Search Results - "Rubini, Alda"
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Handling the Background in IXPE Polarimetric Data
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-04-2023)“…Abstract Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) is a Small Explorer mission by NASA and Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, launched on 2021 December 9, dedicated to…”
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AGILE Gamma-Ray Detection of the Exceptional GRB 221009A
Published in Astrophysical journal. Letters (01-10-2023)“…Abstract Gamma-ray emission in the MeV–GeV range from explosive cosmic events is of invaluable relevance to understanding physical processes related to the…”
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Considerations on Possible Directions for a Wide Band Polarimetry X-ray Mission
Published in Galaxies (01-08-2024)“…The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) has confirmed that X-ray polarimetry is a valuable tool in astronomy, providing critical insights into the…”
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The IXPE instrument calibration equipment
Published in Astroparticle physics (01-03-2022)“…The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer is a mission dedicated to the measurement of X-ray polarization from tens of astrophysical sources belonging to…”
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Calibration of the IXPE Focal Plane X-Ray Polarimeters to Polarized Radiation
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-09-2022)“…Abstract The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) is a NASA Small Explorer mission—in partnership with the Italian Space Agency—dedicated to X-ray…”
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Photoelectric X-ray Polarimetry with Gas Pixel Detectors
Published in Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment (21-08-2013)“…The Gas Pixel Detector, recently developed and continuously improved by Pisa-INFN in collaboration with IASF-Roma (INAF), can visualize the tracks produced…”
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XIPE the X-Ray Imaging Polarimetry Explorer
Published in Experimental astronomy (01-12-2013)“…X-ray polarimetry, sometimes alone, and sometimes coupled to spectral and temporal variability measurements and to imaging, allows a wealth of physical…”
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Characterization of scatterers for an active focal plane Compton polarimeter
Published in Astroparticle physics (01-04-2013)“…► We characterized different scattering and wrapping materials. ► We measured the tagging efficiency of the Compton scattering process in the laboratory…”
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The gas pixel detector as a solar X-ray polarimeter and imager
Published in Advances in space research (2012)“…The Sun is the nearest astrophysical source with a very intense emission in the X-ray band. The study of energetic events, such as solar flares, can help us to…”
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Re-testing the JET-X Flight Module No. 2 at the PANTER facility
Published in Experimental astronomy (01-02-2014)“…The Joint European X-ray Telescope (JET-X) was the core instrument of the Russian Spectrum-X- γ space observatory. It consisted of two identical soft X-ray…”
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POLARIX: a pathfinder mission of X-ray polarimetry
Published in Experimental astronomy (01-12-2010)“…Since the birth of X-ray astronomy, spectral, spatial and timing observation improved dramatically, procuring a wealth of information on the majority of the…”
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Threshold equalization algorithm for the XAA1.2 ASICs and its application to SuperAGILE X-ray imager
Published in Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment (11-08-2008)“…In this paper we report the procedure developed and the results achieved for the equalization of threshold levels for the 6144 discriminator units of XAA1.2…”
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SuperAGILE onboard electronics and ground test instrumentation
Published in Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment (01-05-2007)“…In this paper we describe the electronics of the SuperAGILE X-ray imager on-board AGILE satellite and the instrumentation developed to test and improve the…”
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Scientific performances of the XAA1.2 front-end chip for silicon microstrip detectors
Published in Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment (11-03-2007)“…The XAA1.2 is a custom ASIC chip for silicon microstrip detectors adapted by Ideas for the SuperAGILE instrument on board the AGILE space mission. The chip is…”
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The future of X-ray polarimetry towards the 3-Dimensional photoelectron track reconstruction
Published 29-09-2023“…The development of the first X-ray polarimeter, based on the photoelectric effect 20 years ago and implemented thanks to advances in gas amplification…”
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Towards imaging-spectro-polarimetry of solar flares in the X-rays
Published 04-07-2024“…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…”
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Polarization properties of X-ray tubes used for Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer calibration
Published 27-07-2023“…J. Astron. Telesc. Instrum. Syst. 9(3), 038002 (2023) In this work, we measured the polarization properties of the X-rays emitted from the X-ray tubes, which…”
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The evaluation of the CUSP scientific performance by a GEANT4 Monte Carlo simulation
Published 04-07-2024“…The CUbesat Solar Polarimeter (CUSP) project is a CubeSat mission orbiting the Earth aimed to measure the linear polarization of solar flares in the hard X-ray…”
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The multi$-$physics analysis and design of CUSP, a two CubeSat constellation for Space Weather and Solar flares X-ray polarimetry
Published 04-07-2024“…The CUbesat Solar Polarimeter (CUSP) project aims to develop a constellation of two CubeSats orbiting the Earth to measure the linear polarization of solar…”
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The CUbesat Solar Polarimeter (CUSP) mission overview
Published 04-07-2024“…The CUbesat Solar Polarimeter (CUSP) project is a future CubeSat mission orbiting the Earth aimed to measure the linear polarization of solar flares in the…”
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