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most citedThe X-ray Polarization View of Mrk~421 in an Average Flux State as Observed by the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer

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astro-ph.HE2026

NuSTAR's Intentional Stray Light Observation of Scorpious X-1

S. Li, R. M. Ludlam, M. Sudha +8

We present the first spectral analysis of Scorpius X-1 (Sco X-1) using intentional stray light (SL) observations taken by NuSTAR. Unlike focused observations that have high telemet…

astro-ph.HE2026

Magnetic-field Order in the Southwestern Rim of RCW 86 Constrained Using X-Ray Polarimetry

Stefano Silvestri, Dmitry Prokhorov, Jacco Vink +97

RCW 86 is a supernova remnant whose origin has recently been linked to an off-center explosion within a cavity created by its progenitor star. In the southwestern region, the forwa…

astro-ph.IM2025★ 3 cited

Mitigating Polarization Leakage in Gas Pixel Detectors through Hybrid Machine Learning and Analytic Event Reconstruction

Nicoló Cibrario, Michela Negro, Raffaella Bonino +18

Spatially resolved polarization measurements of extended X-ray sources are expanding our understanding of the emission mechanisms and magnetic field properties involved. Such measu…

astro-ph.IM2025

The Telescope Calibration of the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer

Brian Ramsey, Jeffery Kolodziejczak, Wayne Baumgartner +27

Fifty years after the very first sounding rocket measurement of cosmic X-ray polarization, the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission has effectively opened a new window…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 2 cited

Spatially resolved polarization variation of the Crab Nebula

Chao Zuo, Fei Xie, Mingyu Ge +6

We examined the spatially resolved polarization variations in the Crab Nebula over 2 yr, using observational data from the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer, and offer key insight…

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…

gr-qc2025

Testing Local Lorentz Invariance with Laser Tracking of the LAGEOS and LAGEOS II Satellites

David Lucchesi, Massimo Visco, Roberto Peron +11

Violations of Lorentz Invariance, a cornerstone of modern physics, are predicted by theories of quantum gravity and by extensions of General Relativity involving new vector or tens…

astro-ph.SR2024

Comparison between the emission torus and the measured toroidal magnetic field for the Crab and Vela nebula

Wei Deng, Fei Xie, Kuan Liu +5

Polarization measurements provide insight into the magnetic field, a critical aspect of the dynamics and emission properties around the compact object. In this paper, we present th…

astro-ph.HE2024

The IXPE View of Neutron Star Low-Mass X-ray Binaries

Francesco Ursini, Andrea Gnarini, Fiamma Capitanio +9

Low-mass X-ray binaries hosting weakly magnetized neutron stars (NS-LMXBs) are among the brightest sources in the X-ray sky. Since 2021, the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXP…

astro-ph.HE2023

X-ray Polarization of the Eastern Lobe of SS 433

Philip Kaaret, Riccardo Ferrazzoli, Stefano Silvestri +103

How astrophysical systems translate the kinetic energy of bulk motion into the acceleration of particles to very high energies is a pressing question. SS 433 is a microquasar that…

astro-ph.HE2023

A Spatially resolved X-ray Polarization map of the Vela Pulsar Wind Nebula

Kuan Liu, Fei Xie, Yi-Han Liu +12

In this paper, we present a full spatially resolved polarization map for the Vela Pulsar Wind Nebula (PWN) observed by IXPE. By employing effective background discrimination techni…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 89 cited

The X-ray Polarization View of Mrk~421 in an Average Flux State as Observed by the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer

Laura Di Gesu, Immacolata Donnarumma, Fabrizio Tavecchio +100

Particle acceleration mechanisms in supermassive black hole jets, such as shock acceleration, magnetic reconnection, and turbulence, are expected to have observable signatures in t…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 3 cited

The Instrument of the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer

Paolo Soffitta, Luca Baldini, Ronaldo Bellazzini +78

While X-ray Spectroscopy, Timing and Imaging have improved verymuch since 1962, when the first astronomical non-solar source was discovered, especially with the launch of Newton/X-…