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most citedPolarized x-rays constrain the disk-jet geometry in the black hole x-ray binary Cygnus X-1

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astro-ph.HE2022★ 36 cited

Polarization properties of the weakly magnetized neutron star X-ray binary GS 1826-238 in the high soft state

Fiamma Capitanio, Sergio Fabiani, Andrea Gnarini +94

The launch of the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) on 2021 December 9 has opened a new window in X-ray astronomy. We report here the results of the first IXPE observation…

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.HE2022★ 53 cited

The X-ray polarimetry view of the accreting pulsar Cen X-3

Sergey S. Tsygankov, Victor Doroshenko, Juri Poutanen +95

Cen X-3 is the first X-ray pulsar discovered 50 years ago. Radiation from such objects is expected to be highly polarized due to birefringence of plasma and vacuum associated with…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 140 cited

Polarized Blazar X-rays imply particle acceleration in shocks

Ioannis Liodakis, Alan P. Marscher, Iván Agudo +125

Most of the light from blazars, active galactic nuclei with jets of magnetized plasma that point nearly along the line of sight, is produced by high-energy particles, up to $\sim 1…

astro-ph.SR2022

CUSP: a two cubesats constellation for Space Weather and solar flares X-ray polarimetry

Sergio Fabiani, Ilaria Baffo, Sergio Bonomo +25

The CUbesat Solar Polarimeter (CUSP) project aims to develop a constellation of two CubeSats orbiting the Earth to measure the linear polarisation of solar flares in the hard X-ray…

astro-ph.HE2022

Simultaneous space and phase resolved X-ray polarimetry of the Crab Pulsar and Nebula

Niccolò Bucciantini, Riccardo Ferrazzoli, Matteo Bachetti +93

The Crab pulsar and its nebula are among the most studied astrophysical systems, and constitute one of the most promising environments where high energy processes and particle acce…