Considerations on Possible Directions for a Wide Band Polarimetry X-ray Mission

Author:

Soffitta Paolo1ORCID,Costa Enrico1ORCID,De Angelis Nicolas1ORCID,Del Monte Ettore1ORCID,Desch Klaus2ORCID,Di Marco Alessandro1ORCID,Di Persio Giuseppe1ORCID,Fabiani Sergio1ORCID,Ferrazzoli Riccardo1ORCID,Gruber Markus2ORCID,Hiromitsu Takahashi3ORCID,Imtiaz Saba14ORCID,Kaaret Philip5ORCID,Kaminski Jochen2ORCID,Kim Dawoon E.167ORCID,Kislat Fabian8ORCID,Krawczynski Henric9ORCID,La Monaca Fabio167ORCID,Lefevre Carlo1ORCID,Manikantan Hemanth1ORCID,Marshall Herman L.10ORCID,Mikusincova Romana1ORCID,Morbidini Alfredo1,Muleri Fabio1ORCID,O’Dell Stephen L.5ORCID,Okajima Takashi11ORCID,Pearce Mark1213ORCID,Plesanovs Vladislavs2ORCID,Ramsey Brian D.5ORCID,Ratheesh Ajay1ORCID,Rubini Alda1,Vengalil Menon Shravan9ORCID,Weisskopf Martin C.5ORCID

Affiliation:

1. INAF-Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy

2. Physikalisches Institut, der Universität Bonn, Nussallee 12, 53115 Bonn, Germany

3. Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan

4. Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia “Galileo Galilei”, Universitá degli Studi di Padova, Via VIII febbraio 2, 35122 Padova, Italy

5. NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, 320 Sparkman Drive, Huntsville, AL 35805, USA

6. Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitá degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy

7. Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitá degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Roma, Italy

8. Department of Physics and Astronomy and Space Science Center, University of New Hampshire, Morse Hall, 8 College Rd, Durham, NH 03824, USA

9. Physics Department, Washington University in Saint Louis, 1 Brookings Dr, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA

10. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA

11. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA

12. KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Physics, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden

13. The Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics, AlbaNova University Centre, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden

Abstract

The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) has confirmed that X-ray polarimetry is a valuable tool in astronomy, providing critical insights into the emission processes and the geometry of compact objects. IXPE was designed to be sensitive in the 2–8 keV energy range for three primary reasons: (1) celestial X-ray sources are bright within this range, (2) the optics are effective, and (3) most sources across various classes were expected to exhibit some level of polarization. Indeed, IXPE is a great success, and its discoveries are necessitating the revision of many theoretical models for numerous sources. However, one of IXPE’s main limitations is its relatively narrow energy band, coupled with rapidly declining efficiency. In this paper, we will demonstrate the benefits of devising a mission focused on a broader energy band (0.1–79 keV). This approach leverages current technologies that align well with theoretical expectations and builds on the successes of IXPE.

Funder

Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research

Rymdstyrelsen

Vetenskapsrådet

Publisher

MDPI AG

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