Matthias Meier
(Technical University of Munich (TUM))
The CubeSat mission ComPol will investigate the black hole binary system Cygnus X-1. The goal is to improve its physical model by measuring the polarization of the hard X-ray spectrum (20 – 300 keV). The information about the polarization can be extracted from the kinematics of the Compton scattering. A Silicon Drift Detector (SDD) is used as a scatterer. The SDD is stacked onto a CeBr3 calorimeter to be able to measure the full kinematics. The talk gives a basic overview of the scientific motivation, the detector setup, the performance of the system and the sensitivity study carried out for this purpose.
This research is supported by the Excellence Cluster ORIGINS which is funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany’s Excellence Strategy - EXC-2094-390783311
Carlo Fiorini
(Polytechnic University of Milan (Polimi))
Cordula Schmitz-Sinn
(Technical University of Munich (TUM))
Cynthia Glas
(Technical University of Munich (TUM))
David Meßmann
(Technical University of Munich (TUM))
Ion Cojocari
(Polytechnic University of Milan (Polimi))
Jochen Greiner
(Max-Planck Institute for extraterrestrial Physics (MPE))
Katrin Geigenberger
(Technical University of Munich (TUM))
Lorenzo Toscano
(Polytechnic University of Milan (Polimi))
Marco Arrigucci
(Polytechnic University of Milan (Polimi))
Marco Carminati
(Polytechnic University of Milan (Polimi))
Martin Losekamm
(Technical University of Munich (TUM))
Matthias Meier
(Technical University of Munich (TUM))
Michael Willers
(Technical University of Munich (TUM))
Peter Hindenberger
(Technical University of Munich (TUM))
Peter Lechner
(Semiconductor Laboratory of the Max Planck Society (HLL))
Philippe Laurent
(Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA))
Pietro King
(Polytechnic University of Milan (Polimi))
Sebastian Rückerl
(Technical University of Munich (TUM))
Susanne Mertens
(Technical University of Munich (TUM))
Ulrich Walter
(Technical University of Munich (TUM))
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