Design and tests of the hard X-ray polarimeter X-Calibur

Details Design and tests of the hard X-ray polarimeter X-Calibur Design and tests of the hard X-ray polarimeter X-Calibur

2011-09-29

arxiv.org/abs/1109.6668v1

SPIE conference proceedings, 8145, 814506-1 (2011)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics

9 pages, 5 figures, conference proceedings: SPIE 2011 (San Diego)

Scientific paper

10.1117/12.893713

X-ray polarimetry promises to give qualitatively new information about high-energy astrophysical sources, such as binary black hole systems, micro-quasars, active galactic nuclei, and gamma-ray bursts. We designed, built and tested a hard X-ray polarimeter X-Calibur to be used in the focal plane of the InFOCuS grazing incidence hard X-ray telescope. X-Calibur combines a low-Z Compton scatterer with a CZT detector assembly to measure the polarization of 10-80 keV X-rays making use of the fact that polarized photons Compton scatter preferentially perpendicular to the electric field orientation. X-Calibur achieves a high detection efficiency of order unity.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Design and tests of the hard X-ray polarimeter X-Calibur does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Design and tests of the hard X-ray polarimeter X-Calibur, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Design and tests of the hard X-ray polarimeter X-Calibur will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-666916