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ThePolariza,onFron,erKeithJahodaonbehalfoftheGEMSteam
ElihuBoldtMemorialSymposium6November2009
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Fromanobserva,onalpointofview,X‐raypolarimetrystartswithanearly
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KNOWNSINCE1978
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• Probeblackholespinandaccre,ondiskgeometry
• directradia,onispolarizedparalleltothediskanddominatesatlowerenergies• returnradia,onispolarizedperpendiculartothedisk• polariza,onmagnitudeandorienta,onisdiagnos,c
• Probethehighmagne,cfieldsnearthesurfaceofneutronstars
• X‐raysarehighlypolarizedperpendiculartok‐Bplane• Propaga,oninhighfieldsprobesGReffects
• Characterizethemagne,cfieldsinsupernovaremnants
TheorypredictsthatX‐raypolarimetrywill
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Photoelectric X-ray Polarimetry • Exploits: strong correlation between the X-ray electric field vector and
the photoelectron emission direction
• Advantages: dominates interaction cross section below 100keV
• Challenge: • Photoelectron range < 1% X-ray absorption depth (λx) • Photoelectron scattering mfp < e- range
• Requirements: • Accurate emission direction measurement • Good quantum efficiency
• Ideal polarimeter: 2d imager with: • resolution elements σx,y < e- mfp • Active depth ~ λx • => σx,y < depth/103 Auger
electron
X-ray
Photoelectron
φ
sin2θcos2φ distribution
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µ= Nmax‐Nmin
Nmax+Nmin
N=A+Bcos2( φ ‒ φ0 )
µ =B/(2A+B)
Inprac,ce,thedistribu,onofes,matedtrackdirec,ons,evenforpurelypolarizedinput,ismorecomplicatedthanaprojec,onofthesin2θcos2φprobabilitydistribu,on.
Modulation and sensitivity
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Elihu’sPolarimeter
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Elihu’sPolarimeter–Physicaleffects
• Photoelectricabsorp,on– Efficiency~0.03at20keV
• Scaeeringinthedetector– Energylossandanglechangeviamul,plescaeers
• Taggingthesignal• Scin,llatortags9keVCu‐Kphoton
• Distribu,onoftracks– Angularresolu,onprovidedbyanelectroncollimator
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Elihu’ssensi,vity
Elihu’ses,mateddetectorrateis~0.3ct/secfor1Crabsource.(assumes5cmaperture)
IfS>B,µ>0.1
Polariza,onoftheCrabnebulacouldhavebeendetectedinafewhours
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TPC Polarimeter Concept • Drift direction is perpendicular to X-ray propagation so efficiency is
decoupled from other considerations • One dimensional images using strip readout • Pixels are formed by time projection, coordinates [arrival time,strip location] • Drift height determined by collimation of beam
GEM
ReadoutStripsX‐ray
DriiElectrode
Digi,zedWaveforms
Differen,atedWaveforms
Image
CSAs
Trigger
x
y
z
x
y
Photoelectron
e‐Drii
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• TheTimeProjec,onPolarimeteristheheartoftheGravityandExtremeMagne,smSmallExplorer
• CurrentlyinPhaseB• Launchin2014
• Rota,onofthree‐axisstabilizedspacecraiforlowfalsemodula,onduetoinstrumentalsystema,cerror
• Fullskyvisibility;~300sourcesaccessible,eachfor~8weeksevery6months
• Straighmorwardopera,onsconcept• 9monthprogramof35targets
• Noconsumables,life,me≥2yr
Gravity and Extreme Magnetism Small Explorer Concept
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Benefits of Rotation
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Blackholesbendx‐raysandrotatethepolariza,onaccordingtotheirspin
Accre,ondisk
Howtheimageofthediskwouldlookifwecouldresolvetheimageforablackholewithhighspin
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KNOWNSINCE1978
NEWTERRITORY
Targetswithknownfluxesandpolariza,ones,mates
Blackholes
Neutronstars
Supernovaremnants
• GEMSwillopenabrand‐newwindowonthesky.
• Polariza,onintheX‐raybandisessen,allyunexplored:thepolariza,onofonlyoneobjectoutsidethesolarsystemhasbeenpreviouslydetected.
• GEMSwillbe~100xmoresensi,vethananypreviousinstrumentandwillbeabletostudywelldozensofobjects.
• Discoveriesareexpectedfromblackholes,neutronstars,supernovaremnants.
GEMSwillopenthefron,erofX‐raypolarimetry