Development of a hard x-ray polarimeter for astrophysics

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 46, Issue 4 PART 1, 1999, Pages 890-896

  McConnell, M L ^a   Macri, J R ^a   McClish, M ^a   Ryan, J ^a   Forrest, D J ^a   Vestrand, W T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; GAMMA RAYS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTODETECTORS; POLARIMETERS; X RAY SCATTERING;

X RAY POLARIMETERS;

COSMIC RAY DETECTORS;

EID: 0033312968     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.790699     Document Type: Article

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