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  • Bellazzini, Ronaldo; Baldini, Luca; Bitti, Francesco; Brez, Alessandro; Cavalca, Francesco; Latronico, Luca; Massai, Marco Maria; Omodei, Nicola; Pinchera, Michele; Sgro', Carmelo; Spandre, Gloria; Costa, Enrico; Soffitta, Paolo; Di Persio, Giuseppe; Feroci, Marco; Muleri, Fabio; Pacciani, Luigi; Rubini, Alda; Morelli, Ennio; Matt, Giorgio; Perola, Giuseppe Cesare

    09/2006
    Journal Article

    Proc.SPIE Int.Soc.Opt.Eng. 6266 (2006) 24-31 XEUS is a large area telescope aiming to rise X-ray Astronomy to the level of Optical Astronomy in terms of collecting areas. It will be based on two satellites, locked on a formation flight, one with the optics, one with the focal plane. The present design of the focal plane foresees, as an auxiliary instrument, the inclusion of a Polarimeter based on a Micropattern Chamber. We show how such a device is capable to solve open problems on many classes of High Energy Astrophysics objects and to use X-ray sources as a laboratory for a substantial progress on Fundamental Physics.