X-ray gamma-ray polarimetry small satellite PolariS

Kiyoshi Hayashida; Daisuke Yonetoku; Shuichi Gunji; Toru Tamagawa; Tatehiro Mihara; Tsunefumi Mizuno; Tadayasu Dotani; Hidetoshi Kubo; Toshio Murakami; Yoichi Yatsu; Fuyuki Tokanai; Hirohisa Sakurai; Hiromitsu Takahashi; Shunji Kitamoto; Akira Furuzawa; Masaaki Sadamoto; Fumiyoshi Kamitsukasa; Kazuhiro Deguchi; Naohisa Anabuki; Hiroshi Tsunemi

doi:10.1117/12.926002

27 September 2012 X-ray gamma-ray polarimetry small satellite PolariS

Kiyoshi Hayashida, Daisuke Yonetoku, Shuichi Gunji, Toru Tamagawa, Tatehiro Mihara, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Tadayasu Dotani, Hidetoshi Kubo, Toshio Murakami, Yoichi Yatsu, Fuyuki Tokanai, Hirohisa Sakurai, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Shunji Kitamoto, Akira Furuzawa, Masaaki Sadamoto, Fumiyoshi Kamitsukasa, Kazuhiro Deguchi, Naohisa Anabuki, Hiroshi Tsunemi

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Proceedings Volume 8443, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 84434G (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926002
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Abstract

PolariS (Polarimetry Satellite) is a Japanese small satellite mission dedicated to polarimetry of X-ray and γ-ray sources. The primary aim of the mission is to perform wide band X-ray (4-80 keV) polarimetry of sources brighter than 10 mCrab. For this purpose, Polaris employs three hard X-ray telescopes and two types of focal plane imaging polarimeters. PolariS observations will measure the X-ray polarization for tens of sources including extragalactic ones mostly for the first time. The second purpose of the mission is γ-ray polarimetry of transient sources, such as γ-ray bursts. Wide field polarimeters based on similar concept as that used in the IKAROS/GAP but with higher sensitivity, i.e., polarization measurement of 10 bursts per year, will be employed.

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Kiyoshi Hayashida, Daisuke Yonetoku, Shuichi Gunji, Toru Tamagawa, Tatehiro Mihara, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Tadayasu Dotani, Hidetoshi Kubo, Toshio Murakami, Yoichi Yatsu, Fuyuki Tokanai, Hirohisa Sakurai, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Shunji Kitamoto, Akira Furuzawa, Masaaki Sadamoto, Fumiyoshi Kamitsukasa, Kazuhiro Deguchi, Naohisa Anabuki, and Hiroshi Tsunemi "X-ray gamma-ray polarimetry small satellite PolariS", Proc. SPIE 8443, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 84434G (27 September 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926002

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