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Vela pulsar wind nebula x-rays are polarized to near the synchrotron limit
Fei Xie, Alessandro Di Marco, Fabio La Monaca +90
Pulsar wind nebulae are formed when outflows of relativistic electrons and positrons hit the surrounding supernova remnant or interstellar medium at a shock front. The Vela pulsar…
IXPE observations of the quintessential wind-accreting X-ray pulsar Vela X-1
Sofia V. Forsblom, Juri Poutanen, Sergey S. Tsygankov +97
The radiation from accreting X-ray pulsars was expected to be highly polarized, with some estimates for the polarization degree of up to 80%. However, phase-resolved and energy-res…
The IXPE view of GRB 221009A
Michela Negro, Niccoló Di Lalla, Nicola Omodei +108
We present the IXPE observation of GRB 221009A which includes upper limits on the linear polarization degree of both prompt and afterglow emission in the soft X-ray energy band. GR…
A strong X-ray polarization signal from the magnetar 1RXS J170849.0-400910
Silvia Zane, Roberto Taverna, Denis Gonzalez Caniulef +99
Magnetars are the most strongly magnetized neutron stars, and one of the most promising targets for X-ray polarimetric measurements. We present here the first Imaging X-ray Polarim…
X-ray polarimetry reveals the magnetic field topology on sub-parsec scales in Tycho's supernova remnant
Riccardo Ferrazzoli, Patrick Slane, Dmitry Prokhorov +97
Supernova remnants are commonly considered to produce most of the Galactic cosmic rays via diffusive shock acceleration. However, many questions about the physical conditions at sh…
Polarization constraints on the X-ray corona in Seyfert Galaxies: MCG-05-23-16
A. Marinucci, F. Muleri, M. Dovčiak +97
We report on the first observation of a radio-quiet Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN) using polarized X-rays: the Seyfert 1.9 galaxy MCG-05-23-16. This source was pointed with the Imag…