On the viability of exploiting L-shell fluorescence for X-ray polarimetry

Details On the viability of exploiting L-shell fluorescence for X-ray polarimetry On the viability of exploiting L-shell fluorescence for X-ray polarimetry

May 1985

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Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A, Volume 236, Issue 2, p. 371-374.

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It has been suggested that one may build an X-ray polarimeter by exploiting the polarization dependence of the angular distribution of L-shell fluorescence photons. In this paper we examine, theoretically, the sensitivity of this approach to polarimetry. We apply our calculations to several detection schemes using imaging proportional counters that would have direct application in X-ray astronomy. We find, however, that the sensitivity of this method for measuring X-ray polarization is too low to be of use for other than laboratory applications.
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