POET: A SMEX mission for gamma ray burst polarimetry

Mark L. McConnell; Matthew Baring; Peter Bloser; Joseph F. Dwyer; A. Gordon Emslie; Camden D. Ertley; Jochen Greiner; Alice K. Harding; Dieter H. Hartmann; Joanne E. Hill; Philip Kaaret; R. M. Kippen; David Mattingly; Sheila McBreen; Mark Pearce; Nicolas Produit; James M. Ryan; Felix Ryde; Takanori Sakamoto; Kenji Toma; W. Thomas Vestrand; Bing Zhang

doi:10.1117/12.2056905

POET: A SMEX mission for gamma ray burst polarimetry

Mark L. McConnell, Matthew Baring, Peter Bloser, Joseph F. Dwyer, A. Gordon Emslie, Camden D. Ertley, Jochen Greiner, Alice K. Harding, Dieter H. Hartmann, Joanne E. Hill, Philip Kaaret, R. M. Kippen, David Mattingly, Sheila McBreen, Mark Pearce, Nicolas Produit, James M. Ryan, Felix Ryde, Takanori Sakamoto, Kenji TomaW. Thomas Vestrand, Bing Zhang

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Abstract

Polarimeters for Energetic Transients (POET) is a mission concept designed to t within the envelope of a NASA Small Explorer (SMEX) mission. POET will use X-ray and gamma-ray polarimetry to uncover the energy release mechanism associated with the formation of stellar-mass black holes and investigate the physics of extreme magnetic ields in the vicinity of compact objects. Two wide-FoV, non-imaging polarimeters will provide polarization measurements over the broad energy range from about 2 keV up to about 500 keV. A Compton scatter polarimeter, using an array of independent scintillation detector elements, will be used to collect data from 50 keV up to 500 keV. At low energies (2{15 keV), data will be provided by a photoelectric polarimeter based on the use of a Time Projection Chamber for photoelectron tracking. During a two-year baseline mission, POET will be able to collect data that will allow us to distinguish between three basic models for the inner jet of gamma-ray bursts.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014
Subtitle of host publication	Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
Editors	Tadayuki Takahashi, Jan-Willem A. den Herder, Mark Bautz
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Electronic)	9780819496126
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056905
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray - Montreal, Canada Duration: 2014 Jun 22 → 2014 Jun 26

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	9144
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

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Conference	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Montreal
Period	14/6/22 → 14/6/26

Keywords

Gamma-ray
Gamma-ray Burst
polarimeter
satellite
X-ray

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McConnell, M. L., Baring, M., Bloser, P., Dwyer, J. F., Emslie, A. G., Ertley, C. D., Greiner, J., Harding, A. K., Hartmann, D. H., Hill, J. E., Kaaret, P., Kippen, R. M., Mattingly, D., McBreen, S., Pearce, M., Produit, N., Ryan, J. M., Ryde, F., Sakamoto, T., ... Zhang, B. (2014). POET: A SMEX mission for gamma ray burst polarimetry. In T. Takahashi, J-W. A. den Herder, & M. Bautz (Eds.), Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray Article 91440O (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 9144). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056905

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McConnell, ML, Baring, M, Bloser, P, Dwyer, JF, Emslie, AG, Ertley, CD, Greiner, J, Harding, AK, Hartmann, DH, Hill, JE, Kaaret, P, Kippen, RM, Mattingly, D, McBreen, S, Pearce, M, Produit, N, Ryan, JM, Ryde, F, Sakamoto, T, Toma, K, Vestrand, WT & Zhang, B 2014, POET: A SMEX mission for gamma ray burst polarimetry. in T Takahashi, J-WA den Herder & M Bautz (eds), Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray., 91440O, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 9144, SPIE, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, Montreal, Canada, 14/6/22. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056905

POET: A SMEX mission for gamma ray burst polarimetry. / McConnell, Mark L.; Baring, Matthew; Bloser, Peter et al.
Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray. ed. / Tadayuki Takahashi; Jan-Willem A. den Herder; Mark Bautz. SPIE, 2014. 91440O (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 9144).

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