Mapping the circumnuclear regions of the Circinus galaxy with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer

We report on the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) observation of the closest and X-ray brightest Compton-thick active galactic nucleus (AGN), the Circinus galaxy. We find the source to be significantly polarized in the 2–6 keV band. From previous studies, the X-ray spectrum is known to be d...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2023-02, Vol.519 (1), p.50-58
Hauptverfasser:	Ursini, F, Marinucci, A, Matt, G, Bianchi, S, Marin, F, Marshall, H L, Middei, R, Poutanen, J, Rogantini, D, De Rosa, A, Di Gesu, L, García, J A, Ingram, A, Kim, D E, Krawczynski, H, Puccetti, S, Soffitta, P, Svoboda, J, Tombesi, F, Weisskopf, M C, Barnouin, T, Perri, M, Podgorny, J, Ratheesh, A, Zaino, A, Agudo, I, Antonelli, L A, Bachetti, M, Baldini, L, Baumgartner, W H, Bellazzini, R, Bongiorno, S D, Bonino, R, Brez, A, Bucciantini, N, Capitanio, F, Castellano, S, Cavazzuti, E, Ciprini, S, Costa, E, Del Monte, E, Di Lalla, N, Di Marco, A, Donnarumma, I, Doroshenko, V, Dovciak, M, Ehlert, S R, Enoto, T, Evangelista, Y, Fabiani, S, Ferrazzoli, R, Gunji, S, Heyl, J, Iwakiri, W, Jorstad, S G, Karas, V, Kitaguchi, T, Kolodziejczak, J J, La Monaca, F, Latronico, L, Liodakis, I, Maldera, S, Manfreda, A, Marscher, A P, Mitsuishi, I, Mizuno, T, Muleri, F, Ng, C Y, O’Dell, S L, Omodei, N, Oppedisano, C, Papitto, A, Pavlov, G G, Peirson, A L, Pesce-Rollins, M, Petrucci, P-O, Pilia, M, Possenti, A, Ramsey, B D, Rankin, J, Romani, R W, Sgrò, C, Slane, P, Spandre, G, Tamagawa, T, Tavecchio, F, Taverna, R, Tawara, Y, Tennant, A F, Thomas, N E, Trois, A, Tsygankov, S S, Turolla, R, Vink, J, Wu, K, Xie, F, Zane, S
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