XL-Calibur Non-refereed Publications
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Development of Small-Pixel CZT Detectors for Future High-Resolution Hard X-ray Missions
Beilicke, M, NASA APRA Proposal, 155 (2011)
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Design of a Hard X-ray Polarimeter: X-Calibur
Guo, Q et al., arXiv, 1101, 0595 (2011)
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The Hard X-ray Polarimeter X-Calibur - Design and Tests
Beilicke, M et al., arXiv, 1109, 6850 (2011)
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News and Views: Big mirror cast; X-Calibur afloat; Harpoon that comet!
A&G, 53, 0112 (2012)
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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)
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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)
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Theoretical Motivations for Polarization Studies in X-ray Astronomy & the Status of X-Calibur
Cowsik, R, 39th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 373 (2012)
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Status and Performance of the Hard X-Ray Polarimeter X-Calibur
Kislat, F et al., AAS, 221, 32802 (2013)
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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)
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The Hard X-ray Polarimeter X-Calibur - Astrophysical Motivation and Performance
Beilicke, M et al., HEAD, 13, 12317 (2013)
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Simulation and Laboratory results of the Hard X-ray Polarimeter: X-Calibur
Guo, Q et al., AAS, 223, 20205 (2014)
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The hard X-ray polarimeter X-Calibur
Beilicke, M, HEAD, 14, 10406 (2014)
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Blazar Observations with the Space-Borne X-Calibur X-Ray Polarimeter
Guo, Q et al., HEAD, 14, 10620 (2014)
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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)
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The Study of Highly Magnetized Neutron Stars with X-ray Polarimetry Observations
Krawczynski, H, 40th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 1645 (2014)
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Design and Tests of the Hard X-ray Polarimeter X-Calibur
Beilicke, M et al., Multifrequency Behaviour of High Energy Cosmic Sources, 293 (2014)
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Systematic and Performance Tests of the Hard X-ray Polarimeter X-Calibur
Endsley, R et al., AAS, 225, 33715 (2015)
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Status of the Balloon-Borne X-ray Polarimetry Mission X-Calibur
Krawczynski, H et al., HEAD, 15, 11620 (2016)
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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)
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X-Ray Polarimetry with X-Calibur and PolSTAR
Krawczynski, E, Frontier Research in Astrophysics II (FRAPWS2016), 80 (2016)
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Observations of Neutron Stars and Black Holes with the Second-Generation Hard X-Ray Polarimetry Mission XL-Calibur
Krawczynski, NASA APRA Proprosal, 39 (2018)
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XL-Calibur: Plans for a Next-Generation Hard X-ray Polarimeter
Abarr, Q, AAS, 234, 11601 (2019)
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Results From the Antarctic Balloon Flight of the Hard X-ray Polarimeter X-Calibur
Kislat, F et al., AAS, 234, 21508 (2019)
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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)
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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)
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The Next-Generation Balloon-Borne Hard X-ray Polarimeter XL-Calibur
Kislat, F, HEAD, 17, 10979 (2019)
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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)
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A long, broadband X-ray study of Vela X-1 and its environment
Fuerst, F et al., HEAD, 17, 11258 (2019)
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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)
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Observing Neutron Stars and Black Holes with the Hard X-ray Polarimeter XL-Calibur
Lisalda, L et al., AAS, 235, 43708 (2020)
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Evaluating the Calibration of SN Ia Anchor Datasets with a Bayesian Hierarchical Model
Currie, M et al., arXiv, 2007, 02458 (2020)
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Using Polarization Spectra as a Measure of Disk Thickness in Black Hole Systems
West, A & Krawczynski, H, AAS, 237, 40403 (2021)
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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)
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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)
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Design and Performance of the Next-Generation Hard X-Ray Polarimeter XL-Calibur
Lisalda, L & XL-Calibur Collaboration, AAS, 237, 43501 (2021)
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Current status of the x-ray mirror for the XL-Calibur experiment
Hattori, Matsumoto et al., SPIE, 11444, 114445W (2021)
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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)
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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)
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Hard X-ray polarimetry in the stratosphere
Takahashi, H & Pearce, M, 43rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly. Held 28 January - 4 February, 2304 (2021)
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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)
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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)
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Stokes Parameter Analysis of XL-Calibur Data
Kislat and Spooner, Handbook of X-ray and Gamma-ray Astrophysics, 76 (2022)
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The Next-Generation Hard X-ray Polarimeter XL-Calibur
Kislat, F et al., HEAD, 19, 20402 (2022)
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The Hard X-ray Polarimetry Mission XL-Calibur
Spooner, Quin et al., AAS, 240, 314.01 (2022)
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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)
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The hard X-ray polarimeter mission XL-Calibur
Gau, 44th COSPAR Scientific Assembly. Held 16-24 July, 2022, 44, 3346 (2022)
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Optical performance of the x-ray telescope for the XL-Calibur experiment
Kamogawa, Matsumoto et al., SPIE, 12181, 1218171 (2022)
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Results from the 2022 flight of the XL-Calibur balloon-borne hard X-ray polarimeter
Spooner and Klepper, EAS, 595 (2023)
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IXPE and XL-Calibur multi-mission spectropolarimetric fitting
Spooner, Kislat, and Baldini, HEAD, 20, 103.39 (2023)
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Investigating the Linear Polarization of X-ray Binary Sources with XL-Calibur
Lisalda, Awaki et al., HEAD, 20, 103.41 (2023)
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Characterization of the x-ray telescope after the first flight of XL-Calibur
Kuramoto, Matsumoto et al., SPIE, 12679, 126791B (2023)
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The XL-Calibur Mission
Kislat, The Golden Age of Cataclysmic Variables and Related Objects - VI. Held 4-9 September 2023, 44 (2024)
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Performance of the XL-Calibur flight in July 2022
Uchida and XL-Calibur Team, 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference, 928 (2024)
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A Maximum Likelihood Polarimetric Analysis for XL-Calibur
Casey and Kislat, AAS, 245, 302.17 (2025)
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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)
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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.
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