Development of a hard x-ray polarimeter for gamma-ray bursts

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May 1998

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Fourth Huntsville gamma-ray burst symposium. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 428, pp. 889-893 (1998).

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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X- And Gamma-Ray Telescopes And Instrumentation

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We describe recent work on the development of a Compton scatter polarimeter for measuring the polarization of hard X-rays (100-300 keV) from astrophysical sources. Results from measurements with a laboratory prototype are summarized, along with comparisons to Monte Carlo simulations. We also present a new design concept that envisions a complete polarimeter module on the front end of a 5-inch position-sensitive PMT. Although the emphasis of our effort is measuring hard X-ray polarization in solar flares, our design has the advantage that it is sensitive over a rather large FoV (>1 sr), a feature that makes the design especially attractive for γ-ray burst studies.

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