Dependence on temperature of the response of a gas pixel detector to polarized radiation
Date Issued
2018
Author(s)
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Di Lalla, Niccolò
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Marrocchesi, Alessandra
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Pucci, Federico
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Baldini, Luca
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Latronico, Luca
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Pinchera, Michele
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Sgrò, Carmelo
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Abstract
The Gas Pixel Detector (GPD) is an X-ray polarimeter that exploits the photoelectric effect to measure the polarization and to obtain the image of astrophysical sources. This detector is on board the IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) mission selected by NASA in the framework of the Explorer program scheduled for the launch in 2021. We report on tests carried out with a laboratory prototype of the GPD to verify the performance as a function of the temperature in a large temperature range between 15°C and 40°C.
Coverage
Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
All editors
den Herder, Jan-Willem A.; Nikzad, Shouleh; Nakazawa, Kazuhiro
Series
Volume
10699
Start page
106995B
Conferenece
Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
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Austin, Texas, United States
Conferenece date
10-15 June, 2018
Issn Identifier
0277-786X
Ads BibCode
2018SPIE10699E..5BF
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open.access
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