TPCs in high-energy astronomical polarimetry

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Apr 2007

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007jphcs..65a2005b&link_type=abstract

Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 65, Issue 1, pp. 012005 (2007).

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High-energy astrophysics has yet to exploit the unique and important information that polarimetry could provide, largely due to the limited sensitivity of previously available polarimeters. In recent years, numerous efforts have been initiated to develop instruments with the sensitivity required for astronomical polarimetry over the 100 eV to 10 GeV band. Time projection chambers (TPCs), with their high-resolution event imaging capability, are an integral part of some of these efforts. After a brief overview of current astronomical polarimeter development efforts, the role of TPCs will be described in more detail. These include TPCs as photoelectric X-ray polarimeters and TPCs as components of polarizationsensitive Compton and pair-production telescopes.

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