EnglishXEUS is a large area telescope aiming to rise X-ray Astronomy to the level of Optical Astronomy in terms of collecting areas. It will be based on two satellites, locked on a formation flight, one with the optics, one with the focal plane. The present design of the focal plane foresees, as an auxiliary instrument, the inclusion of a Polarimeter based on a Micropattern Chamber. We show how such a device is capable to solve open problems on many classes of High Energy Astrophysics objects and to use X-ray sources as a laboratory for a substantial progress on Fundamental Physics.
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http://hdl.handle.net/11568/108567| Titolo: | A photoelectric polarimeter for XEUS: a new window in X-ray sky |
| Autori interni: | BALDINI, LUCA MASSAI, MARCO MARIA |
| Anno del prodotto: | 2006 |
| Rivista: | PROCEEDINGS OF SPIE, THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR OPTICAL ENGINEERING |
| Abstract: | XEUS is a large area telescope aiming to rise X-ray Astronomy to the level of Optical Astronomy in terms of collecting areas. It will be based on two satellites, locked on a formation flight, one with the optics, one with the focal plane. The present design of the focal plane foresees, as an auxiliary instrument, the inclusion of a Polarimeter based on a Micropattern Chamber. We show how such a device is capable to solve open problems on many classes of High Energy Astrophysics objects and to use X-ray sources as a laboratory for a substantial progress on Fundamental Physics. |
| Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11568/108567 |
| Appare nelle tipologie: | 4.1 Contributo in Atti di convegno |
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