Abstract Details

Name: Rishin P V
Affiliation: Raman Research Institute
Conference ID: ASI2020_377
Title : Current status of POLIX, an X-ray Polarimeter on-board XPoSat
Authors and Co-Authors : Rishin P V, Biswajit Paul, Gopala Krishna M R, Abhilash P K, Dhiraj K Dedhia (1), Hari Krishna Sahu, Hemanth M, Krishnamurthy S, Ketan Rimake, Meena G (2), Mamatha T S, Md Ibrahim, Md Irshad, Nirmal Iyer (3), Pooja Verma, Rajagopala G, Sandhya P, Shreenandini A, Sujai Mate (4), Vikram Rana, Varun B. Raman Research Institute, Sadashivanagar, Bangalore. 1.Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai. 2.U R Rao Satellite Centre (URSC), ISRO, Bangalore. 3.KTH Royal Institute, Sweden. 4.IRAP, Toulouse, France.
Abstract Type : Invited
Abstract Category : Instrumentation and Techniques
Abstract : POLIX is an X-ray polarimeter developed at Raman Research Institute, Bangalore for a small satellite mission of ISRO named XPoSat. The instrument is based on the principle of Thomson scattering and is designed for X-ray polarisation studies of astronomical sources in the energy band of 8-30 keV. This talk will cover the different aspects of the instrument design and the current status of development of the instrument.