The Polarimeter for Relativistic Astrophysical X-ray Sources

被引：3

作者：

Jahoda, Keith ^{[1
]}

Kallman, Timothy R. ^{[1
]}

Kouveliotou, Chryssa ^{[2
]}

Angelini, Lorella ^{[1
]}

Black, J. Kevin ^{[1
,3
]}

Hill, Joanne E. ^{[1
]}

Jaeger, Theodore ^{[4
]}

Kaaret, Philip E. ^{[5
]}

Markwardt, Craig B. ^{[1
]}

Okajima, Takashi ^{[1
]}

Petre, Robert ^{[1
]}

Schnittman, Jeremy ^{[1
]}

Soong, Yang ^{[1
,6
]}

Strohmayer, Tod E. ^{[1
]}

Tamagawa, Tori ^{[7
]}

Tawara, Yuzuru ^{[8
]}

机构：

[1] NASAs, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Astrophys Sci Div, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA

[2] George Washington Univ, Washington, DC 20052 USA

[3] Rock Creek Sci, 1400 East West Hwy, Silver Spring, MD 20910 USA

[4] Johns Hopkins Univ, Appl Phys Lab, Laurel, MD 20723 USA

[5] Univ Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA

[6] Univ Space Res Assoc, 8800 Greenbelt Rd, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA

[7] RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 3510198, Japan

[8] Nagoya Univ, Dept Astrophys, Chikusa Ku, Furo, Japan

来源：

SPACE TELESCOPES AND INSTRUMENTATION 2016: ULTRAVIOLET TO GAMMA RAY | 2016年 / 9905卷

关键词：

X-ray Polarimetry; Small Explorer; POLARIZATION;

D O I：

10.1117/12.2234220

中图分类号：

TH7 [仪器、仪表];

学科分类号：

0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;

摘要：

The Polarimeter for Relativistic Astrophysical X-ray Sources (PRAXyS) is one of three Small Explorer (SMEX) missions selected by NASA for Phase A study, with a launch date in 2020. The PRAXyS Observatory exploits grazing incidence X-ray mirrors and Time Projection Chamber Polarimeters capable of measuring the linear polarization of cosmic X-ray sources in the 2-10 keV band. PRAXyS combines well-characterized instruments with spacecraft rotation to ensure low systematic errors. The PRAXyS payload is developed at the Goddard Space Flight Center with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Iowa, and RIKEN (JAXA) collaborating on the Polarimeter Assembly. The LEOStar-2 spacecraft bus is developed by Orbital ATK, which also supplies the extendable optical bench that enables the Observatory to be compatible with a Pegasus class launch vehicle. A nine month primary mission will provide sensitive observations of multiple black hole and neutron star sources, where theory predicts polarization is a strong diagnostic, as well as exploratory observations of other high energy sources. The primary mission data will be released to the community rapidly and a Guest Observer extended mission will be vigorously proposed.

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