XL-Calibur Non-refereed Publications

  1. Development of Small-Pixel CZT Detectors for Future High-Resolution Hard X-ray Missions
    Beilicke, M, NASA APRA Proposal, 155 (2011)
  2. Design of a Hard X-ray Polarimeter: X-Calibur
    Guo, Q et al., arXiv, 1101, 0595 (2011)
  3. The Hard X-ray Polarimeter X-Calibur - Design and Tests
    Beilicke, M et al., arXiv, 1109, 6850 (2011)
  4. News and Views: Big mirror cast; X-Calibur afloat; Harpoon that comet!
    A&G, 53, 0112 (2012)
  5. The hard X-ray polarimeter X-Calibur
    Beilicke, M et al., High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy: 5th International Meeting on High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy, 805 (2012)
  6. Exploring the Hard X-ray Polarization of Southern Hemisphere X-ray Sources with a Long Duration Balloon Flight of X-Calibur
    Krawczynski, H, NASA APRA Proposal, 119 (2012)
  7. Theoretical Motivations for Polarization Studies in X-ray Astronomy & the Status of X-Calibur
    Cowsik, R, 39th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 373 (2012)
  8. Status and Performance of the Hard X-Ray Polarimeter X-Calibur
    Kislat, F et al., AAS, 221, 32802 (2013)
  9. Observations of Accreting Black Holes in X-ray binaries with the X-Calibur Hard X-ray Polarimeter
    Guo, Q et al., AAS, 221, 42104 (2013)
  10. The Hard X-ray Polarimeter X-Calibur - Astrophysical Motivation and Performance
    Beilicke, M et al., HEAD, 13, 12317 (2013)
  11. Simulation and Laboratory results of the Hard X-ray Polarimeter: X-Calibur
    Guo, Q et al., AAS, 223, 20205 (2014)
  12. The hard X-ray polarimeter X-Calibur
    Beilicke, M, HEAD, 14, 10406 (2014)
  13. Blazar Observations with the Space-Borne X-Calibur X-Ray Polarimeter
    Guo, Q et al., HEAD, 14, 10620 (2014)
  14. Tests of General Relativity in the Strong Gravity Regime With the Space-Borne X-Calibur X-ray Polarimeter
    Hoormann, J et al., HEAD, 14, 11613 (2014)
  15. The Study of Highly Magnetized Neutron Stars with X-ray Polarimetry Observations
    Krawczynski, H, 40th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 1645 (2014)
  16. Design and Tests of the Hard X-ray Polarimeter X-Calibur
    Beilicke, M et al., Multifrequency Behaviour of High Energy Cosmic Sources, 293 (2014)
  17. Systematic and Performance Tests of the Hard X-ray Polarimeter X-Calibur
    Endsley, R et al., AAS, 225, 33715 (2015)
  18. Status of the Balloon-Borne X-ray Polarimetry Mission X-Calibur
    Krawczynski, H et al., HEAD, 15, 11620 (2016)
  19. Exploring the Hard X-ray Polarization of Southern Hemisphere X-Ray Sources with a Long-Duration Balloon Flight of X-Calibur
    Krawczynski, H, NASA APRA Proposal, 68 (2016)
  20. X-Ray Polarimetry with X-Calibur and PolSTAR
    Krawczynski, E, Frontier Research in Astrophysics II (FRAPWS2016), 80 (2016)
  21. Observations of Neutron Stars and Black Holes with the Second-Generation Hard X-Ray Polarimetry Mission XL-Calibur
    Krawczynski, NASA APRA Proprosal, 39 (2018)
  22. XL-Calibur: Plans for a Next-Generation Hard X-ray Polarimeter
    Abarr, Q, AAS, 234, 11601 (2019)
  23. Results From the Antarctic Balloon Flight of the Hard X-ray Polarimeter X-Calibur
    Kislat, F et al., AAS, 234, 21508 (2019)
  24. Study of the Systematic Errors of the Polarization Fraction and Angle Measurements with the X-Calibur Hard X-ray Polarimetry Mission
    Abarr, Q et al., HEAD, 17, 10976 (2019)
  25. Performance of the X-Calibur Hard X-ray Polarimetry Mission During the 2018-2019 Long Duration Balloon Flight
    Kislat, F et al., HEAD, 17, 10978 (2019)
  26. The Next-Generation Balloon-Borne Hard X-ray Polarimeter XL-Calibur
    Kislat, F, HEAD, 17, 10979 (2019)
  27. Swift and NICER observations of the X-ray binary GX 301-2 during the X-Calibur balloon campaign in December 2018.
    Errando, M et al., HEAD, 17, 11108 (2019)
  28. A long, broadband X-ray study of Vela X-1 and its environment
    Fuerst, F et al., HEAD, 17, 11258 (2019)
  29. Results from the Observations of the Accreting X-Ray Pulsar GX 301-2 with the X-Calibur Hard X-ray Polarimetry Mission
    Krawczynski, H et al., HEAD, 17, 40106 (2019)
  30. Observing Neutron Stars and Black Holes with the Hard X-ray Polarimeter XL-Calibur
    Lisalda, L et al., AAS, 235, 43708 (2020)
  31. Evaluating the Calibration of SN Ia Anchor Datasets with a Bayesian Hierarchical Model
    Currie, M et al., arXiv, 2007, 02458 (2020)
  32. Using Polarization Spectra as a Measure of Disk Thickness in Black Hole Systems
    West, A & Krawczynski, H, AAS, 237, 40403 (2021)
  33. Measuring Black Hole Spins and Constraining the Shapes and Locations of the Coronas of Stellar Mass Accreting Black Holes with the Upcoming IXPE and XL-Calibur X-ray Polarization Missions
    Krawczynski, H, AAS, 237, 40404 (2021)
  34. Implementing and investigating the numerical accuracy of the exact Compton scattering in the x-ray reflection from the black hole accretion disk
    Hossen, M et al., AAS, 237, 40408 (2021)
  35. Design and Performance of the Next-Generation Hard X-Ray Polarimeter XL-Calibur
    Lisalda, L & XL-Calibur Collaboration, AAS, 237, 43501 (2021)
  36. Current status of the x-ray mirror for the XL-Calibur experiment
    Hattori, Matsumoto et al., SPIE, 11444, 114445W (2021)
  37. XL-Calibur, the next-generation balloon-borne hard X-ray polarimeter
    Takahashi, H et al., 43rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly. Held 28 January - 4 February, 1665 (2021)
  38. Probing magnetar magnetospheres and fundamental QED physics via X-ray polarimetry
    Baring, M et al., 43rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly. Held 28 January - 4 February, 1667 (2021)
  39. Hard X-ray polarimetry in the stratosphere
    Takahashi, H & Pearce, M, 43rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly. Held 28 January - 4 February, 2304 (2021)
  40. Performance of the X-Calibur Hard X-Ray Polarimetry Mission during its 2018/19 Long-Duration Balloon Flight
    Abarr, Q et al., arXiv, 2204, 09761 (2022)
  41. Observations of Black Holes and Neutron Stars with the Hard X-Ray Polarimetry Mission XL-Calibur
    Krawczynski, Kislat et al., NASA APRA Proprosal, 106 (2022)
  42. Stokes Parameter Analysis of XL-Calibur Data
    Kislat and Spooner, Handbook of X-ray and Gamma-ray Astrophysics, 76 (2022)
  43. The Next-Generation Hard X-ray Polarimeter XL-Calibur
    Kislat, F et al., HEAD, 19, 20402 (2022)
  44. The Hard X-ray Polarimetry Mission XL-Calibur
    Spooner, Quin et al., AAS, 240, 314.01 (2022)
  45. The XL-Calibur Hard X-ray Polarimetry Mission
    Krawczynski, Gau, and Rodriguez Cavero, 44th COSPAR Scientific Assembly. Held 16-24 July, 2022, 44, 1858 (2022)
  46. The hard X-ray polarimeter mission XL-Calibur
    Gau, 44th COSPAR Scientific Assembly. Held 16-24 July, 2022, 44, 3346 (2022)
  47. Optical performance of the x-ray telescope for the XL-Calibur experiment
    Kamogawa, Matsumoto et al., SPIE, 12181, 1218171 (2022)
  48. Results from the 2022 flight of the XL-Calibur balloon-borne hard X-ray polarimeter
    Spooner and Klepper, EAS, 595 (2023)
  49. IXPE and XL-Calibur multi-mission spectropolarimetric fitting
    Spooner, Kislat, and Baldini, HEAD, 20, 103.39 (2023)
  50. Investigating the Linear Polarization of X-ray Binary Sources with XL-Calibur
    Lisalda, Awaki et al., HEAD, 20, 103.41 (2023)
  51. Characterization of the x-ray telescope after the first flight of XL-Calibur
    Kuramoto, Matsumoto et al., SPIE, 12679, 126791B (2023)
  52. The XL-Calibur Mission
    Kislat, The Golden Age of Cataclysmic Variables and Related Objects - VI. Held 4-9 September 2023, 44 (2024)
  53. Performance of the XL-Calibur flight in July 2022
    Uchida and XL-Calibur Team, 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference, 928 (2024)
  54. A Maximum Likelihood Polarimetric Analysis for XL-Calibur
    Casey and Kislat, AAS, 245, 302.17 (2025)
  55. A hard X-ray polarimetry view of the Crab Nebula and Pulsar from the balloon-borne telescope XL-Calibur
    Gau, Aoyagi et al., AAS, 245, 341.08 (2025)
  56. XL-Calibur Polarimetry of Cyg X-1 Further Constrains the Origin of its Hard-state X-ray Emission
    Awaki, Baring et al., arXiv, 2507, 23126 (2025)

Latest News

08 Aug 2025

The XL-Calibur archive opens at the HEASARC for the initial data release. The HEASARC currently holds event and spectra data, with calibration data slated to be released in a future update.

19 Mar 2025

Publication of the first results from the 2024 XL-Calibur observations of the Crab Nebula and Pulsar.

14 Jul 2024

The XL-Calibur mission concluded a 6-day long flight, terminating close to Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada. During the flight, XL-Calibur successfully gathered 4 days of observational data.

09 Jul 2024

The XL-Calibur balloon from NASA was successfully launched at 05:04 local time on the 9th of July from Esrange Space Center (Sweden). The flight is expected to last 4-5 days and it is possible to follow its journey across the Atlantic before landing in northern Canada.