The Study of Highly Magnetized Neutron Stars with X-ray Polarimetry Observations
Abstract
X-ray polarization observations have the prospect to give us qualitatively new insights into the structure of the magnetic field of strongly magnetized pulsars and magnetars. In this talk, I will give a review over the pulsar and magnetar properties that can be studied with X-ray polarization observations. Furthermore, I will describe the balloon borne polarimeter X-Calibur and describe which insights we expect to gain from the scheduled X-Calibur flights in Fall 2014 (from Fort Sumner, New Mexico) and in 2016/2017 (McMurdo, Antarctic). I will conclude with an overview of studies that can be performed with a space-borne version of such an experiment.
- Publication:
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40th COSPAR Scientific Assembly
- Pub Date:
- 2014
- Bibcode:
- 2014cosp...40E1645K