enrico Costa and Ramsey, \{Brian D.\} and O'Dell, \{Stephen L.\} and Elsner, \{Ronald F.\} and Tennant, \{Allyn F.\} and Pavlov, \{George G.\} and Giorgio Matt and Kaspi, \{Victoria M.\} and Coppi, \{Paolo S.\} and Kinwah Wu and Siegmund, \{Oswald H.W.\} and Zavlin, \{Vyacheslav E.\}",
year = "2008",
doi = "10.1117/12.788184",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9780819472212",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
booktitle = "Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2008",
address = "United States",
note = "Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2008: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray ; Conference date: 23-06-2008 Through 28-06-2008",
}