Conferences
13–15 November 2017, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
Alsatian Workshop on X-ray Polarimetry
50 years after the pioneering experiments, X-ray spectroscopy and timing techniques can be considered as well established. Nonetheless, one prominent feature of X-ray light has not been explored as scrupulously as others: its polarization. Between 1980 and 2000, the instruments were not sensitive enough to go beyond the first X-ray polarimetric results acquired in the 70s but the development of new detection techniques in the early 2000s revived the field. The first X-ray spatial mission to fly a new generation polarimeter will be launched by NASA in 2020; it is now necessary to prepare the ground and begin to refine the theories and simulations needed to exploit the observational results to come. It is an explicit purpose of this workshop to gather in particular young researchers for two and a half days, to discuss the progress made in X-ray polarimetry, to identify what is still missing and to decide what must be undertaken by 2020. We specifically encourage PhD students and post-docs as well as expert speakers to join the workshop. We aim to facilitate new collaborations that will be ready to exploit the first X-ray polarimetry data to arrive.
