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20202026
most citedXL-Calibur -- a second-generation balloon-borne hard X-ray polarimetry mission

68 citations · 169 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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10 papers

astro-ph.HE2026

Refined Constraints on the Hard X-ray Polarization of the Crab Pulsar and Nebula Derived from an Extended XL-Calibur Dataset

Matthew G. Baring, Jacob Casey, Sohee Chun +26

We present updated hard X-ray polarization measurements of the Crab pulsar and nebula obtained with the balloon-borne polarimeter XL-Calibur in the ~19-64 keV energy range. During…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 5 cited

XL-Calibur measurements of polarised hard X-ray emission from the Crab

Hisamitsu Awaki, Matthew G. Baring, Richard Bose +46

We report measurements of the linear polarisation degree (PD) and angle (PA) for hard X-ray emission from the Crab pulsar and wind nebula. Measurements were made with the XL-Calibu…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 3 cited

Systematic effects on a Compton polarimeter at the focus of an X-ray mirror

M. Aoyagi, R. G. Bose, S. Chun +23

XL-Calibur is a balloon-borne Compton polarimeter for X-rays in the 15-80 keV range. Using an X-ray mirror with a 12 m focal length for collecting photons onto a beryllium sc…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 1 cited

The High Energy X-ray Probe (HEX-P): Probing Accretion onto Stellar Mass Black Holes

Riley Connors, John Tomsick, Paul Draghis +20

Accretion is a universal astrophysical process that plays a key role in cosmic history, from the epoch of reionization to galaxy and stellar formation and evolution. Accreting stel…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 36 cited

X-ray Polarization of the Black Hole X-ray Binary 4U 1630-47 Challenges Standard Thin Accretion Disk Scenario

Ajay Ratheesh, Michal Dovčiak, Henric Krawczynski +112

Large energy-dependent X-ray polarization degree is detected by the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer ({IXPE}) in the high-soft emission state of the black hole X-ray binary 4U 16…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 12 cited

The design and performance of the XL-Calibur anticoincidence shield

N. K. Iyer, M. Kiss, M. Pearce +31

The XL-Calibur balloon-borne hard X-ray polarimetry mission comprises a Compton-scattering polarimeter placed at the focal point of an X-ray mirror. The polarimeter is housed withi…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 7 cited

The 511-CAM Mission: A Pointed 511 keV Gamma-Ray Telescope with a Focal Plane Detector Made of Stacked Transition Edge Sensor Microcalorimeter Arrays

Farzane Shirazi, Md. Arman Hossen, Daniel Becker +18

The 511 keV gamma-ray emission from the galactic center region may fully or partially originate from the annihilation of positrons from dark matter particles with electrons from th…

astro-ph.IM2022

Performance of the X-Calibur Hard X-Ray Polarimetry Mission during its 2018/19 Long-Duration Balloon Flight

Quincy Abarr, Banafsheh Beheshtipour, Matthias Beilicke +28

X-Calibur is a balloon-borne telescope that measures the polarization of high-energy X-rays in the 15--50keV energy range. The instrument makes use of the fact that X-rays scatter…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 68 cited

XL-Calibur -- a second-generation balloon-borne hard X-ray polarimetry mission

Q. Abarr, H. Awaki, M. G. Baring +38

XL-Calibur is a hard X-ray (15-80 keV) polarimetry mission operating from a stabilised balloon-borne platform in the stratosphere. It builds on heritage from the X-Calibur mission,…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 37 cited

Observations of a GX 301-2 Apastron Flare with the X-Calibur Hard X-Ray Polarimeter Supported by NICER, the Swift XRT and BAT, and Fermi GBM

Q. Abarr, M. Baring, B. Beheshtipour +28

The accretion-powered X-ray pulsar GX 301-2 was observed with the balloon-borne X-Calibur hard X-ray polarimeter during late December 2018, with contiguous observations by the NICE…