A hard X-ray polarimeter for gamma-ray bursts and solar flares

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4851, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 1382-1393

  McConnell, Mark L ^a   Ledoux, James R ^a   Macri, John R ^a   Ryan, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma ray; Gamma ray astronomy; Gamma ray burst; Polarimetry; Polarization; Solar flare; X ray; X ray astronomy

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; GAMMA RAYS; PHOTONS; POLARIMETERS; SPACECRAFT; X RAYS;

SOLAR FLARES;

TELESCOPES;

EID: 0037619029     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.461411     Document Type: Conference Paper

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