Publications

Nr.	PUBLICATIONS
1	Design, Construction, and Test of the Gas Pixel Detectors for the IXPE Mission L. Baldini et al. Astroparticle Physics, Volume 133, December 2021, 102628
2	Initial Tests and Characterization of the Readout Electronics for the IXPE Mission M. Barbanera et al. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 68, issue 5, pp. 1144-1151, 2021
3	Direct reading of charge multipliers with a self-triggering CMOS analog chip with 105k pixels at 50 μm pitch R. Bellazzini et al. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Volume 566, Issue 2, 15 October 2006, Pages 552-562
4	A sealed Gas Pixel Detector for X-ray astronomy R. Bellazzini et al. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Volume 579, Issue 2, 1 September 2007, Pages 853-858
5	IXPE Observations of the Crab Pulsar and Nebula N. Bucciantini et al. Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena; Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
6	A polarized view of Relativistic Accelerators: Pulsar Wind Nebulae in the IXPE era N. Bucciantini et al. American Astronomical Society Meeting #240, id. 246.06. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 54, No. 6
7	First IXPE Observations of the Accreting X-ray Pulsar Her X-1 I. Caiazzo et al. American Astronomical Society Meeting #240, id. 246.03. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 54, No. 6
8	An efficient photoelectric X-ray Polarimeter for the study of Black Holes and Neutron Stars E. Costa et al. 2001, Nature, 411, 662
9	ADVANCED OBSERVATORY DESIGN FOR THE IMAGING X-RAY POLARIMETER EXPLORER (IXPE) MISSION W. D. Deininger et al. 34th Space Symposium, Technical Track, Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States of America, April 2018
10	The Small Satellite-Based, Imaging X-Ray Polarimeter Explorer (IXPE) Mission W. D. Deininger et al. 2020
11	Testing particle acceleration models for BL Lac jets with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer L. Di Gesu et al. Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 662, id.A83, 9 pp.
12	A weighted analysis to improve the X-ray polarization sensitivity of IXPE A. Di Marco et al. Accepted for publication The Astronomical Journal, 2022
13	Calibration of the IXPE focal plane X-ray polarimeters to polarized radiation A. Di Marco et al. Accepted for publication on The Astronomical Journal, 2022
14	Limits on X-ray Polarization at the Core of Centaurus A as Observed with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer S. R. Ehlert et al. Accepted for Publication in ApJ
15	Polarization at the Core of Centaurus A as Observed with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer S. Ehlert American Astronomical Society Meeting #240, id. 101.35. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 54, No. 6 e-id 2022n6i101p35
16	THE IMAGING PROPERTIES OF THE GAS PIXEL DETECTOR AS A FOCAL PLANE POLARIMETER S. Fabiani et al. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 212:25 (13pp), 2014 June 1
17	Instrumentation and Future Missions in the Upcoming Era of X-Ray Polarimetry S. Fabiani Instrumentation Galaxies, vol. 6, number 2, article number 54, year 2018
18	In-flight calibration system of Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer R. Ferrazzoli et al. October 2020, Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, 6(04)
19	Prospects for the polarimetric mapping of the Sgr A molecular cloud complex with IXPE R. Ferrazzoli et al. Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 655, id.A108, 13 pp.
20	First X-ray Polarization Detection of Cas A R. Ferrazzoli American Astronomical Society Meeting #240, id. 246.05. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 54, No. 6 e-id 2022n6i246p05
21	Polarized X-rays Constrain The Disk-Jet Geometry in a Black Hole X-ray Binary H. Krawczynski et al. High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
22	IXPE DU-FM ions-UV filters characterization F. La Monaca et al. Proceedings Volume 11444, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2020: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 1144463 (2021), SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation
23	Polarization constraints on the X-ray corona in Seyfert Galaxies: MCG-05-23-16 A. Marinucci et al. Submitted to MNRAS Letters
24	The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) G. Matt Cologne-Prague-Brno meeting 2022: Black-hole activity feedback from Bondi-radius to galaxy-cluster scales.
25	Low energy polarization sensitivity of the Gas Pixel Detector F. Muleri et al Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Volume 584, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 149-159
26	Spectral and polarimetric characterization of the Gas Pixel Detector filled with dimethyl ether F. Muleri et al. Nuclear Instruments & Methods In Physics Research Section A: Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors And Associated Equipment, Volume 620, Pages285-293, 2010
27	Calibration of the IXPE instrument F. Muleri et al. SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2018, Austin, Texas, United States, Proc. of SPIE Vol. 10699 106995C-3
28	The IXPE Instrument Calibration Equipment F. Muleri et al. Astroparticle Physics 136 (2022) 102658
29	Analysis of the data from photoelectric gas polarimeters F. Muleri Invited chapter for the "Handbook of X-ray and Gamma-ray Astrophysics" (Eds. C. Bambi and A. Santangelo, Springer Singapore, 2022), accepted (24 pages, 8 figures)
30	The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE): technical overview II S. L. O'Dell et al. Proceedings Volume 11118, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XXI; 111180V (2019), SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2019, San Diego, California, United States
31	The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) Observing Program and Status S. L. O'Dell AAS High Energy Astrophysics Division meeting #19, id. 301.02. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 54, No. 3
32	The Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE): technical overview IV B. Ramsey et al. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 11821, id. 118210M 12 pp. (2021).
33	An algorithm to calibrate and correct the response to unpolarized radiation of the X-ray polarimeter on board IXPE J. Rankin et al. The Astronomical Journal, Volume 163, Issue 2, id.39, 13 pp.
34	Exploring the accretion-ejection geometry of GRS 1915+105 in the obscured state with future X-ray spectro-polarimetry A. Ratheesh et al. Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics
35	Prospects for IXPE Year 1 Observations of Galactic Sources Romani R. W. AAS High Energy Astrophysics Division meeting #19, id. 301.03. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 54, No. 3
36	Astronomical x-ray polarimetry based on photoelectric effect with microgap detectors P. Soffitta et al. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 469, 164, 2001
37	Measurement of the position resolution of the Gas Pixel Detector P. Soffitta et al. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 2013
38	The Instrument of the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer P. Soffitta et al. The Astronomical Journal, Volume 162, Number 5 October 2021 • American Astronomical Society
39	Gravity and Extreme Magnetism SMEX (GEMS) J. Swank et al. X-ray polarimetry: A new window in astrophysics, edited by R. Bellazzini, E. Costa, G. Matt. G. Tagliaferri, Part III - Future missions, 2010, Cambridge University Press
40	Development of thick-foil and fine-pitch GEMs with a laser etching technique T. Tamagawa et al. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Volume 608, Issue 3, 21 September 2009, Pages 390-396
41	Ideal gas electron multipliers (GEMs) for X-ray polarimeters T. Tamagawa et al. X-ray polarimetry: A new window in astrophysics, edited by R. Bellazzini, E. Costa, G. Matt. G. Tagliaferri, Part III - Future missions, 2010, Cambridge University Press
42	Detection of Polarized X-rays in the Magnetar Source 4U 0142 +61 R. Taverna American Astronomical Society Meeting #240, id. 246.04. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 54, No. 6 e-id 2022n6i246p04
43	Polarized x-rays from a magnetar R. Taverna et al. High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
44	IXPE instrument integration, testing and verification A. Tobia et al. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 11444, id. 1144461 9 pp. (2021)
45	Prospects for differentiating extended coronal geometries in AGNs with the IXPE mission Ursini F. et al: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 510, Issue 3, pp.3674-3687
46	X-ray polarization detection of Cassiopeia A with IXPE J. Vink et al. Submitted to the Astrophysical Journal
47	An imaging x-ray polarimeter for the study of galactic and extragalactic x-ray sources M. C. Weisskopf et al. Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, Vol. 7011, Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE), 2008, Conference Series
48	The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) M. C. Weisskopf et al. Proceedings Volume 9905, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 990517 (2016) SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2016, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
49	An Overview of X-Ray Polarimetry of Astronomical Sources M. C. Weisskopf Galaxies 2018, 6(1), 33, Special Issue "The Bright Future of Astronomical X-ray Polarimetry"
50	The Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE): Pre-Launch M. C. Weisskopf et al. Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, Vol. 8, No. 2, article id. 026002 (2022) Submitted
51	A study of background for IXPE F. Xie et al. Astroparticle Physics, Volume 128, article id. 102566, March 2021

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