A Small Satellite Version of a Broad-band Soft X-ray Polarimeter

Kavli Affiliate: Norbert S. Schulz | First 5 Authors: Herman L. Marshall, Sarah N. T. Heine, Alan Garner, Eric M. Gullikson, H. Moritz Günther | Summary: We describe a new implementation of a broad-band soft X-ray polarimeter, substantially based on a previous design. This implementation, the Pioneer Soft X-ray Polarimeter (PiSoX) is a SmallSat, designed […]


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A Small Satellite Version of a Broad-band Soft X-ray Polarimeter

Kavli Affiliate: Norbert S. Schulz | First 5 Authors: Herman L. Marshall, Sarah N. T. Heine, Alan Garner, Eric M. Gullikson, H. Moritz Günther | Summary: We describe a new implementation of a broad-band soft X-ray polarimeter, substantially based on a previous design. This implementation, the Pioneer Soft X-ray Polarimeter (PiSoX) is a SmallSat, designed […]


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A Small Satellite Version of a Broad-band Soft X-ray Polarimeter

Kavli Affiliate: Ralf K. Heilmann | First 5 Authors: Herman L. Marshall, Sarah N. T. Heine, Alan Garner, Eric M. Gullikson, H. Moritz Günther | Summary: We describe a new implementation of a broad-band soft X-ray polarimeter, substantially based on a previous design. This implementation, the Pioneer Soft X-ray Polarimeter (PiSoX) is a SmallSat, designed […]


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Quantum-Assisted Optical Interferometers: Instrument Requirements

Kavli Affiliate: Sven Herrmann | First 5 Authors: Andrei Nomerotski, Paul Stankus, Anže Slosar, Stephen Vintskevich, Shane Andrewski | Summary: It has been recently suggested that optical interferometers may not require a phase-stable optical link between the stations if instead sources of quantum-mechanically entangled pairs could be provided to them, enabling extra-long baselines and benefiting […]


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Getting Ready for LISA: The Data, Support and Preparation Needed to Maximize US Participation in Space-Based Gravitational Wave Science

Kavli Affiliate: David Shoemaker | First 5 Authors: Kelly Holley-Bockelmann, :, Jillian Bellovary, Peter Bender, Emanuele Berti | Summary: The NASA LISA Study Team was tasked to study how NASA might support US scientists to participate and maximize the science return from the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission. LISA is gravitational wave observatory led […]


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XraySyn: Realistic View Synthesis From a Single Radiograph Through CT Priors

Kavli Affiliate: Cheng Peng | First 5 Authors: Cheng Peng, Haofu Liao, Gina Wong, Jiebo Luo, Shaohua Kevin Zhou | Summary: A radiograph visualizes the internal anatomy of a patient through the use of X-ray, which projects 3D information onto a 2D plane. Hence, radiograph analysis naturally requires physicians to relate the prior about 3D […]


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GPI 2.0 : Optimizing reconstructor performance in simulations and preliminary contrast estimates

Kavli Affiliate: Bruce Macintosh | First 5 Authors: Alexander Madurowicz, Bruce Macintosh, Lisa Poyneer, Duan Li, Jean-Baptiste Ruffio | Summary: During its move from the mountaintop of Cerro Pachon in Chile to the peak of Mauna Kea in Hawaii, the Gemini Planet Imager will make a pit stop to receive various upgrades, including a pyramid […]


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Nonthermal electron and ion acceleration by magnetic reconnection in large laser-driven plasmas

Kavli Affiliate: Tom Abel | First 5 Authors: Samuel Totorica, Masahiro Hoshino, Tom Abel, Frederico Fiuza, | Summary: Magnetic reconnection is a fundamental plasma process that is thought to play a key role in the production of nonthermal particles associated with explosive phenomena in space physics and astrophysics. Experiments at high-energy-density facilities are starting to […]


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An extended halo around an ancient dwarf galaxy

Kavli Affiliate: Anna Frebel | First 5 Authors: Anirudh Chiti, Anna Frebel, Joshua D. Simon, Denis Erkal, Laura J. Chang | Summary: The Milky Way is surrounded by dozens of ultra-faint (< $10^5$ solar luminosities) dwarf satellite galaxies. They are the surviving remnants of the earliest galaxies, as confirmed by their ancient (~13 billion years […]


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Cosmic-Ray Diffusion Suppression in Star-forming Regions Inhibits Clump Formation in Gas-rich Galaxies

Kavli Affiliate: Andrey V. Kravtsov | First 5 Authors: , , , , | Summary: Observations of the $gamma$-ray emission around star clusters, isolated supernova remnants, and pulsar wind nebulae indicate that the cosmic-ray (CR) diffusion coefficient near acceleration sites can be suppressed by a large factor compared to the Galaxy average. We explore the […]


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