Beam test of a prototype detector array for the PoGO astronomical hard X-ray/soft gamma-ray polarimeter

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

Volumn 540, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 158-168

  Mizuno, T ^a   Kamae, T ^a   Ng, J S T ^a   Tajima, H ^a   Mitchell, J W ^b   Streitmatter, R ^b   Fernholz, R C ^c   Groth, E ^c   Fukazawa, Y ^d  

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Balloon; Gamma ray; Monte Carlo; Polarimetry

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; ASTROPHYSICS; BALLOONS; BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAMMA RAYS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOSPHORS; POLARIMETERS; POLARIZATION; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; X RAYS;

BISMUTH GERMANATE OXIDE (BGO) SCINTILLATORS; COMPTON SCATTERING; POLARIZED GAMMA-RAY OBSERVER (POGO); SOFT GAMMA-RAY POLARIMETERS;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 14044267439     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2004.11.009     Document Type: Article

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