Testing particle acceleration models for BL Lac jets with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer
Testing particle acceleration models for BL Lac jets with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer
To determine if the recently launched Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) can follow the polarization variations induced by different particle acceleration mechanisms in blazars jets we simulate observations of a high synchrotron peak (HSP) blazar variable in polarization degree and angle according to the theoretical predictions of Tavecchio et al., …