Speaker
Description
The successful detection by the IXPE mission of X-ray polarization from tens
of celestial sources belonging to different classes has opened a new window in
X-ray astronomy. While an impressive number of scientific topics have already
been tackled by IXPE, many of them would benefit from a new class of
instrumentation which could be launched in a relatively short time-scale. In
this contribution, we will present the development activities of a focal plane
polarimeter which has the goal of extending the energy range of IXPE up to
tens of keV with a better sensitivity and lower background. Our design is
based on the use of multilayer mirrors and a stacked instrumentation,
comprising of either a low or medium energy imaging photoelectric polarimeter
and an active Compton one. Such an approach is based on hardware with flight
heritage, and, despite still in development for the specific application in the
field of X-ray polarimetry, it promises to answer compelling scientific
questions and to be soon competitive from the feasibility point of view for
space application.
| Eligibility for "Best presentation for young researcher" or "Best poster for young researcher" prize | No |
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