X-ray polarimetry with a conventional gas proportional counter through rise-time analysis

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 421, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 241-248

  Hayashida, Kiyoshi ^a   Miura, Noriyuki ^a   Tsunemi, Hiroshi ^a   Torii, Ken'ichi ^a,b   Murakami, Hiroyuki ^a   Ohno, Yoshiaki ^a   Tamura, Keisuke ^a,c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Proportional counter; Synchrotron radiation; X ray astronomy; X ray polarimeter

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; POLARIMETERS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; X RAYS; XENON;

RISE TIME POLARIMETRY; X RAY POLARIMETRY;

PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS;

EID: 0032795167     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(98)01145-0     Document Type: Article

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