Development of a hard x-ray polarimeter for solar flares and gamma-ray bursts

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 45, Issue 3 PART 1, 1998, Pages 910-914

  McConnell, M L ^a   Forrest, D J ^a   Macri, J ^a   McClish, M ^a   Osgood, M ^a   Ryan, J M ^a   Vestrand, W T ^a   Zanes, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON SCATTERING; GAMMA RAYS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PHOTONS; X RAYS;

COMPTON SCATTER POLARIMETERS; HARD X RAY POLARIMETERS; SOLAR FLARES;

POLARIMETERS;

EID: 0032100009     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.682665     Document Type: Article

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