The last decade has increasingly seen the use of silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) instead of
photomultiplier tubes (PMTs). This is due to various advantages of the former on the latter …

Abstract The Gas Microchannel plate Pixel Detector (GMPD) is used to measure X-ray
polarization in astrophysical sources, and is the prototype of the Low Energy Polarimeter …

Precursor emissions are found in some short gamma-ray bursts (SGRBs). In this paper, we
review the theories and observations of the SGRB precursor and discuss its prospect as an …

The proposed Daksha mission comprises of a pair of highly sensitive space telescopes for
detecting and characterizing high-energy transients, such as electromagnetic counterparts …

While the scientific potential of high-energy X-ray and gamma-ray polarimetry has long been
recognized, measuring the polarization of high-energy photons is challenging. To date …

POLAR-2 is a space-borne polarimeter, built to investigate the polarization of Gamma-Ray
Bursts and help elucidate their mechanisms. The instrument is targeted for launch in 2024 or …

Photons preferentially Compton scatter perpendicular to the plane of polarization. This
property can be exploited to design instruments to measure the linear polarization of hard X …

POLAR-2 is a gamma-ray burst (GRB) polarimeter that is designed to study the polarization
in GRB radiation emissions, aiming to improve our knowledge of related mechanisms …

Star-XP is a simulation framework specifically designed for the Low Energy X-ray
Polarization Detector (LPD) onboard the POLAR-2 mission. It is capable of simulating the …

Compton polarimeters are typically designed to be sensitive only to the azimuthal angle of
the scattered photon, ignoring the scattering angle. Such a 2-dimensional reconstruction of …