X-ray polarimetry on XMM

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Sep 1985

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985esasp.239..265n&link_type=abstract

In ESA Proceedings of ESA Workshop on a Cosmic X-Ray Spectroscopy Mission p 265-275 (SEE N86-22461 12-89)

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Polarimetry, Spaceborne Astronomy, X Ray Astronomy, Active Galactic Nuclei, Black Holes (Astronomy), Bragg Angle, Crystal Optics, Lithium, Polarization (Waves), Thomson Scattering

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It is proposed that a single XMM Mirror Module be devoted to X-ray polarimetry. The instrument would exploit the polarization dependence of Bragg reflection from a variety of crystals and Thomson scattering from a lithium target. It would be sensitive over the full bandwidth of the mirror and could be used for studies of as many as 50 different astrophysical objects. The crystals would provide measurements at discrete energies which could constrain the disk and/or wind geometries in X-ray binaries, constrain the radiation mechanisms in active galactic nuclei, and establish the existence of nonthermal components in supernova remnants. Broadband measurements with the lithium could be used to search for the dragging of inertial frames around the suspected black hole in Cyg X-1.

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