In-orbit monitoring of the imaging X-ray polarimeters on-board IXPE

被引：6

作者：

Di Marco, A. ^{[1
]}

Muleri, F. ^{[1
]}

Fabiani, S. ^{[1
]}

La Monaca, F. ^{[1
]}

Rankin, J. ^{[1
,2
,3
]}

Soffitta, P. ^{[1
]}

Baldini, L. ^{[4
,5
]}

Costa, E. ^{[1
]}

Del Monte, E. ^{[1
]}

Ferrazzoli, R. ^{[1
]}

Lefevre, C. ^{[1
]}

Maiolo, L. ^{[8
]}

Maita, F. ^{[8
]}

Manfreda, A. ^{[5
]}

Morbidini, A. ^{[1
]}

Ramsey, B. D. ^{[7
]}

Ratheesh, A. ^{[1
,2
,3
]}

Sgro, C. ^{[5
]}

Trois, A. ^{[6
]}

Tennant, A. F. ^{[7
]}

Weisskopf, M. C. ^{[7
]}

Dell, S. L. ^{[7
]}

机构：

[1] Ist Astrofis & Planetol Spaziali Roma, Via Fosso Cavaliere 100, I-00133 Rome, Italy

[2] Univ Roma Sapienza, Dipartimento Fis, Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, I-00185 Rome, Italy

[3] Univ Roma Tor Vergata, Dipartimento Fis, Via Ric Sci 1, I-00133 Rome, Italy

[4] Univ Pisa, Dipartimento Fis Enrico Fermi, Largo B Pontecorvo 3, I-56127 Pisa, Italy

[5] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Pisa, Largo B Pontecorvo 3, I-56127 Pisa, Italy

[6] INAF Osservatorio Astron Cagliari, Via Sci 5, I-09047 Selargius, CA, Italy

[7] NASA, Marshall Space Flight Ctr, Huntsville, AL 35812 USA

[8] CNR IMM, Via Fosso Cavaliere 100, I-00133 Rome, Italy

来源：

SPACE TELESCOPES AND INSTRUMENTATION 2022: ULTRAVIOLET TO GAMMA RAY | 2022年 / 12181卷

基金：

美国国家航空航天局;

关键词：

Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer; IXPE; in-flight; calibration; Gas Pixel Detector;

D O I：

10.1117/12.2629413

中图分类号：

V [航空、航天];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0825 ;

摘要：

The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) was launched on December 9, 2021, from Cape Canaveral into a low-Earth equatorial orbit. The mission, led by NASA in collaboration with the Italian Space Agency (ASI), features three identical telescopes, each with an imaging X-ray photoelectric polarimeter at the focus of an X-ray mirror assembly. Each focal-plane detector includes a set of 4 calibration sources powered by a Fe-55 nuclide to monitor the detector's performance. Of these sources, one produces polarized X-rays at two energies and the remaining three generate unpolarized radiation. Here we present the status of this monitoring program, starting from installation of the flight nuclides before on-ground environmental testing of the observatory through recent on-orbit measurements during science operations.

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