Program News and Announcements

6 August 2024

IXPO Program Updates, Regular Registration Deadline 10 August

We are excited to announce that the preliminary science program of IXPO: International X-ray POlarimetry Symposium is now available at this link. We are pleased to have a very exciting program with a wide range of cutting-edge science. We are looking forward to a very enjoyable and productive symposium.

Regular registration for IXPO ends on August 10th, after which a later registration fee will apply.

Currently we still have a few open slots for poster presentations, the abstract submission and registration links are available at the meeting website: https://sti.usra.edu/ixpo/

Please see below for the details of the symposium.

Best,
The IXPO Organizing Committee

Location: Huntsville, Alabama
Date: September 16-19, 2024

Decades after the pioneering launch of the first X-ray polarimeter onboard OSO-8, the field of X-ray polarimetry is experiencing a major resurgence, catalyzed by the launch of the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) - the first dedicated astrophysics mission for X-ray polarimetry. During the initial 2-year prime mission phase IXPE has increased the number of X-ray polarization detections from one to a few dozen, with significant consequences for our understanding of high-energy astrophysical objects. The opening of the first General Observer period in early 2024 promises to expand on these discoveries to new source classes and science questions.

This conference will be an opportunity to explore the wide range of science enabled by X-ray polarimetry provided by IXPE and other missions such as XPoSAT and PolarLight. It will include sessions focused on active galactic nuclei, blazars, accreting neutron stars and stellar black holes, supernova remnants, magnetars, and pulsar wind nebulae, as well as future mission concepts. This conference aims to foster inclusivity and collaboration within the scientific community by providing sessions on X-ray polarimetry data analysis, and we invite researchers of all backgrounds to engage in the frontier of high energy polarimetry. As a highlight, the workshop will coincide with a celebration of the awarding of the Rossi Prize to Martin Weisskopf, Paolo Soffitta, and the IXPE team, to be held at the nearby U.S. Space and Rocket Center.

Confirmed invited speakers:

• Niccolo Bucciantini (Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri)
• Eugene Churazov (Max Planck Institute for Astronomy)
• Laura Di Gesu (Agenzia Spaziale Italiana)
• Hua Feng (IHEP)
• Riccardo Ferrazzoli (INAF-IAPS.)
• Jeremy Heyl (University of British Columbia)
• Phil Kaaret (NASA MSFC)
• Andrea Marinucci (Agenzia Spaziale Italiana)
• Riccardo Middei (INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma)
• Michela Negro (Louisiana State University)
• Nicole Rodriguez Cavero (Washington University in St. Louis)
• Paolo Soffitta (IAPS/INAF)
• Roberto Taverna (University of Padova)
• Francesco Ursini (Università Roma Tre)
• Martin Weisskopf (NASA MSFC Emeritus)
• Josephine Wong (Stanford University)

Science Organizing Committee:

• Chien-Ting Chen (USRA, co-chair)
• Alessandra De Rosa (INAF-IAPS)
• Ioannis Liodakis (ORAU)
• Giorgio Matt (Università Roma Tre)
• Eileen Meyer (UMBC, co-chair)
• Roger Romani (Stanford)
• Doug Swartz (USRA)