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astro-ph.HE2026

Prospects of Prompt Gamma-Ray Burst Polarimetry with POLAR-2

Ramandeep Gill, Jiang He, Jonathan Granot +6

The dominant radiation mechanism that powers the prompt -ray emission in gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) remains poorly understood. High quality, time- and energy-resolved linear polari…

astro-ph.HE2025

Gamma-Ray Burst Polarimetry with the POLAR and POLAR-2 missions

Nicolas De Angelis, Philipp Azzarello, Franck Cadoux +15

Gamma-Ray Bursts are among the most powerful and violent events in the Universe. Despite over half a century of observations of these transient sources, many open questions remain…

astro-ph.HE2025

The enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry mission -- eXTP for launch in 2030

Shuang-Nan Zhang, Andrea Santangelo, Yupeng Xu +155

In this paper we present the current status of the enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry mission, which has been fully approved for launch in 2030. eXTP is a space science mission…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 11 cited

Gamma-Ray Polarimetry of the Crab Pulsar Observed by POLAR

Han-Cheng Li, Nicolas Produit, Shuang-Nan Zhang +15

The X/ ray polarimetry of the Crab pulsar/nebula is believed to hold crucial information on their emission models. In the past, several missions have shown evidence of polarized…

astro-ph.HE2020

The POLAR Gamma-Ray Burst Polarization Catalog

Merlin Kole, Nicolas De Angelis, Francesco Berlato +18

Despite over 50 years of research, many open questions remain about the origin and nature of GRBs. Polarization measurements of the prompt emission of these extreme phenomena have…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 89 cited

Detailed polarization measurements of the prompt emission of five Gamma-Ray Bursts

Shuang-Nan Zhang, Merlin Kole, Tian-Wei Bao +37

Gamma-ray bursts are the strongest explosions in the Universe since the Big Bang, believed to be produced either in forming black holes at the end of massive star evolution or merg…