A realistic, inexpensive, soft X-ray polarimeter and the potential scientific return

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4843, Issue , 2002, Pages 360-371

  Marshall, Herman L ^a   Murray, Stephen S ^b   Chappell, John H ^b   Schnopper, Herbert W ^b   Silver, Eric A ^b   Weisskopf, Martin C ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^c NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Polarimetry; Telescopes; X rays

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL MULTILAYERS; PHOTONS; POLARIZATION; REFLECTION; TELESCOPES; X RAYS;

COMPTON SCATTERING;

POLARIMETERS;

EID: 0038754155     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.459486     Document Type: Conference Paper

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