11 papers
Graph Neural Networks Trained on Null Signal for Angle Reconstruction in X-ray Polarimetry
Vittorio Latorre, Victor Rodriguez-Fernandez, Alessandro Di Marco +3
Scientific real detectors often produce sparse, irregular data defined on non-Euclidean domains, where conventional convolutional neural networks (CNNs) impose geometric biases tha…
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…
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…
Highly Polarized Intrinsic Emission and its Orthogonal Counterpart in Vela X-1
WanYun Wu, Fei Xie, Long Ji +2
Vela X-1 is one of the most archetypal wind-fed X-ray pulsars (XRPs), and the emergence of its orthogonal polarization states reveals distinctive polarimetric properties. Using dat…
In-flight performance of the IXPE telescopes
Riccardo Ferrazzoli, Enrico Costa, Sergio Fabiani +15
We present a comprehensive characterization of the on-orbit imaging performance of the three telescopes on board the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE). Each telescope compr…
Polarized multiwavelength emission from pulsar wind - accretion disk interaction in a transitional millisecond pulsar
M. C. Baglio, F. Coti Zelati, A. Di Marco +17
Transitional millisecond pulsars (tMSPs) bridge the evolutionary gap between accreting neutron stars in low-mass X-ray binaries and millisecond radio pulsars. These systems exhibit…