Physics – Optics
Scientific paper
Dec 1994
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994aas...185.1015m&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, 185th AAS Meeting, #10.15; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 26, p.1323
Physics
Optics
Scientific paper
Multilayer coatings make it possible to create soft X-ray (0.25 keV) optics with large graze angles which are necessary for designing efficient polarimeters. If the detector is placed out of focus, then stellar images will take the shape of the front aperture, which would show intensity variations if the source is polarized. Two basic designs will be considered. The first uses a single parabolic optic with graze angles from 25deg to 40deg and the second uses a Cassegrain telescope with angles centered at 45deg . The former gives higher reflectivity at the expense of wide-field imaging, which may be sacrificed when the source region is not crowded, while the second telescope allows for off-axis use as a spectropolarimeter but has reduced throughput. A simple imaging proportional counter would be used as a detector and the overall sensitivity of the first design would be high enough to measure the polarization of the bright BL Lac object, PKS 2155-304, to an accuracy of 7% during a rocket flight. A small satellite would be capable of measuring several hundred polarizations with an uncertainty of 1% per year.
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