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IXPE的背景研究

A Study of background for IXPE

Fei Xie, Riccardo Ferrazzoli, Paolo Soffitta, Sergio Fabiani, Enrico Costa, Fabio Muleri, Alessandro Di Marco

摘要:

焦平面X射线偏振测定法适用于相对明亮的光源,背景影响可忽略不计。然而,对于IXPE(成像X射线偏振探测器)来说,当观察像超新星遗迹这样的微弱扩展源时,这可能并不总是可能的。我们提出了第一次预期的背景IXPE的蒙特卡罗模拟和它的影响,实际观测的点和扩展的X射线源。采用基于GEANT4框架的蒙特卡罗方法对背景进行了模拟。对航天器和探测器单元进行了建模,并对IXPE轨道环境中的预期背景成分进行了评估。我们研究了不同的背景抑制技术的基础上收集的轨迹分析的气体像素探测器上IXPE。估计的背景大约比要求大2.9倍,但在观察点状源时仍然可以忽略不计。尽管很小,但对超新星遗迹的影响表明,需要对扩展源进行背景扣除。

英文摘要:

Focal plane X-ray polarimetry is intended for relatively bright sources with a negligible impact of background. However this might not be always possible for IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) when observing faint extended sources like supernova remnants. We present for the first time the expected background of IXPE by Monte Carlo simulation and its impact on real observations of point and extended X-ray sources. The simulation of background has been performed by Monte Carlo based on GEANT4 framework. The spacecraft and the detector units have been modeled, and the expected background components in IXPE orbital environment have been evaluated. We studied different background rejection techniques based on the analysis of the tracks collected by the Gas Pixel Detectors on board IXPE. The estimated background is about 2.9 times larger than the requirement, yet it is still negligible when observing point like sources. Albeit small, the impact on supernova remnants indicates the need for a background subtraction for the observation of the extended sources.

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