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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/24957
Title: Performance of the Gas Pixel Detector: an x-ray imaging polarimeter for upcoming missions of astrophysics
Authors: MULERI, FABIO 
SOFFITTA, PAOLO 
Baldini, Luca
Bellazzini, Ronaldo
Brez, Alessandro
COSTA, ENRICO
Di Lalla, Niccolò
DEL MONTE, Ettore 
EVANGELISTA, YURI 
Latronico, Luca
Manfreda, Alberto
Minuti, Massimo
Pesce-Rollins, Melissa
Pinchera, Michele
RUBINI, ALDA
Sgrò, Carmelo
Spada, Francesca
Spandre, Gloria
Issue Date: 2016
Volume: Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
Editors: den Herder, Jan-Willem A.; Takahashi, Tadayuki; Bautz, Marshall
Series: PROCEEDINGS OF SPIE 
Number: 9905
First Page: 99054G
Abstract: X-ray polarimetry is a hot topic and, as a matter of fact, a number of missions dedicated to the measurement of the polarization in the ∼2-8 keV energy range with photoelectric devices are under advanced study by space agencies. The Gas Pixel Detector (GPD), developed and continuously improved in Italy by Pisa INFN in collaboration with INAF-IAPS, is the only instrument able to perform imaging polarimetry; moreover, it can measure photon energy and time of arrival. In this paper, we report on the performance of a GPD prototype assembled with flight-like materials and procedures. The remarkably uniform operation over a long period of time assures a straightforward operation in orbit and support the high readiness level claimed for this instrument.
Conference Name: Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
Conference Place: Edinburgh, UK
Conference Date: 26 June-1 July, 2016
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/24957
URL: https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/9905/1/Performance-of-the-Gas-Pixel-Detector--an-x-ray/10.1117/12.2233206.full
ISSN: 0277-786X
ISBN: 9781510601901
DOI: 10.1117/12.2233206
Bibcode ADS: 2016SPIE.9905E..4GM
Fulltext: open
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