B3 Non-refereed article in a conference publication
XIPE the X-ray Imaging Polarimetry Explorer
Authors: Soffitta P, Bellazzini R, Bozzo E, Burwitz V, Castro-Tirado AJ, Costa E, Courvoisier T, Feng H, Gburek S, Goosmann R, Karas V, Matt G, Muleri F, Nandra K, Pearce M, Poutanen J, Reglero V, Maria DS, Santangelo A, Tagliaferri G, Tenzer C, Vink J, Weisskopf MC, Zane S, Agudo I, Antonelli A, Attina P, Baldini L, Bykov A, Carpentiero R, Cavazzuti E, Churazov E, Del Monte E, De Martino D, Donnarunnna I, Doroslienko V, Evangelista Y, Ferreira I, Gallo E, Grosso N, Kaaret P, Kuulkers E, Laranaga J, Latronico L, Lumb DH, Macian J, Malzac J, Marin F, Massaro E, Minuti M, Mundell C, Ness JU, Oosterbroek T, Paltani S, Pareschi G, Perna R, Petrucci PO, Pinazo HB, Pinchera M, Rodriguez JP, Roncadelli M, Santovincenzo A, Sazonov S, Sgro C, Spiga D, Svoboda J, Theobald C, Theodorou T, Turolla R, de Ona EW, Winter B, Akbar AM, Allan H, Aloisio B, Altamirano D, Amati L, Amato E, Angelakis E, Arezu J, Atteia JL, Axelsson M, Bachetti M, Ballo L, Balman S, Bandiera R, Barcons N, Basso S, Baykal A, Backer W, Behar E, Beheshtipour B, Belmont R, Berger L, Bernardini F, Bianchi S, Bisnovatvi-Kogan G, Blasi P, Blay P, Bodaghee A, Boer M, Boettcher M, Bogdanov S, Bombaci I, Bonino R, Braga J, Brandt W, Brez A, Bucciantini N, Burderi L, Caiazzo I, Campana R, Campana S, Capitanio F, Cappi M, Cardillo M, Casella P, Catmabacak O, Cenko B, Cerda-Duran P, Cerruti C, Chaty S, Chauvin M, Chen V, Chenevez J, Chernyakova M, Teddy CCC, Christodoulou D, Connell P, Corbet R, Zelati FC, Covino S, Cui W, Cusumano G, D'Ai A, D'Ammando F, Dadina M, De Rosa A, De Ruvo L, Degenaar N, Del Santo M, Del Zanna L, Dewangan G, Di Cosimo S, Di Lalla N, Di Persio G, Di Salvo T, Dias T, Done C, Dovciak M, Doyle G, Ducci L, Elsner R, Enoto T, Escada J, Esposito P, Eyles C, Fabiani S, Falanga M, Falocco S, Fan Y, Fender R, Feroci M, Ferrigno C, Forman W, Foschini L, Fragile C, Fuerst F, Fujita Y, Gasent-Blesa JL, Gelfand J, Gendre B, Ghirlanda G, Ghisellini G, Giroletti M, Goetz D, Gomez JL, Gonzalez D, Gonzalcz-Riestra R, Gotthelf E, Gou L, Grandi P, Grinberg V, Grise F, Guidorzi C, Gurlebeck N, Guver T, Haggard D, Hardcastle M, Hartmann D, Haswell C, Heger A, Hernanz M, Heyl J, Ho L, Hoormann J, Horak J, Huovelin J, Huppenkothen D, Iaria R, Inam SC, Ingram A, Israel G, Izzo L, Burgess M, Jackson M, Ji L, Ji L, Jiang J, Johannsen T, Jones C, Jorstad S, Kajava JJE, Kalamkar M, Kalemci L, Kallman T, Kamble A, Kislat F, Kiss M, Klochkov D, Koerding E, Kolehmainen M, Koljonen K, Komossa S, Kong A, Korpela S, Kowalinski M, Krawczynski H, Kreykenbohm I, Kuss M, Lai D, Lan M, Larsson J, Laycock S, Lazzati D, Leahy D, Li H, Li J, Li LX, Li T, Li Z, Linares M, Lister M, Liu H, Lodato G, Lohfink A, Longo F, Luna G, Lutovinov A, Mahmoodifar S, Maia J, Mainieri V, Maitra C, Maitra D, Majczyna A, Maldera S, Malyshev D, Manfreda A, Manousakis A, Manuel R, Margutti R, Marinucci A, Markoff S, Marschcr A, Marshall H, Massaro F, McLaughlin M, Medina-Tanco G, Mehdipour N, Middleton N, Mignari R, Mimica P, Mineo T, Mingo B, Miniutti G, Mirac SM, Morlino G, Motlagli AV, Motta SE, Muslitukov A, Nagataki S, Nardini F, Nattila J, Navarro GJ, Negri B, Negro M, Nenonen S, Neustroev V, Nicastro F, Norton A, Nucita A, O'Brien P, O'Dell S, Odaka H, Olmi B, Omodei N, Orienti M, Orlandini M, Osborne J, Pacciani L, Paliya VS, Papadakis I, Papitto A, Paragi Z, Pascal P, Paul B, Pavan L, Pellizzoni A, Perinati E, Pesce-Rollins M, Piconcelli E, Pili AG, Pilia M, Pohl M, Ponti G, Porquet D, Possenti A, Postnov K, Prandoni I, Produit N, Puehlhofer G, Ramsey B, Razzano M, Rea N, Reig P, Reinsch K, Reiprich T, Reynolds M, Risaliti G, Roberts T, Rodriguez J, Rossi ME, Rosswog S, Rozanska A, Rubini A, Rudak B, Russell D, Ryde F, Sabatini S, Sala G, Salvati M, Sasaki M, Savolainen T, Saxton R, Scaringi S, Schawinski K, Schulz NS, Schwope A, Severgnini P, Sharon M, Shaw A, Shearer A, Shesheng X, Shih IC, Silva K, Silva R, Silver E, Sniale A, Spada F, Spandre G, Stamerra A, Stappers B, Starrfield S, Stawarz L, Stergioulas N, Stevens A, Stiele H, Suleimanov V, Sunyaev R, Slowikowska A, Tamborra F, Tavecchio F, Taverna R, Tiengo A, Tolos L, Tombesi F, Tomsick J, Tong H, Torok G, Torres DF, Tortosa A, Tramacere A, Trimble V, Trinchieri G, Tsygankov S, Tuerler M, Turriziani S, Ursini F, Uttley P, Varniere P, Vincent F, Vurgun E, Wang C, Wang Z, Watts A, Wheeler JC, Wiersema K, Wijnands R, Wilms J, Wolter A, Wood K, Wu K, Wu X, Xiangyu W, Xie F, Xu R, Yan SP, Yang J, Vu W, Yuan F, Zajczyk A, Zanetti D, Zanin R, Zanni C, Zappacosta L, Zdziarski AA, Zech A, Zhang H, Zhang S, Zhang S, Zhang W, Zoghbi A
Editors: DenHerder JWA, Takahashi T, Bautz M
Conference name: Conference on Space Telescopes and Instrumentation - Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
Publisher: SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING, PO BOX 10, BELLINGHAM, WA 98227-0010 USA
Publication year: 2016
Journal: Proceedings of SPIE : the International Society for Optical Engineering
Book title : Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
Journal name in source: SPACE TELESCOPES AND INSTRUMENTATION 2016: ULTRAVIOLET TO GAMMA RAY
Journal acronym: PROC SPIE
Article number: ARTN 990515
Volume: 9905
Number of pages: 20
ISBN: 978-1-5106-0190-1
ISSN: 0277-786X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233046
XIPE, the X-ray Imaging Polarimetry Explorer, is a mission dedicated to X-ray Astronomy. At the time of writing XIPE is in a competitive phase A as fourth medium size mission of ESA (M4). It promises to reopen the polarimetry window in high energy Astrophysics after more than 4 decades thanks to a detector that efficiently exploits the photoelectric effect and to X-ray optics with large effective area. XIPE uniqueness is time-spectrally-spatially- resolved X-ray polarimetry as a breakthrough in high energy astrophysics and fundamental physics. Indeed the payload consists of three Gas Pixel Detectors at the focus of three X-ray optics with a total effective area larger than one XMM mirror but with a low weight. The payload is compatible with the fairing of the Vega launcher. XIPE is designed as an observatory for X- ray astronomers with 75% of the time dedicated to a Guest Observer competitive program and it is organized as a consortium across Europe with main contributions from Italy, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom, Poland, Sweden.