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astro-ph2002
X-ray Astronomical Polarimetry in the XEUS Era
E. Costa, P. Soffitta, G. Di Persio +9
X-ray Polarimetry is almost as old as X-ray Astronomy. Since the first discovery of X-ray sources theoretical analysis suggested that a high degree of linear polarization could be…
astro-ph2001
SuperAGILE: the X-ray Monitor of the AGILE gamma-ray Mission
M. Feroci, E. Costa, E. Del Monte +15
SuperAGILE is the X-ray stage of the AGILE gamma-ray mission. It is devoted to monitor X-ray (10-40 keV) sources with a sensitivity better than 10 mCrabs in 50 ks and to detect X-r…