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Latest NewsThe IXPE project invites members of the community to join your colleagues in a monthly forum designed to inform the IXPE user community of analysis techniques and tools, programmatic announcements, and data processing and calibration updates. The meetings will be held virtually on the 3rd Thursday of each month (starting in April 2026) at 10:00 am US Central Time. Please register your interest by filling out this Google form. The 2026 Rossi Prize has been awarded to Henric Krawczynski of Washington University in St. Louis, for his contributions to the theory, instrumentation, and scientific interpretation of X-ray polarimetry. Henric has been involved in important discoveries with NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE). He has been an IXPE collaborator since selection of the mission and is first author on IXPE's first paper on stellar-mass black holes. Congratulations Henric! The IXPE Caldb has been updated for the GPD (version 20260112). Please see the release notes for details. Downloads are available from the IXPE Calibration page. Users can also access the HEASARC IXPE caldb via remote access. The results of the IXPE Cycle 3 peer review, held 12-18 Nov 2025, have been approved. The list of recommended targets, and targets sorted by Right Ascension are now available. The due date for IXPE Cycle 3 proposal submission is Sept 11, 2025. Proposals should be submitted via the HEASARC's ARK Remote Proposal System (RPS). For more information about this cycle, please visit the IXPE Cycle 3 Guide for Proposals Page. |
- HEASARC Director: Vacant
- NASA Official: Ryan Smallcomb
- Web Curator: J.D. Myers
- Last Modified: 25-May-2023