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most citedDesign, Construction, and Test of the Gas Pixel Detectors for the IXPE Mission

142 citations · 181 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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physics.ins-det2025★ 2 cited

Ionization quenching factors and W-values of low-energy H and He ions in Ar gas at low pressure measured with a bulk resistive MICROMEGAS

A. Foresi, G. Antonelli, C. Avanzini +15

The ionization quenching factor, the fraction of an ion's initial kinetic energy lost through ionization in a medium, was measured for H and He ions within the 2.5-5 keV…

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.IM2022★ 31 cited

Calibration of the IXPE focal plane X-ray polarimeters to polarized radiation

Alessandro Di Marco, Sergio Fabiani, Fabio La Monaca +80

IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) is a NASA Small Explorer mission -- in partnership with the Italian Space Agency (ASI) -- dedicated to X-ray polarimetry in the 2--8 keV e…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 3 cited

The Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE): Pre-Launch

Martin C. Weisskopf, Paolo Soffitta, Luca Baldini +155

Scheduled to launch in late 2021, the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) is a NASA Small Explorer Mission in collaboration with the Italian Space Agency (ASI). The mission w…

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-…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 142 cited

Design, Construction, and Test of the Gas Pixel Detectors for the IXPE Mission

L. Baldini, M. Barbanera, R. Bellazzini +91

Due to be launched in late 2021, the Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) is a NASA Small Explorer mission designed to perform polarization measurements in the 2-8 keV band, c…