Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) General Observer Proposals Accepted
Several funding proposals for General Observer (GO) IXPE observations have been accepted by NASA headquarters. They are “X-ray polarization of a TeV binary” and “X-ray polarimetry of bright atoll sources” led by Philip Kaaret and “Unraveling particle acceleration in astrophysical jets with the archetypical blazar mrk 501” and “Is microquasar GRS 1915+105 currently in a super-Eddington accretion state?” led by Steven Ehlert.
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