Published June 21, 2022
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The Thomson scattering X-ray polarimeter POLIX
Authors/Creators
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Hemanth Manikantan1
- Biswajit Paul1
- Rishin Puthiya Veetil1
- Vikram Rana1
- Gopala Krishna M R1
- Rajagopala G1
- Sandhya1
- Mamatha T S1
- Dhiraj K Dedhia2
- Nirmal Iyer3
- Sujay Mate2
- Krishnamurthy S1
- Irshad Md1
- Pooja Verma1
- Harikrishna Sahu1
- Ketan Rikame1
- Shirisha Vissom1
- Meena G4
- Varun Bahal5
- Shreenandini Anand1
- 1. Raman Research Institute
- 2. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
- 3. KTH Royal Institute of Technology
- 4. U R Rao Satellite Centre
- 5. Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences
Description
POLIX is the primary scientific payload on the upcoming Indian X-ray astronomy mission XPoSat. POLIX is a Thomson scattering X-ray polarimeter working in the 8-30 keV energy band designed to study the polarised X-ray emission from various celestial X-ray sources. Being a dedicated X-ray polarization mission in this unexplored energy band, POLIX is poised to give us glimpses of a new frontier in high-energy astrophysics and allow in-depth investigations of the astrophysical processes in neutron stars and black hole sources.
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