Name: Frontiers in X-ray Polarimetry (FiXP) Academy
Start: 2025-04-07T08:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-04-11T18:00:00+02:00
Location: GSSI

Frontiers in X-ray Polarimetry (FiXP) Academy

from Monday, 7 April 2025 (08:00) to Friday, 11 April 2025 (18:00)

Monday, 7 April 2025 ¶

08:30 Registration
Registration
08:30 - 09:00
09:00 Institutional welcome - Elisabetta Baracchini (Gran Sasso Science Institute)
Institutional welcome
- Elisabetta Baracchini (Gran Sasso Science Institute)
09:00 - 09:30
09:30 Polarimetry in the context of X-ray astronomy - Past and future - Enrico Costa (INAF/IAPS)
Polarimetry in the context of X-ray astronomy - Past and future
- Enrico Costa (INAF/IAPS)
09:30 - 10:00
10:00 Statistical methods for X-ray polarimetry - Fabio Muleri (IANF/IAPS)
Statistical methods for X-ray polarimetry
- Fabio Muleri (IANF/IAPS)
10:00 - 11:00
11:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30
11:30 XL-Calibur - a balloon-borne hard X-ray polarimetry mission - Mark Pearce (KTH)
XL-Calibur - a balloon-borne hard X-ray polarimetry mission
- Mark Pearce (KTH)
11:30 - 12:30
12:30 IXPE - Paolo Soffitta (INAF/IAPS)
IXPE
- Paolo Soffitta (INAF/IAPS)
12:30 - 13:30
13:30 Lunch
Lunch
13:30 - 14:30

14:30

14:30 - 17:30

17:30 Poster Session
Poster Session
17:30 - 19:30
Tuesday, 8 April 2025 ¶
09:00 Compton Polarimetry and the Compton Spectrometer and Imager - John Tomsick (University of California, Berkeley)
Compton Polarimetry and the Compton Spectrometer and Imager
- John Tomsick (University of California, Berkeley)
09:00 - 10:00
10:00 Diffraction Polarimetry 1 - Physics of X-ray Polarization Optics & Mission Concepts - Casey T. DeRoo (University of Iowa)
Diffraction Polarimetry 1 - Physics of X-ray Polarization Optics & Mission Concepts
- Casey T. DeRoo (University of Iowa)
10:00 - 11:00
11:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30
11:30 Particle Acceleration in an Astronomical Plasma - Pasquale Blasi (GSSI)
Particle Acceleration in an Astronomical Plasma
- Pasquale Blasi (GSSI)
11:30 - 12:30
12:30 Gamma Ray Burst: polarisation - Giancarlo Ghirlanda
Gamma Ray Burst: polarisation
- Giancarlo Ghirlanda
12:30 - 13:30
13:30 Lunch
Lunch
13:30 - 14:30
14:30 Magnetars - Roberto Taverna (UniPD)
Magnetars
- Roberto Taverna (UniPD)
14:30 - 15:30
15:30 Gran Sasso National Laboratory Safety Briefing - Elisabetta Baracchini (Gran Sasso Science Institute) Davide Fiorina (GSSI & INFN) Melba D'Astolfo Stefano Piacentini (GSSI)
Gran Sasso National Laboratory Safety Briefing
- Elisabetta Baracchini (Gran Sasso Science Institute)
- Davide Fiorina (GSSI & INFN)
- Melba D'Astolfo
- Stefano Piacentini (GSSI)
15:30 - 16:30
16:30 Vist to Gran Sasso Undeground Laboratory
Vist to Gran Sasso Undeground Laboratory
16:30 - 20:00

20:00 Social Dinner
Social Dinner
20:00 - 22:00
Wednesday, 9 April 2025 ¶
09:30 Crystal Eye Detector - FELICIA BARBATO
Crystal Eye Detector
- FELICIA BARBATO
09:30 - 10:30
10:30 Photoelectric polarimeters R&D - Davide Fiorina (GSSI & INFN)
Photoelectric polarimeters R&D
- Davide Fiorina (GSSI & INFN)
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30
11:30 Pulsar Wind Nebuale and Supernova remnants: theory, models & polarization - Nicolò Bucciantini (INAF Arcetri)
Pulsar Wind Nebuale and Supernova remnants: theory, models & polarization
- Nicolò Bucciantini (INAF Arcetri)
11:30 - 12:30
12:30 Polarimetry of blazars: theory (and observations) - Fabrizio Tavecchio (INAF/OAB)
Polarimetry of blazars: theory (and observations)
- Fabrizio Tavecchio (INAF/OAB)
12:30 - 13:30
13:30 Lunch
Lunch
13:30 - 14:30

14:30 Hands On
Hands On
14:30 - 18:30
Thursday, 10 April 2025 ¶
09:00 Galactic Black Holes - Nicole Rodriguez Cavero (Washington University)
Galactic Black Holes
- Nicole Rodriguez Cavero (Washington University)
09:00 - 10:00
10:00 X-ray polarimetry of extended sources - Riccardo Ferrazzoli (INAF/IASP)
X-ray polarimetry of extended sources
- Riccardo Ferrazzoli (INAF/IASP)
10:00 - 11:00
11:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30
11:30 Radio-quiet Active Galactic Nuclei - Giorgio Matt (Roma3)
Radio-quiet Active Galactic Nuclei
- Giorgio Matt (Roma3)
11:30 - 12:30
12:30 Diffraction Polarimetry 2 - Hermann Marshall (MIT)
Diffraction Polarimetry 2
- Hermann Marshall (MIT)
12:30 - 13:30
13:30 Lunch
Lunch
13:30 - 14:30

14:30 Hands-On
Hands-On
14:30 - 19:00
Friday, 11 April 2025 ¶
09:00 Axion/ALPs - Giorgio Galanti (IASF MI)
Axion/ALPs
- Giorgio Galanti (IASF MI)
09:00 - 10:00
10:00 Multimessanger Astronomy - Marica Branchesi (Gran Sasso Science Institute/INFN/INAF)
Multimessanger Astronomy
- Marica Branchesi (Gran Sasso Science Institute/INFN/INAF)
10:00 - 11:00
11:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30
11:30 What's between the payload and the data? - Adriano Di Giovanni (Gran Sasso Science Institute)
What's between the payload and the data?
- Adriano Di Giovanni (Gran Sasso Science Institute)
11:30 - 12:30
12:30 Neutron Star X-ray Binaries - Fiamma Capitanio (INAF/IAPS)
Neutron Star X-ray Binaries
- Fiamma Capitanio (INAF/IAPS)
12:30 - 13:30
13:30 Lunch
Lunch
13:30 - 14:30
14:30 X-ray polarimetry of solar flares: from heliophysics to space Weather - Sergio Fabiani (INAF/IAPS)
X-ray polarimetry of solar flares: from heliophysics to space Weather
- Sergio Fabiani (INAF/IAPS)
14:30 - 15:30
15:30 How to build a mission (cubesat and rocket) - Ettore del Monte (INAF/IAPS)
How to build a mission (cubesat and rocket)
- Ettore del Monte (INAF/IAPS)
15:30 - 17:00