Tugliani, S. and Aglietta, A. and Bonino, R. and Cibrario, N. and Latronico, L. and Maldera, S. (2024) XPE Gas Pixel Detectors characterization using the X-ray Calibration Facility. Il nuovo cimento C, 47 (3). pp. 1-4. ISSN 1826-9885
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Abstract
The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) is a space mission launched on 9 December 2021 (collaboration NASA and ASI) to measure the linear polarization of different astrophysical sources over the photon energy range 2-8 keV. The heart of IXPE Detector Unit, and of future polarization-aimed missions, is the Gas Pixel Detector. These detectors can be calibrated and characterized using the X-ray Calibration Facility, XCF, available at the Physics Department of the University of Torino. The XCF allows us to study X-rays at different energies with different spatial and polarization configurations. Initially conceived as a calibration source to qualify Gas Pixel Detectors, the XCF will support R&D programs of innovative position- energy- and polarization-sensitive X-ray detectors.
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | 500 Scienze naturali e Matematica > 530 Fisica |
Depositing User: | Marina Spanti |
Date Deposited: | 29 Jul 2024 14:11 |
Last Modified: | 29 Jul 2024 14:11 |
URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/23074 |
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