A Two-Week $IXPE$ Monitoring Campaign on Mrk 421

Autor: Maksym, W. Peter, Liodakis, Ioannis, Saade, M. Lynne, Kim, Dawoon E., Middei, Riccardo, Di Gesu, Laura, Kiehlmann, Sebastian, Matzeu, Gabriele, Agudo, Iván, Marscher, Alan P., Ehlert, Steven R., Jorstad, Svetlana G., Kaaret, Philip, Marshall, Herman L., Pacciani, Luigi, Perri, Matteo, Puccetti, Simonetta, Kouch, Pouya M., Lindfors, Elina, Aceituno, Francisco José, Bonnoli, Giacomo, Casanova, Víctor, Escudero, Juan, Agís-González, Beatriz, Husillos, César, Morcuende, Daniel, Otero-Santos, Jorge, Sota, Alfredo, Piirola, Vilppu, Imazawa, Ryo, Sasada, Mahito, Fukazawa, Yasushi, Kawabata, Koji S., Uemura, Makoto, Mizuno, Tsunefumi, Nakaoka, Tatsuya, Akitaya, Hiroshi, McCall, Callum, Jermak, Helen E., Steele, Iain A., Borman, George A., Grishina, Tatiana S., Hagen-Thorn, Vladimir A., Kopatskaya, Evgenia N., Larionova, Elena G., Morozova, Daria A., Savchenko, Sergey S., Shishkina, Ekaterina V., Troitskiy, Ivan S., Troitskaya, Yulia V., Vasilyev, Andrey A., Zhovtan, Alexey V., Myserlis, Ioannis, Gurwell, Mark, Keating, Garrett, Rao, Ramprasad, Pauley, Colt, Angelakis, Emmanouil, Kraus, Alexander, Berdyugin, Andrei V., Kagitani, Masato, Kravtsov, Vadim, Poutanen, Juri, Sakanoi, Takeshi, Kang, Sincheol, Lee, Sang-Sung, Kim, Sang-Hyun, Cheong, Whee Yeon, Jeong, Hyeon-Woo, Song, Chanwoo, Blinov, Dmitry, Shablovinskaya, Elena, Antonelli, Lucio Angelo, Bachetti, Matteo, Baldini, Luca, Baumgartner, Wayne H., Bellazzini, Ronaldo, Bianchi, Stefano, Bongiorno, Stephen D., Bonino, Raffaella, Brez, Alessandro, Bucciantini, Niccoló, Capitanio, Fiamma, Castellano, Simone, Cavazzuti, Elisabetta, Chen, Chien-Ting, Ciprini, Stefano, Costa, Enrico, De Rosa, Alessandra, Del Monte, Ettore, Di Lalla, Niccoló, Di Marco, Alessandro, Donnarumma, Immacolata, Doroshenko, Victor, Dovčiak, Michal, Enoto, Teruaki, Evangelista, Yuri, Fabiani, Sergio, Ferrazzoli, Riccardo, Garcia, Javier A., Gunji, Shuichi, Hayashida, Kiyoshi, Heyl, Jeremy, Iwakiri, Wataru, Karas, Vladimir, Kislat, Fabian, Kitaguchi, Takao, Kolodziejczak, Jeffery J., Krawczynski, Henric, La Monaca, Fabio, Latronico, Luca, Maldera, Simone, Manfreda, Alberto, Marin, Frédéric, Marinucci, Andrea, Massaro, Francesco, Matt, Giorgio, Mitsuishi, Ikuyuki, Muleri, Fabio, Negro, Michela, Ng, C. -Y., O'Dell, Stephen L., Omodei, Nicola, Oppedisano, Chiara, Papitto, Alessandro, Pavlov, George G., Peirson, Abel Lawrence, Pesce-Rollins, Melissa, Petrucci, Pierre-Olivier, Pilia, Maura, Possenti, Andrea, Ramsey, Brian D., Rankin, John, Ratheesh, Ajay, Roberts, Oliver J., Romani, Roger W., Sgró, Carmelo, Slane, Patrick, Soffitta, Paolo, Spandre, Gloria, Swartz, Douglas A., Tamagawa, Toru, Tavecchio, Fabrizio, Taverna, Roberto, Tawara, Yuzuru, Tennant, Allyn F., Thomas, Nicholas E., Tombesi, Francesco, Trois, Alessio, Tsygankov, Sergey S., Turolla, Roberto, Vink, Jacco, Weisskopf, Martin C., Wu, Kinwah, Xie, Fei, Zane, Silvia

X-ray polarization is a unique new probe of the particle acceleration in astrophysical jets made possible through the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer. Here we report on the first dense X-ray polarization monitoring campaign on the blazar Mrk 421.

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/2410.19983

Improving polarimetric accuracy of RoboPol to $<$ 0.05 % using a half-wave plate calibrator system

Autor: Maharana, Siddharth, Blinov, Dmitry, Ramaprakash, A. N., Pavlidou, Vasiliki, Tassis, Konstantinos

Publikováno v: Proceedings Volume 13096, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy X; 130963A (2024)

RoboPol is a four-channel, one-shot linear optical polarimeter that has been successfully operating since 2013 on the 1.3 m telescope at Skinakas Observatory in Crete, Greece. Using its unique optical system, it measures the linear Stokes parameters

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/2407.13470

Testing particle acceleration in blazar jets with continuous high-cadence optical polarization observations

Autor: Liodakis, Ioannis, Kiehlmann, Sebastian, Marscher, Alan P., Zhang, Haocheng, Blinov, Dmitry, Jorstad, Svetlana G., Agudo, Iván, Benítez, Erika, Berdyugin, Andrei, Bonnoli, Giacomo, Casadio, Carolina, Chen, Chien-Ting, Chen, Wen-Ping, Ehlert, Steven R., Escudero, Juan, Grishina, Tatiana S., Hiriart, David, Hsu, Angela, Imazawa, Ryo, Jermak, Helen E., Jose, Jincen, Kaaret, Philip, Kopatskaya, Evgenia N., Lalchand, Bhavana, Larionova, Elena G., Lindfors, Elina, López, José M., McCall, Callum, Morozova, Daria A., Palaiologou, Efthymios, Pandey, Shivangi, Poutanen, Juri, Rakshit, Suvendu, Reig, Pablo, Sasada, Mahito, Savchenko, Sergey S., Shablovinskaya, Elena, Neha, Sharma, Shrestha, Manisha, Steele, Iain A., Troitskiy, Ivan S., Troitskaya, Yulia V., Uemura, Makoto, Vasilyev, Andrey A., Weaver, Zachary, Wiersema, Klaas, Weisskopf, Martin C.

Publikováno v: A&A 689, A200 (2024)

Variability can be the pathway to understanding the physical processes in astrophysical jets, however, the high-cadence observations required to test particle acceleration models are still missing. Here we report on the first attempt to produce conti

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/2406.15554

Detection of X-ray Polarization from the Blazar 1ES 1959+650 with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer

Autor: Errando, Manel, Liodakis, Ioannis, Marscher, Alan P., Marshall, Herman L., Middei, Riccardo, Negro, Michela, Peirson, Abel Lawrence, Perri, Matteo, Puccetti, Simonetta, Rabinowitz, Pazit L., Agudo, Iván, Jorstad, Svetlana G., Savchenko, Sergey S., Blinov, Dmitry, Bourbah, Ioakeim G., Kiehlmann, Sebastian, Kontopodis, Evangelos, Mandarakas, Nikos, Romanopoulos, Stylianos, Skalidis, Raphael, Vervelaki, Anna, Aceituno, Francisco José, Bernardos, Maria I., Bonnoli, Giacomo, Casanova, Víctor, Agís-González, Beatriz, Husillos, César, Marchini, Alessandro, Sota, Alfredo, Kouch, Pouya M., Lindfors, Elina, Casadio, Carolina, Escudero, Juan, Myserlis, Ioannis, Imazawa, Ryo, Sasada, Mahito, Fukazawa, Yasushi, Kawabata, Koji S., Uemura, Makoto, Mizuno, Tsunefumi, Nakaoka, Tatsuya, Akitaya, Hiroshi, Gurwell, Mark, Keating, Garrett K., Rao, Ramprasad, Ingram, Adam, Massaro, Francesco, Antonelli, Lucio Angelo, Bonino, Raffaella, Cavazzuti, Elisabetta, Chen, Chien-Ting, Cibrario, Nicolò, Ciprini, Stefano, De Rosa, Alessandra, Di Gesu, Laura, Di Pierro, Federico, Donnarumma, Immacolata, Ehlert, Steven R., Fenu, Francesco, Gau, Ephraim, Karas, Vladimir, Kim, Dawoon E., Krawczynski, Henric, Laurenti, Marco, Lisalda, Lindsey, López-Coto, Rubén, Madejski, Grzegorz, Marin, Frédéric, Marinucci, Andrea, Mitsuishi, Ikuyuki, Muleri, Fabio, Pacciani, Luigi, Paggi, Alessandro, Petrucci, Pierre-Olivier, Cavero, Nicole Rodriguez, Romani, Roger W., Tavecchio, Fabrizio, Tugliani, Stefano, Wu, Kinwah, Bachetti, Matteo, Baldini, Luca, Baumgartner, Wayne H., Bellazzini, Ronaldo, Bianchi, Stefano, Bongiorno, Stephen D., Brez, Alessandro, Bucciantini, Niccolò, Capitanio, Fiamma, Castellano, Simone, Costa, Enrico, Del Monte, Ettore, Di Lalla, Niccolò, Di Marco, Alessandro, Doroshenko, Victor, Dovčiak, Michal, Enoto, Teruaki, Evangelista, Yuri, Fabiani, Sergio, Ferrazzoli, Riccardo, Garcia, Javier A., Gunji, Shuichi, Hayashida, Kiyoshi, Heyl, Jeremy, Iwakiri, Wataru, Kaaret, Philip, Kislat, Fabian, Kitaguchi, Takao, Kolodziejczak, Jeffery J., La Monaca, Fabio, Latronico, Luca, Maldera, Simone, Manfreda, Alberto, Matt, Giorgio, Ng, C. -Y., O'Dell, Stephen L., Omodei, Nicola, Oppedisano, Chiara, Papitto, Alessandro, Pavlov, George G., Pesce-Rollins, Melissa, Pilia, Maura, Possenti, Andrea, Poutanen, Juri, Ramsey, Brian D., Rankin, John, Ratheesh, Ajay, Roberts, Oliver J., Sgrò, Carmelo, Slane, Patrick, Soffitta, Paolo, Spandre, Gloria, Swartz, Douglas A., Tamagawa, Toru, Taverna, Roberto, Tawara, Yuzuru, Tennant, Allyn F., Thomas, Nicholas E., Tombesi, Francesco, Trois, Alessio, Tsygankov, Sergey S., Turolla, Roberto, Vink, Jacco, Weisskopf, Martin C., Xie, Fei, Zane, Silvia

Publikováno v: The Astrophysical Journal, 963 (2024) 5

Observations of linear polarization in the 2-8 keV energy range with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) explore the magnetic field geometry and dynamics of the regions generating non-thermal radiation in relativistic jets of blazars. These

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/2401.04420

Discovery of X-ray polarization angle rotation in active galaxy Mrk 421

Autor: Di Gesu, Laura, Marshall, Herman L., Ehlert, Steven R., Kim, Dawoon E., Donnarumma, Immacolata, Tavecchio, Fabrizio, Liodakis, Ioannis, Kiehlmann, Sebastian, Agudo, Iván, Jorstad, Svetlana G., Muleri, Fabio, Marscher, Alan P., Puccetti, Simonetta, Middei, Riccardo, Perri, Matteo, Pacciani, Luigi, Negro, Michela, Romani, Roger W., Di Marco, Alessandro, Blinov, Dmitry, Bourbah, Ioakeim G., Kontopodis, Evangelos, Mandarakas, Nikos, Romanopoulos, Stylianos, Skalidis, Raphael, Vervelaki, Anna, Casadio, Carolina, Escudero, Juan, Myserlis, Ioannis, Gurwell, Mark, Rao, Ramprasad, Keating, Garrett, Kouch, Pouya M., Lindfors, Elina, Aceituno, Francisco Josè, Bernardos, Maria I., Bonnoli, Giacomo, Casanova, Vìctor, Garcìa-Comas, Maya, Agìs-Gonzàlez, Beatriz, Husillos, Cèsar, Marchini, Alessandro, Sota, Alfredo, Imazawa, Ryo, Sasada, Mahito, Fukazawa, Yasushi, Kawabata, Koji S., Uemura, Makoto, Mizuno, Tsunefumi, Nakaoka, Tatsuya, Akitaya, Hiroshi, Savchenko, Sergey S., Vasilyev, Andrey A., Gòmez, Josè L., Antonelli, Lucio A., Barnouin, Thibault, Bonino, Raffaella, Cavazzuti, Elisabetta, Costamante, Luigi, Chen, Chien-Ting, Cibrario, Nicolò, De Rosa, Alessandra, Di Pierro, Federico, Errando, Manel, Kaaret, Philip, Karas, Vladimir, Krawczynski, Henric, Lisalda, Lindsey, Madejski, Grzegorz, Malacaria, Christian, Marin, Frédéric, Marinucci, Andrea, Massaro, Francesco, Matt, Giorgio, Mitsuishi, Ikuyuki, O'Dell, Stephen L., Paggi, Alessandro, Peirson, Abel L., Petrucci, Pierre-Olivier, Ramsey, Brian D., Tennant, Allyn F., Wu, Kinwah, Bachetti, Matteo, Baldini, Luca, Baumgartner, Wayne H., Bellazzini, Ronaldo, Bianchi, Stefano, Bongiorno, Stephen D., Brez, Alessandro, Bucciantini, Niccolò, Capitanio, Fiamma, Castellano, Simone, Ciprini, Stefano, Costa, Enrico, Del Monte, Ettore, Di Lalla, Niccolò, Doroshenko, Victor, Dovčiak, Michal, Enoto, Teruaki, Evangelista, Yuri, Fabiani, Sergio, Ferrazzoli, Riccardo, Garcia, Javier A., Gunji, Shuichi, Hayashida, Kiyoshi, Heyl, Jeremy, Iwakiri, Wataru, Kislat, Fabian, Kitaguchi, Takao, Kolodziejczak, Jeffery J., La Monaca, Fabio, Latronico, Luca, Maldera, Simone, Manfreda, Alberto, Ng, C. -Y., Omodei, Nicola, Oppedisano, Chiara, Papitto, Alessandro, Pavlov, George G., Pesce-Rollins, Melissa, Pilia, Maura, Possenti, Andrea, Poutanen, Juri, Rankin, John, Ratheesh, Ajay, Roberts, Oliver J., Sgrò, Carmelo, Slane, Patrick, Soffitta, Paolo, Spandre, Gloria, Swartz, Douglas A., Tamagawa, Toru, Taverna, Roberto, Tawara, Yuzuru, Thomas, Nicholas E., Tombesi, Francesco, Trois, Alessio, Tsygankov, Sergey S., Turolla, Roberto, Vink, Jacco, Weisskopf, Martin C., Xie, Fei, Zane, Silvia

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 track how the magnetic field changes in the flow of the radiating particle

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/2305.13497