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astro-ph.IM2025
Introducing The SHell misAlignment Detection for straylight Estimation (SHADE) algorithm: the case of XMM-Newton
S. Piscitelli, G. Ponti, M. Civitani +1
When performing X-ray observations with a Wolter-I telescope, the presence of bright off-axis sources can introduce unfocused rays, known as straylight, which contaminate the detec…
astro-ph.IM2024
Towards imaging-spectro-polarimetry of solar flares in the X-rays
Sergio Fabiani, John Rankin, Stefano Basso +19
X-ray polarimetry of solar flares is still a not well established field of observation of our star. Past polarimeters were not able to measure with a high significance the polariza…