Fine-pitch and thick-foil gas electron multipliers for cosmic X-ray polarimeters

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6266 II, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Tamagawa, Toru ^a,b   Hayato, Asami ^a,b   Yamaguchi, Yorito ^c   Hamagaki, Hideki ^c   Hashimoto, Shigehira ^a,b   Inuzuka, Masahide ^d   Miyasaka, Hiromasa ^e   Sakurai, Ikuya ^f   Tokanai, Fuyuki ^g   Makishima, Kazuo ^a,c  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d Independent Administrative Institution National Research Institute for Cultural Properties Tokyo   (Japan)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cosmic X ray Polarimeter; Gas electron multiplier; GEM; Proportional counter

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON GAS; ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS; ETCHING; LASER APPLICATIONS; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; POLYIMIDES;

COSMIC X RAY POLARIMETER; GAS ELECTRON MULTIPLIER (GEM); METAL LAYER; PROPORTIONAL COUNTER;

POLARIMETERS;

EID: 33749002552     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.671244     Document Type: Conference Paper

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