The Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE): technical overview II

Stephen L. O'Dell; Primo Attinà; Luca Baldini; Mattia Barbanera; Wayne H. Baumgartner; Ronaldo Bellazzini; Jeff Bladt; Stephen D. Bongiorno; Alessandro Brez; Elisabetta Cavazzuti; Saverio Citraro; Enrico Costa; William D. Deininger; Ettore Del Monte; Kurtis L. Dietz; Niccolò Di Lalla; Immacolata Donnarumma; Ronald F. Elsner; Sergio Fabiani; Riccardo Ferrazzoli; Larry Guy; William Kalinowski; Victoria M. Kaspi; Anthony R. Kelley; Jeffrey J. Kolodziejczak; Luca Latronico; Carlo Lefevre; Leonardo Lucchesi; Alberto Manfreda; Herman L. Marshall; James Masciarelli; Giorgio Matt; Massimo Minuti; Fabio Muleri; Hikmat Nasimi; Alessio Nuti; Leonardo Orsini; Darren Osborne; Matteo Perri; Melissa Pesce-Rollins; Colin Peterson; Michele Pinchera; Simonetta Puccetti; Brian D. Ramsey; Ajay Ratheesh; Roger W. Romani; Francesco Santoli; Andrea Sciortino; Carmelo Sgrò; Brian T. Smith; Gloria Spandre; Paolo Soffitta; Allyn F. Tennant; Antonino Tobia; Alessio Trois; Jeffrey Wedmore; Martin C. Weisskopf; Fei Xie; Francesco Zanetti; Cheryl Alexander; D. Zachery Allen; Fabrizio Amici; Spencer Antoniak; Raffaella Bonino; Fabio Borotto; Shawn Breeding; Daniele Brienza; H. Kyle Bygott; Ciro Caporale; Claudia Cardelli; Marco Ceccanti; Mauro Centrone; Giuseppe Di Persio; Yuri Evangelista; MacKenzie Ferrie; Joseph Footdale; Brent Forsyth; Michelle Foster; Shuichi Gunji; Eli Gurnee; Grant Hibbard; Sandra Johnson; Eric Kelly; Kiranmayee Kilaru; Fabio La Monaca; Shelley Le Roy; Pasqualino Loffredo; Guido Magazzu; Marco Marengo; Alessandra Marrocchesi; Francesco Massaro; Jeffery McCracken; Michael McEachen; Paolo Mereu; Scott Mitchell; Ikuyuki Mitsuishi; Alfredo Morbidini; Federico Mosti; Michela Negro; Chiara Oppedisano; Richard Pacheco; Alessandro Paggi; Steven D. Pavelitz; Christina Pentz; Raffaele Piazzola; Brad Porter; Alessandro Profeti; Jaganathan Ranganathan; John Rankin; Noah Root; Alda Rubini; Stephanie Ruswick; Javier Sanchez; Emanuele Scalise; Sarah Schindhelm; Chet O. Speegle; Toru Tamagawa; Marcello Tardiola; Amy L. Walden; Bruce Weddendorf; David Welch

doi:10.1117/12.2530646

9 September 2019 The Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE): technical overview II

Stephen L. O'Dell, Primo Attinà, Luca Baldini, Mattia Barbanera, Wayne H. Baumgartner, Ronaldo Bellazzini, Jeff Bladt, Stephen D. Bongiorno, Alessandro Brez, Elisabetta Cavazzuti, Saverio Citraro, Enrico Costa, William D. Deininger, Ettore Del Monte, Kurtis L. Dietz, Niccolò Di Lalla, Immacolata Donnarumma, Ronald F. Elsner, Sergio Fabiani, Riccardo Ferrazzoli, Larry Guy, William Kalinowski, Victoria M. Kaspi, Anthony R. Kelley, Jeffrey J. Kolodziejczak, Luca Latronico, Carlo Lefevre, Leonardo Lucchesi, Alberto Manfreda, Herman L. Marshall, James Masciarelli, Giorgio Matt, Massimo Minuti, Fabio Muleri, Hikmat Nasimi, Alessio Nuti, Leonardo Orsini, Darren Osborne, Matteo Perri, Melissa Pesce-Rollins, Colin Peterson, Michele Pinchera, Simonetta Puccetti, Brian D. Ramsey, Ajay Ratheesh, Roger W. Romani, Francesco Santoli, Andrea Sciortino, Carmelo Sgrò, Brian T. Smith, Gloria Spandre, Paolo Soffitta, Allyn F. Tennant, Antonino Tobia, Alessio Trois, Jeffrey Wedmore, Martin C. Weisskopf, Fei Xie, Francesco Zanetti, Cheryl Alexander, D. Zachery Allen, Fabrizio Amici, Spencer Antoniak, Raffaella Bonino, Fabio Borotto, Shawn Breeding, Daniele Brienza, H. Kyle Bygott, Ciro Caporale, Claudia Cardelli, Marco Ceccanti, Mauro Centrone, Giuseppe Di Persio, Yuri Evangelista, MacKenzie Ferrie, Joseph Footdale, Brent Forsyth, Michelle Foster, Shuichi Gunji, Eli Gurnee, Grant Hibbard, Sandra Johnson, Eric Kelly, Kiranmayee Kilaru, Fabio La Monaca, Shelley Le Roy, Pasqualino Loffredo, Guido Magazzu, Marco Marengo, Alessandra Marrocchesi, Francesco Massaro, Jeffery McCracken, Michael McEachen, Paolo Mereu, Scott Mitchell, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Alfredo Morbidini, Federico Mosti, Michela Negro, Chiara Oppedisano, Richard Pacheco, Alessandro Paggi, Steven D. Pavelitz, Christina Pentz, Raffaele Piazzola, Brad Porter, Alessandro Profeti, Jaganathan Ranganathan, John Rankin, Noah Root, Alda Rubini, Stephanie Ruswick, Javier Sanchez, Emanuele Scalise, Sarah Schindhelm, Chet O. Speegle, Toru Tamagawa, Marcello Tardiola, Amy L. Walden, Bruce Weddendorf, David Welch

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Proceedings Volume 11118, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XXI; 111180V (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2530646
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2019, San Diego, California, United States

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The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) will add polarization to the properties (time, energy, and position) observed in x-ray astronomy. A NASA Astrophysics Small Explorer (SMEX) in partnership with the Italian Space Agency (ASI), IXPE will measure the 2–8-keV polarization of a few dozen sources during the first 2 years following its 2021 launch. The IXPE Observatory includes three identical x-ray telescopes, each comprising a 4-m-focal-length (grazingincidence) mirror module assembly (MMA) and a polarization-sensitive (imaging) detector unit (DU), separated by a deployable optical bench. The Observatory’s Spacecraft provides typical subsystems (mechanical, structural, thermal, power, electrical, telecommunications, etc.), an attitude determination and control subsystem for 3-axis stabilized pointing, and a command and data handling subsystem communicating with the science instrument and the Spacecraft subsystems.

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Stephen L. O'Dell, Primo Attinà, Luca Baldini, Mattia Barbanera, Wayne H. Baumgartner, Ronaldo Bellazzini, Jeff Bladt, Stephen D. Bongiorno, Alessandro Brez, Elisabetta Cavazzuti, Saverio Citraro, Enrico Costa, William D. Deininger, Ettore Del Monte, Kurtis L. Dietz, Niccolò Di Lalla, Immacolata Donnarumma, Ronald F. Elsner, Sergio Fabiani, Riccardo Ferrazzoli, Larry Guy, William Kalinowski, Victoria M. Kaspi, Anthony R. Kelley, Jeffrey J. Kolodziejczak, Luca Latronico, Carlo Lefevre, Leonardo Lucchesi, Alberto Manfreda, Herman L. Marshall, James Masciarelli, Giorgio Matt, Massimo Minuti, Fabio Muleri, Hikmat Nasimi, Alessio Nuti, Leonardo Orsini, Darren Osborne, Matteo Perri, Melissa Pesce-Rollins, Colin Peterson, Michele Pinchera, Simonetta Puccetti, Brian D. Ramsey, Ajay Ratheesh, Roger W. Romani, Francesco Santoli, Andrea Sciortino, Carmelo Sgrò, Brian T. Smith, Gloria Spandre, Paolo Soffitta, Allyn F. Tennant, Antonino Tobia, Alessio Trois, Jeffrey Wedmore, Martin C. Weisskopf, Fei Xie, Francesco Zanetti, Cheryl Alexander, D. Zachery Allen, Fabrizio Amici, Spencer Antoniak, Raffaella Bonino, Fabio Borotto, Shawn Breeding, Daniele Brienza, H. Kyle Bygott, Ciro Caporale, Claudia Cardelli, Marco Ceccanti, Mauro Centrone, Giuseppe Di Persio, Yuri Evangelista, MacKenzie Ferrie, Joseph Footdale, Brent Forsyth, Michelle Foster, Shuichi Gunji, Eli Gurnee, Grant Hibbard, Sandra Johnson, Eric Kelly, Kiranmayee Kilaru, Fabio La Monaca, Shelley Le Roy, Pasqualino Loffredo, Guido Magazzu, Marco Marengo, Alessandra Marrocchesi, Francesco Massaro, Jeffery McCracken, Michael McEachen, Paolo Mereu, Scott Mitchell, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Alfredo Morbidini, Federico Mosti, Michela Negro, Chiara Oppedisano, Richard Pacheco, Alessandro Paggi, Steven D. Pavelitz, Christina Pentz, Raffaele Piazzola, Brad Porter, Alessandro Profeti, Jaganathan Ranganathan, John Rankin, Noah Root, Alda Rubini, Stephanie Ruswick, Javier Sanchez, Emanuele Scalise, Sarah Schindhelm, Chet O. Speegle, Toru Tamagawa, Marcello Tardiola, Amy L. Walden, Bruce Weddendorf, and David Welch "The Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE): technical overview II", Proc. SPIE 11118, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XXI, 111180V (9 September 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2530646

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