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Tesi etd-04042019-100412


Tipo di tesi
Tesi di dottorato di ricerca
Autore
DI LALLA, NICCOLO'
URN
etd-04042019-100412
Titolo
Study and optimization of the IXPE polarization-sensitive detectors
Settore scientifico disciplinare
FIS/01
Corso di studi
FISICA
Relatori
tutor Prof. Baldini, Luca
controrelatore Prof. Fidecaro, Francesco
controrelatore Prof. Dovčiak, Michal
controrelatore Dott.ssa Oppedisano, Chiara
Parole chiave
  • gas pixel detector
  • IXPE
  • ixpeobssim
  • ixpesim
  • monte carlo simulation
  • observation simulation
  • polarization
  • X-ray polarimetry
Data inizio appello
09/04/2019
Consultabilità
Completa
Riassunto
Recently selected by NASA as the next SMall EXplorer (SMEX) mission for a launch in mid 2021, the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) will be the first mission entirely dedicated to X-ray polarimetry in the 2-10 keV energy band. At the heart of each of its three telescope systems is a Gas Pixel Detector (GPD), a polarization-sensitive imaging detector invented and developed in Italy. Thanks to its capabilities, IXPE will expand the X-ray view of the Universe, simultaneously adding polarization measurements (degree and angle) to the set of source properties currently measured in the X-ray band (spectrum, variability, and morphology).
The main theme of this thesis is the study and the optimization of polarization-sensitive detectors that will be on-board IXPE. After a brief review of the X-ray polarimetry and a detailed presentation of the IXPE mission and its scientific goals, I focus on my research activity on the development of the Monte Carlo simulation of the GPD and the realization of a new simulation framework designed to produce fast and realistic IXPE observations.
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