The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer 2.5 years later

Paolo Soffitta; Luca Baldini; Wayne Baumgartner; Ronaldo Bellazzini; Stephen D. Bongiorno; Niccolò Bucciantini; Enrico Costa; Michal Dovčiak; Steven Ehlert; Philip E. Kaaret; Jeffery J. Kolodziejczak; Luca Latronico; Frédréic Marin; Alan P. Marscher; Herman L. Marshall; Giorgio Matt; Fabio Muleri; Stephen L. O'Dell; Juri Poutanen; Brian Ramsey; Roger W. Romani; Patrick Slane; Allyn F. Tennant; Roberto Turolla; Martin C. Weisskopf; Iván Agudo; Lucio Angelo Antonelli; Matteo Bachetti; Stefano Bianchi; Raffaella Bonino; Alessandro Brez; Fiamma Capitanio; Simone Castellano; Elisabetta Cavazzuti; Chien Ting Chen; Stefano Ciprini; Massimo Cocchi; Eugene Churazov; Alessandra De Rosa; Ettore Del Monte; Laura Di Gesu; Niccolò Di Lalla; Alessandro Di Marco; Immacolata Donnarumma; Victor Doroshenko; Teruaki Enoto; Yuri Evangelista; Sergio Fabiani; Riccardo Ferrazzoli; Javier A. Garcia; Shuichi Gunji; Jeremy Heyl; Adam Ingram; Wataru Iwakiri; Svetlana G. Jorstad; Vladimir Karas; Vicky Kaspi; Fabian Kislat; Takao Kitaguchi; Henric Krawczynski; Fabio La Monaca; Ioannis Liodakis; Greg Madejski; Simone Maldera; Alberto Manfreda; Andrea Marinucci; Francesco Massaro; Ikuyuki Mitsuishi; Tsunefumi Mizuno; Michela Negro; Stephen Ng; Nicola Omodei; Chiara Oppedisano; Alessandro Papitto; George G. Pavlov; Matteo Perri; Melissa Pesce-Rollins; Pierre Olivier Petrucci; Maura Pilia; Andrea Possenti; Simnonetta Puccetti; John Rankin; Ajay Ratheesh; Oliver J. Roberts; Carmelo Sgrò; Gloria Spandre; Luigi Stella; Rashid Sunyaev; Douglas A. Swartz; Toru Tamagawa; Fabrizio Tavecchio; Roberto Taverna; Yuzuru Tawara; Nicholas E. Thomas; Francesco Tombesi; Alessio Trois; Sergey S. Tsygankov; Jacco Vink; Kinwah Wu; Fei Xie; Silvia Zane

doi:10.1117/12.3020418

The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer 2.5 years later

Paolo Soffitta, Luca Baldini, Wayne Baumgartner, Ronaldo Bellazzini, Stephen D. Bongiorno, Niccolò Bucciantini, Enrico Costa, Michal Dovčiak, Steven Ehlert, Philip E. Kaaret, Jeffery J. Kolodziejczak, Luca Latronico, Frédréic Marin, Alan P. Marscher, Herman L. Marshall, Giorgio Matt, Fabio Muleri, Stephen L. O'Dell, Juri Poutanen, Brian RamseyRoger W. Romani, Patrick Slane, Allyn F. Tennant, Roberto Turolla, Martin C. Weisskopf, Iván Agudo, Lucio Angelo Antonelli, Matteo Bachetti, Stefano Bianchi, Raffaella Bonino, Alessandro Brez, Fiamma Capitanio, Simone Castellano, Elisabetta Cavazzuti, Chien Ting Chen, Stefano Ciprini, Massimo Cocchi, Eugene Churazov, Alessandra De Rosa, Ettore Del Monte, Laura Di Gesu, Niccolò Di Lalla, Alessandro Di Marco, Immacolata Donnarumma, Victor Doroshenko, Teruaki Enoto, Yuri Evangelista, Sergio Fabiani, Riccardo Ferrazzoli, Javier A. Garcia, Shuichi Gunji, Jeremy Heyl, Adam Ingram, Wataru Iwakiri, Svetlana G. Jorstad, Vladimir Karas, Vicky Kaspi, Fabian Kislat, Takao Kitaguchi, Henric Krawczynski, Fabio La Monaca, Ioannis Liodakis, Greg Madejski, Simone Maldera, Alberto Manfreda, Andrea Marinucci, Francesco Massaro, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Michela Negro, Stephen Ng, Nicola Omodei, Chiara Oppedisano, Alessandro Papitto, George G. Pavlov, Matteo Perri, Melissa Pesce-Rollins, Pierre Olivier Petrucci, Maura Pilia, Andrea Possenti, Simnonetta Puccetti, John Rankin, Ajay Ratheesh, Oliver J. Roberts, Carmelo Sgrò, Gloria Spandre, Luigi Stella, Rashid Sunyaev, Douglas A. Swartz, Toru Tamagawa, Fabrizio Tavecchio, Roberto Taverna, Yuzuru Tawara, Nicholas E. Thomas, Francesco Tombesi, Alessio Trois, Sergey S. Tsygankov, Jacco Vink, Kinwah Wu, Fei Xie, Silvia Zane

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We have, at last, an observatory dedicated to X-ray polarimetry that has been operational since December 9^th, 2021. The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) is a NASA SMEX mission, in partnership with ASI, based on three X-ray telescopes, each equipped with a polarization-sensitive detector in the focus. An extending boom was deployed in orbit, positioning the detectors at the optimal distance from the optics, which have a 4-meter focal length. The spacecraft is three-axis stabilized, providing power, attitude determination and control, transmission, and commanding capabilities. After two and a half years of observation, IXPE has detected positive polarization from nearly all classes of celestial sources that emit X-rays. In this report, we describe the IXPE mission, detailing the performance of the scientific instrumentation after 2.5 years of operation. We also present the main astrophysical results and a few examples of scientific performance during flight.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024
Subtitle of host publication	Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
Editors	Jan-Willem A. den Herder, Shouleh Nikzad, Kazuhiro Nakazawa
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510675094
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020418
State	Published - 2024
Event	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray - Yokohama, Japan Duration: Jun 16 2024 → Jun 21 2024

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	13093
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

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Conference	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Yokohama
Period	6/16/24 → 6/21/24

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Soffitta, P., Baldini, L., Baumgartner, W., Bellazzini, R., Bongiorno, S. D., Bucciantini, N., Costa, E., Dovčiak, M., Ehlert, S., Kaaret, P. E., Kolodziejczak, J. J., Latronico, L., Marin, F., Marscher, A. P., Marshall, H. L., Matt, G., Muleri, F., O'Dell, S. L., Poutanen, J., ... Zane, S. (2024). The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer 2.5 years later. In J.-W. A. den Herder, S. Nikzad, & K. Nakazawa (Eds.), Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray Article 130932I (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 13093). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020418

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The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer 2.5 years later. / Soffitta, Paolo; Baldini, Luca; Baumgartner, Wayne et al.
Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray. ed. / Jan-Willem A. den Herder; Shouleh Nikzad; Kazuhiro Nakazawa. SPIE, 2024. 130932I (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 13093).

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Soffitta P, Baldini L, Baumgartner W, Bellazzini R, Bongiorno SD, Bucciantini N et al. The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer 2.5 years later. In den Herder JWA, Nikzad S, Nakazawa K, editors, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray. SPIE. 2024. 130932I. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering). doi: 10.1117/12.3020418

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