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Title: | Future X-ray Polarimetry of Relativistic Accelerators: Pulsar Wind Nebulae and Supernova Remnants | Authors: | BUCCIANTINI, NICCOLO' | Issue Date: | 2018 | Journal: | GALAXIES | Number: | 6 | Issue: | 2 | First Page: | 42 | Abstract: | Supernova remnants (SNRs) and pulsar wind nebulae (PWNs) are among the most significant sources of non-thermal X-rays in the sky, and the best means by which relativistic plasma dynamics and particle acceleration can be investigated. Being strong synchrotron emitters, they are ideal candidates for X-ray polarimetry, and indeed the Crab nebula is up to present the only object where X-ray polarization has been detected with a high level of significance. Future polarimetric measures will likely provide us with crucial information on the level of turbulence that is expected at particle acceleration sites, together with the spatial and temporal coherence of magnetic field geometry, enabling us to set stronger constraints on our acceleration models. PWNs will also allow us to estimate the level of internal dissipation. I will briefly review the current knowledge on the polarization signatures in SNRs and PWNs, and I will illustrate what we can hope to achieve with future missions such as IXPE/XIPE. | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/28062 | URL: | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4434/6/2/42 https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018Galax...6...42B https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.08697 |
ISSN: | 2075-4434 | DOI: | 10.3390/galaxies6020042 | Bibcode ADS: | 2018Galax...6...42B | Fulltext: | open |
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