Publications (11)
X-ray performance of critical-angle transmission grating prototypes for the Arcus mission
Ralf K. Heilmann, Alexander R. Bruccoleri, Vadim Burwitz +12
Arcus is a proposed soft x-ray grating spectrometer Explorer. It aims to explore cosmic feedback by mapping hot gases within and between galaxies and galaxy clusters and characteri…
The X-ray Polarization Probe mission concept
Keith Jahoda, Henric Krawczynski, Fabian Kislat +100
The X-ray Polarization Probe (XPP) is a second generation X-ray polarimeter following up on the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE). The XPP will offer true broadband polarim…
Automated Transient Detection with Shapelet Analysis in Image-subtracted Data
Kendall Ackley, Stephen S. Eikenberry, Ceren Yildirim +2
We present a method for characterizing image-subtracted objects based on shapelet analysis to identify transient events in ground-based time-domain surveys. We decompose the image-…
Design and testing progress towards the first flight of the rocket experiment demonstration of a Soft X-ray Polarimeter (REDSoX)
Sarah N. T. Heine, Herman L. Marshall, Alan Garner +11
The paper reports on the design and testing progress of REDSoX, a NASA sounding‑rocket mission that will demonstrate a soft X‑ray polarimeter measuring polarization in the 0.2–0.4…
A new NASA Pioneer: the Globe Orbiting Soft X-ray Polarimeter (GOSoX)
Herman L Marshall, Sarah N T Heine, Alan Garner +16
The Globe Orbiting Soft X-ray Polarimeter (GOSoX) is a spectropolarimeter for the soft X-ray band. GOSoX is based on the Rocket Experiment Demonstration of a Soft X-ray Polarimeter…
Proof of Concept Measurements of Laterally Graded Multilayers for Soft X-ray Spectropolarimetry
Sarah Heine, Herman L. Marshall, Alan Garner +2
The paper presents proof‑of‑concept measurements of laterally graded multilayer mirrors for a soft X‑ray spectropolarimeter, testing Cr‑Sc and W‑B‑C multilayers and demonstrating p…