Mathematics – Probability
Scientific paper
May 2002
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002aas...200.6906m&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, 200th AAS Meeting, #69.06; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 34, p.758
Mathematics
Probability
Scientific paper
Although designed primarily as a hard X-ray imager and spectrometer, the Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) is also capable of measuring the polarization of hard X-rays (30-100 keV) from solar flares. This capability arises from the inclusion of a small unobstructed Be scattering element that is strategically located within the cryostat that houses the array of nine Germanium detectors. The Germanium detectors are segmented, with both a front and rear active volume. Low energy photons (below about 100 keV) can reach a rear segment of a Ge detector only indirectly, by scattering. Low energy photons from the Sun have a direct path to the Be and have a high probability of Compton scattering into a rear segment of a Ge detector. The azimuthal distribution of these scattered photons carries with it a signature of the linear polarization of the incident flux. Prelimary estimates suggested that a 30-100 keV polarization sensitivity of less than a few percent could be achieved for X-class flares. We shall describe this detection process in detail and present results from detailed simulations of the polarimetric capability of RHESSI. Finally, we shall review the latest results based on flight data from RHESSI. This work is supported in part by NASA Grant NAG5-10203.
Emslie Gordon A.
Lin Runliang
McConnell Mark L.
Ryan Michael J.
Smith Masson D.
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