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DESCRIPTION:The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE)\, a joint NASA–
 ASI SMEX mission\, represents the current culmination of decades of resear
 ch aimed at routinely providing the field of high-energy astrophysics with
  two additional observables: the degree and angle of polarization. Launche
 d in December 2021\, IXPE has observed about one hundred celestial sources
 \, offering invaluable insights into the emission mechanisms\, magnetic-fi
 eld configurations\, and geometries of compact objects.\n\nTo measure X-ra
 y polarization in the 2–8 keV energy band\, IXPE exploits the photoelect
 ric effect in gas\, analyzing two-dimensional tracks through a detector sy
 stem developed through a joint effort of INAF\, INFN\, and OHB-Italia.\n\n
 In this talk\, I will describe the IXPE mission and payload\, together wit
 h the main astrophysical results obtained so far. I will also discuss its 
 main limitations and the new opportunities offered by ESA\, in particular 
 the concept of the Enhanced X-ray Polarimetry Observatory (EXPO)\, propose
 d for the next Medium-Size Mission call. EXPO aims to achieve a quantum le
 ap in X-ray polarimetry\, enabling the detection of polarization from tran
 sients and faint steady sources across a much broader energy range than IX
 PE.\n\nPaolo Soffitta\n\nIEAP\, CTU in Prague\, Husova 240/5\, Prague\, Cz
 ech Republic\, Czech Republic
LOCATION:IEAP\, CTU in Prague\, Husova 240/5\, Prague\, Czech Republic\, Cz
 ech Republic
ORGANIZER:andre.sopczak@cern.ch
SEQUENCE:3
SUMMARY:The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer and new directions for the f
 uture
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/522196
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>The <em>Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer
 </em> (IXPE)\, a joint NASA&ndash\;ASI SMEX mission\, represents the curre
 nt culmination of decades of research aimed at routinely providing the fie
 ld of high-energy astrophysics with two additional observables: the degree
  and angle of polarization. Launched in December 2021\, IXPE has observed 
 about one hundred celestial sources\, offering invaluable insights into th
 e emission mechanisms\, magnetic-field configurations\, and geometries of 
 compact objects.</p>\n<p>To measure X-ray polarization in the 2&ndash\;8 k
 eV energy band\, IXPE exploits the photoelectric effect in gas\, analyzing
  two-dimensional tracks through a detector system developed through a join
 t effort of INAF\, INFN\, and OHB-Italia.</p>\n<p>In this talk\, I will de
 scribe the IXPE mission and payload\, together with the main astrophysical
  results obtained so far. I will also discuss its main limitations and the
  new opportunities offered by ESA\, in particular the concept of the <em>E
 nhanced X-ray Polarimetry Observatory&nbsp\;</em>(EXPO)\, proposed for the
  next Medium-Size Mission call. EXPO aims to achieve a quantum leap in X-r
 ay polarimetry\, enabling the detection of polarization from transients an
 d faint steady sources across a much broader energy range than IXPE.</p>\n
 <p>Paolo Soffitta</p>
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