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dc.contributor.author | Feng, Hua | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Jiang, Weichun | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Minuti, Massimo | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Wu, Qiong | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Jung, Aera | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Yang, Dongxin | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Citraro, Saverio | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Nasimi, Hikmat | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Yu, Jiandong | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Jin, Ge | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Huang, Jiahui | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Zeng, Ming | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | An, Peng | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Baldini, Luca | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Bellazzini, Ronaldo | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Brez, Alessandro | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Latronico, Luca | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Sgrò, Carmelo | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Spandre, Gloria | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Pinchera, Michele | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | MULERI, FABIO | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | SOFFITTA, PAOLO | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | COSTA, ENRICO | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-02-02T15:15:05Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2021-02-02T15:15:05Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0922-6435 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/30170 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The gas pixel detector (GPD) is designed and developed for high-sensitivity astronomical X-ray polarimetry, which is a new window about to open in a few years. Due to the small mass, low power, and compact geometry of the GPD, we propose a CubeSat mission Polarimeter Light (PolarLight) to demonstrate and test the technology directly in space. There is no optics but a collimator to constrain the field of view to 2.3 degrees. Filled with pure dimethyl ether (DME) at 0.8 atm and sealed by a beryllium window of 100 μm thick, with a sensitive area of about 1.4 mm by 1.4 mm, PolarLight allows us to observe the brightest X-ray sources on the sky, with a count rate of, e.g., ∼0.2 counts s<SUP>- 1</SUP> from the Crab nebula. The PolarLight is 1U in size and mounted in a 6U CubeSat, which was launched into a low Earth Sun-synchronous orbit on October 29, 2018, and is currently under test. More launches with improved designs are planned in 2019. These tests will help increase the technology readiness for future missions such as the enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry (eXTP), better understand the orbital background, and may help constrain the physics with observations of the brightest objects. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.title | PolarLight: a CubeSat X-ray polarimeter based on the gas pixel detector | en_US |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s10686-019-09625-z | en_US |
dc.identifier.scopus | 2-s2.0-85064204496 | en_US |
dc.identifier.isi | 000468983500010 | en_US |
dc.identifier.url | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10686-019-09625-z | en_US |
dc.relation.medium | STAMPA | en_US |
dc.relation.volume | 47 | en_US |
dc.relation.issue | 1-2 | en_US |
dc.relation.firstpage | 225 | en_US |
dc.type.referee | REF_1 | en_US |
dc.description.international | sì | en_US |
dc.relation.scientificsector | FIS/05 - ASTRONOMIA E ASTROFISICA | en_US |
dc.relation.journal | EXPERIMENTAL ASTRONOMY | en_US |
dc.type.miur | 262 Articolo in rivista | - |
dc.identifier.adsbibcode | 2019ExA....47..225F | en_US |
dc.relation.ercsector | ERC sectors::Physical Sciences and Engineering::PE9 Universe sciences: astro-physics/chemistry/biology; solar systems; stellar, galactic and extragalactic astronomy, planetary systems, cosmology, space science, instrumentation::PE9_10 High energy and particle astronomy – X-rays, cosmic rays, gamma rays, neutrinos | en_US |
dc.description.apc | no | en_US |
dc.description.oa | 1 – prodotto con file in versione Open Access (allegare il file al passo 5-Carica) | en_US |
item.openairecristype | http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_18cf | - |
item.openairetype | Article | - |
item.languageiso639-1 | en | - |
item.cerifentitytype | Publications | - |
item.grantfulltext | open | - |
item.fulltext | With Fulltext | - |
crisitem.author.dept | IAPS Roma | - |
crisitem.author.dept | IAPS Roma | - |
crisitem.author.orcid | 0000-0003-3331-3794 | - |
crisitem.author.orcid | 0000-0002-7781-4104 | - |
crisitem.journal.journalissn | 0922-6435 | - |
crisitem.journal.ance | E061604 | - |
Appears in Collections: | 1.01 Articoli in rivista |
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