Performance of Pixel-Readout Micro-Pixel Chamber with Analog-Readout System Used as X-ray Polarimeter

Details Performance of Pixel-Readout Micro-Pixel Chamber with Analog-Readout System Used as X-ray Polarimeter Performance of Pixel-Readout Micro-Pixel Chamber with Analog-Readout System Used as X-ray Polarimeter

Dec 2007

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Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Volume 46, Issue 12, pp. 7932 (2007).

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We developed an analog-readout system for a pixel-readout micro-pixel chamber (μ-PIC) to be used as an astronomical X-ray polarimeter, and demonstrated that the sensitivity of the new system reached up to that predicted by a simulation. A pixel-readout μ-PIC is a micro-pattern gaseous detector with a fine position resolution and good stability at sufficient gain operation, and is suited for astronomical X-ray polarimetry. However, as shown by Katagiri et al. (2007), the sensitivity to X-ray polarization was found to be statistically lower by a significant amount than that expected from the simulation of Ueno et al. [Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. A 525 (2004) 28] because of the readout system and background produced by the scattering of the X-ray beam in air. We therefore developed a new readout system and carried out a beam test with aluminum tubes that reduced the background. As a result, we demonstrated that for collimated beams, the modulation factors, which are indicators of the sensitivity to X-ray polarization, were 0.24± 0.08 at 8 keV and 0.18± 0.07 at 15 keV in a neon-based gas mixture, and 0.18± 0.04 at 15 keV in an argon-based mixture. These values are consistent with those predicted by the simulation within errors.

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