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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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