An efficient photoelectric X-ray polarimeter for the study of black holes and neutron stars

Nature

Volumn 411, Issue 6838, 2001, Pages 662-665

  Costa, Enrico ^a   Soffitta, Paolo ^a   Bellazzini, Ronaldo ^b   Brez, Alessandro ^b   Lumb, Nicholas ^b   Spandre, Gloria ^b  

^a INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; PHOTOMETRY; PHOTONS; POLARIMETERS; SPECTROSCOPY;

BLACK HOLES;

ASTRONOMY;

ASTRONOMY;

ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; GRAVITY; INTERFEROMETRY; MAGNETIC FIELD; NEUTRON; PHOTOMETRY; POLARIMETRY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0035822045     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35079508     Document Type: Article

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