SXRP - An X-ray polarimeter for the SPECTRUM-X-Gamma mission

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Oct 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992ncimc..15..791c&link_type=abstract

Nuovo Cimento C, Serie 1 (ISSN 0390-5551), vol. 15 C, no. 5, p. 791-799.

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Optics

Focal Plane Devices, Polarimeters, X Ray Astronomy, X Ray Sources, Black Holes (Astronomy), Bragg Angle, Crystal Optics, Photoelectric Emission, Pulsars, Supernova Remnants, Thomson Scattering

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The Stellar X-ray Polarimeter (SXRP) is a focal plane instrument which will be flown on the SPECTRUM-X-Gamma mission in 1993. The polarimeter is composed of two separate instruments: the first exploits the dependence on the polarization of the Bragg reflection from a graphite crystal, and of the Thomson scattering from a metallic lithium target. The second instrument makes use of the recently discovered polarization dependence of X-ray photoemission from CsI. The SXRP will permit sensitive measurements of several classes of galactic X-ray sources, such as X-ray pulsars, black-hole candidates and supernova remnants. Moreover, and for the first time, SXRP will be able to perform highly sensitive measurements of the brightest extragalactic sources.

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