The Telescope Calibration of the Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer

Fifty years after the very first sounding rocket measurement of cosmic X-ray polarization, the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission has effectively opened a new window into the X-ray sky. Prior to launch of IXPE, an extensive calibration campaign was carried out to fully characterize th...

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Main Authors:	Brian D. Ramsey, Jeffery K. Kolodziejczak, Wayne H. Baumgartner, Nicholas E. Thomas, Stephen D. Bongiorno, Philip Kaaret, Stephen L. O’Dell, Allyn Tennant, Martin C. Weisskopf, Sergio Fabiani, Fabio Muleri, Paolo Soffitta, Enrico Costa, Alessandro Di Marco, Riccardo Ferrazzoli, Fabio La Monaca, John Rankin, Ajay Ratheesh, Alessio Trois, Luca Baldini, Ronaldo Bellazzini, Alessandro Brez, Luca Latronico, Leonardo Lucchesi, Alberto Manfreda, Massimo Minuti, Leonardo Orsini, Michele Pinchera, Carmelo Sgrò, Gloria Spandre
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
Series:	The Astronomical Journal
Subjects:	X-ray observatories Calibration Astronomical techniques Flux calibration
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/add327
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The Telescope Calibration of the Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer

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