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20182026
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astro-ph.HE2026

X-ray polarization of the Compton-thin Seyfert galaxy NGC 5506 with IXPE

Daniele Tagliacozzo, Alessandro Leonardo Lai, Andrea Gnarini +14

We report on the observation of the Compton-thin Seyfert galaxy NGC~5506 performed with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE). The observation, with a net observing time of…

astro-ph.IM2026

A Focal-plane X-ray Polarimeter with Spectral and Timing Capabilities for Future Missions

Hemanth Manikantan, Carlo Lefevre, Lorenzo Petrucci +16

The NASA-ASI mission Imaging X-ray Polarimeter Explorer (IXPE) firmly established X-ray polarimetry as a core observation pillar of high-energy astrophysics, alongside imaging, tim…

astro-ph.IM2026

Instruments for Focal Plane X-Ray Polarimetry in the Next Decade

Fabio Muleri, Stefano Cesare, Enrico Costa +18

The successful detection of X-ray polarization from many celestial sources belonging to different classes by the IXPE mission has opened a new window in X-ray astronomy. While an i…

astro-ph.HE2026

Tracking down the broadband polarimetric properties of PG 1553+113

Riccardo Middei, Svetlana G. Jorstad, Alan P. Marscher +78

We report on a nine-month monitoring campaign of the blazar PG 1553+113, relying on three observations carried out in 2025 with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) and su…

astro-ph.HE2026

Where within the 3C 84 jet are -rays produced?

Georgios F. Paraschos, Ioannis Liodakis, Svetlana Jorstad +49

The location of -ray creation and emission within extra-galactic jets is a matter of active debate. One particularly well-suited source to pinpoint the location is the nearby, b…

astro-ph.HE2025

The IXPE and multifrequency polarimetric view of the extreme blazars 1ES 1101-232 and RGB J0710+591

Fabrizio Tavecchio, Dawoon E. Kim, Gabriel Emery +53

Multiwavelength polarimetry is a powerful tool to probe magnetic field and flow geometries in the relativistic jets of blazars. In this respect, particularly interesting are the so…

astro-ph.HE2025

Detection of Compton scattering in the jet of 3C 84

Ioannis Liodakis, Sudip Chakraborty, Frédéric Marin +77

3C 84 is the brightest cluster galaxy in the Perseus Cluster. It is among the closest radio-loud active galaxies and among the very few that can be detected from low frequency radi…

astro-ph.HE2025

Unveiling blazar synchrotron emission: a multiwavelength polarimetric study of HSP and LSP populations

Sara Capecchiacci, Ioannis Liodakis, Riccardo Middei +96

Polarimetric properties of blazars allow us to put constraints on the acceleration mechanisms that fuel their powerful jets. By studying the multiwavelength polarimetric behaviour…

astro-ph.HE2025

Polarization of reflected X-ray emission from the Sgr A molecular complex: multiple flares, multiple sources?

Ildar Khabibullin, Eugene Churazov, Riccardo Ferrazzoli +100

The extended X-ray emission observed in the direction of several molecular clouds in the central molecular zone of our Galaxy exhibits spectral and temporal properties consistent w…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 15 cited

High optical to X-ray polarization ratio reveals Compton scattering in BL Lacertae's jet

Ivan Agudo, Ioannis Liodakis, Jorge Otero-Santos +147

Blazars, supermassive black hole systems (SMBHs) with highly relativistic jets aligned with the line of sight, are the most powerful long-lived emitters of electromagnetic emission…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 8 cited

X-ray Polarization of the High-Synchrotron-Peak BL Lacertae Object 1ES 1959+650 during Intermediate and High X-ray Flux States

Luigi Pacciani, Dawoon E. Kim, Riccardo Middei +97

We report the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) polarimetric and simultaneous multiwavelength observations of the high-energy-peaked BL Lacertae (HBL) object 1ES 1959+650,…

astro-ph.HE2025

First X-ray polarimetric view of a Low-Luminosity Active Galactic Nucleus: the case of NGC 2110

Sudip Chakraborty, Ajay Ratheesh, Daniele Tagliacozzo +20

Low-Luminosity Active Galactic Nuclei (LLAGN) provides a unique view of Comptonization and non-thermal emission from accreting black holes in the low-accretion rate regime. However…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 10 cited

IXPE Observation of the Low-Synchrotron Peaked Blazar S4 0954+65 During An Optical-X-ray Flare

Pouya M. Kouch, Ioannis Liodakis, Francesco Fenu +134

The X-ray polarization observations made possible with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) offer new ways of probing high-energy emission processes in astrophysical jets…

astro-ph.HE2024

Evidence for a shock-compressed magnetic field in the northwestern rim of Vela Jr. from X-ray polarimetry

Dmitry A. Prokhorov, Yi-Jung Yang, Riccardo Ferrazzoli +97

Synchrotron X-ray emission has been detected from nearly a dozen young supernova remnants (SNRs). X-rays of synchrotron origin exhibit linear polarization in a regular, non-randoml…

astro-ph.HE2024

A Two-Week Monitoring Campaign on Mrk 421

W. Peter Maksym, Ioannis Liodakis, M. Lynne Saade +153

X-ray polarization is a unique new probe of the particle acceleration in astrophysical jets made possible through the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer. Here we report on the firs…

astro-ph.HE2024

X-ray and multiwavelength polarization of Mrk 501 from 2022 to 2023

Chien-Ting J. Chen, Ioannis Liodakis, Riccardo Middei +143

We present multiwavelength polarization measurements of the luminous blazar Mrk~501 over a 14-month period. The 2--8 keV X-ray polarization was measured with the Imaging X-ray Pola…

astro-ph.IM2024

Towards imaging-spectro-polarimetry of solar flares in the X-rays

Sergio Fabiani, John Rankin, Stefano Basso +19

X-ray polarimetry of solar flares is still a not well established field of observation of our star. Past polarimeters were not able to measure with a high significance the polariza…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 14 cited

Discovery of a shock-compressed magnetic field in the north-western rim of the young supernova remnant RX J1713.7-3946 with X-ray polarimetry

Riccardo Ferrazzoli, Dmitry Prokhorov, Niccolò Bucciantini +99

Supernova remnants (SNRs) provide insights into cosmic-ray acceleration and magnetic field dynamics at shock fronts. Recent X-ray polarimetric measurements by the Imaging X-ray Pol…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 35 cited

IXPE observation of PKS 2155-304 reveals the most highly polarized blazar

Pouya M. Kouch, Ioannis Liodakis, Riccardo Middei +133

We report the X-ray polarization properties of the high-synchrotron-peaked (HSP) blazar PKS 2155304 based on observations with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE). We…

astro-ph.HE2024

Investigating the Properties of the Relativistic Jet and Hot Corona in AGN with X-ray Polarimetry

Dawoon E. Kim, Laura Di Gesu, Frédéric Marin +6

X-ray polarimetry has been suggested as a prominent tool for investigating the geometrical and physical properties of the emissions from active galactic nuclei (AGN). The successfu…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 33 cited

Detection of X-ray Polarization from the Blazar 1ES 1959+650 with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer

Manel Errando, Ioannis Liodakis, Alan P. Marscher +142

Observations of linear polarization in the 2-8 keV energy range with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) explore the magnetic field geometry and dynamics of the regions g…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 27 cited

X-Ray Polarized View on the Accretion Geometry in the X-Ray Binary Circinus X-1

John Rankin, Fabio La Monaca, Alessandro Di Marco +101

Cir X-1 is a neutron star X-ray binary characterized by strong variations in flux during its eccentric 16.6 days orbit. There are also strong variations in the spectral state…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 12 cited

Pulsar-wind-nebula-powered Galactic center X-ray filament G0.13-0.11: Proof of the synchrotron nature by IXPE

Eugene Churazov, Ildar Khabibullin, Thibault Barnouin +103

We report the discovery of X-ray polarization from the X-ray-bright filament. G0.13-0.11 in the Galactic center (GC) region. This filament features a bright, hard X-ray source that…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 2 cited

Observations of Low and Intermediate Spectral Peak Blazars with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer

Herman L. Marshall, Ioannis Liodakis, Alan P. Marscher +145

We present X-ray polarimetry observations from the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) of three low spectral peak and one intermediate spectral peak blazars, namely 3C 273, 3…