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Magnetic structures and turbulence in SN 1006 revealed with imaging X-ray polarimetry
Ping Zhou, Dmitry Prokhorov, Riccardo Ferrazzoli +99
Young supernova remnants (SNRs) strongly modify surrounding magnetic fields, which in turn play an essential role in accelerating cosmic rays (CRs). X-ray polarization measurements…
IXPE and XMM-Newton observations of the Soft Gamma Repeater SGR 1806-20
Roberto Turolla, Roberto Taverna, Gian Luca Israel +96
Recent observations with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) of two anomalous X-ray pulsars provided evidence that X-ray emission from magnetar sources is strongly polari…
IXPE and multi-wavelength observations of blazar PG 1553+113 reveal an orphan optical polarization swing
Riccardo Middei, Matteo Perri, Simonetta Puccetti +119
The lower energy peak of the spectral energy distribution of blazars has commonly been ascribed to synchrotron radiation from relativistic particles in the jets. Despite the consen…
Discovery of strongly variable X-ray polarization in the neutron star low-mass X-ray binary transient XTE J1701462
Massimo Cocchi, Andrea Gnarini, Sergio Fabiani +105
After about 16 years since its first outburst, the transient neutron star low-mass X-ray binary XTE J1701462 turned on again in September 2022, allowing for the first study of i…
X-ray polarimetry and spectroscopy of the neutron star low-mass X-ray binary GX 9+9: an in-depth study with IXPE and NuSTAR
F. Ursini, R. Farinelli, A. Gnarini +101
We report on a comprehensive analysis of simultaneous X-ray polarimetric and spectral data of the bright atoll source GX 9+9 with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) and…
First detection of X-ray polarization from the accreting neutron star 4U 1820-303
Alessandro Di Marco, Fabio La Monaca, Juri Poutanen +116
This paper reports the first detection of polarization in the X-rays for atoll-source 4U 1820-303, obtained with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) at 99.999% confidence…
Complex variations of X-ray polarization in the X-ray pulsar LS V +44 17/RX J0440.9+4431
Victor Doroshenko, Juri Poutanen, Jeremy Heyl +109
We report on Imaging X-ray polarimetry explorer (IXPE) observations of the Be-transient X-ray pulsar LS V +44 17/RX J0440.9+4431 made at two luminosity levels during the giant outb…
A polarimetrically oriented X-ray stare at the accreting pulsar EXO 2030+375
Christian Malacaria, Jeremy Heyl, Victor Doroshenko +104
Accreting X-ray pulsars (XRPs) are presumably ideal targets for polarization measurements, as their high magnetic field strength is expected to polarize the emission up to a polari…
Discovery of X-ray polarization angle rotation in active galaxy Mrk 421
Laura Di Gesu, Herman L. Marshall, Steven R. Ehlert +140
The magnetic field conditions in astrophysical relativistic jets can be probed by multiwavelength polarimetry, which has been recently extended to X-rays. For example, one can trac…
The First X-ray Polarization Observation of the Black Hole X-ray Binary 4U 1630-47 in the Steep Power Law State
Nicole Rodriguez Cavero, Lorenzo Marra, Henric Krawczynski +107
The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) observed the black hole X-ray binary 4U 1630-47 in the steep power law (or very high) state. The observations reveal a linear polariza…
The geometry of the hot corona in MCG-05-23-16 constrained by X-ray polarimetry
D. Tagliacozzo, A. Marinucci, F. Ursini +105
We report on the second observation of the radio-quiet active galactic nucleus (AGN) MCG-05-23-16 performed with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE). The observation star…
X-ray polarimetry of the accreting pulsar GX 301-2
Valery F. Suleimanov, Sofia V. Forsblom, Sergey S. Tsygankov +102
The phase- and energy-resolved polarization measurements of accreting X-ray pulsars (XRPs) allow us to test different theoretical models of their emission, and they also provide an…
X-ray Polarization of BL Lacertae in Outburst
Abel L. Peirson, Michela Negro, Ioannis Liodakis +128
We report the first confidence detection of X-ray polarization in BL Lacertae. During a recent X-ray/-ray outburst, a 287 ksec observation (2022 November 27-30) was tak…
The X-ray polarisation of the Seyfert 1 galaxy IC 4329A
A. Ingram, M. Ewing, A. Marinucci +105
We present an X-ray spectro-polarimetric analysis of the bright Seyfert galaxy IC 4329A. The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) observed the source for ~500 ks, supported by…
X-ray polarization evidence for a 200 years-old flare of Sgr A
Frédéric Marin, Eugene Churazov, Ildar Khabibullin +101
The center of the Milky Way Galaxy hosts a 4 million solar mass black hole (Sgr A) that is currently very quiescent with a luminosity many orders of magnitude below those…
X-ray Polarization of the Black Hole X-ray Binary 4U 1630-47 Challenges Standard Thin Accretion Disk Scenario
Ajay Ratheesh, Michal Dovčiak, Henric Krawczynski +112
Large energy-dependent X-ray polarization degree is detected by the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer ({IXPE}) in the high-soft emission state of the black hole X-ray binary 4U 16…
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 first X-ray polarimetric observation of the black hole binary LMC X-1
Jakub Podgorny, Lorenzo Marra, Fabio Muleri +108
We report on an X-ray polarimetric observation of the high-mass X-ray binary LMC X-1 in the high/soft state, obtained by the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) in October 20…
Cygnus X-3 revealed as a Galactic ultraluminous X-ray source by IXPE
Alexandra Veledina, Fabio Muleri, Juri Poutanen +127
The accretion of matter by compact objects can be inhibited by radiation pressure if the luminosity exceeds the critical value, known as the Eddington limit. Discovery of ultralumi…
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…
Tracking the spectral properties across the different epochs in ESO 511-G030
R. Middei, P. -O. Petrucci, S. Bianchi +14
The Type I active galactic nucleus (AGN) ESO 511-G030, a formerly bright and soft-excess dominated source, has been observed in 2019 in the context of a multi-wavelength monitoring…
X-ray pulsar GRO J100857 as an orthogonal rotator
Sergey S. Tsygankov, Victor Doroshenko, Alexander A. Mushtukov +99
X-ray polarimetry is a unique way to probe the geometrical configuration of highly magnetized accreting neutron stars (X-ray pulsars). GRO J100857 is the first transient X-ray p…
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…