Development of cosmic X-ray polarimeter

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6266 II, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Hayato, Asami ^a,b   Tamagawa, Toru ^a,b   Tsunoda, Naoko ^a,b   Hashimoto, Shigehira ^a,b   Miyamoto, Masao ^a,b   Kohama, Mitsuhiro ^a   Tokanai, Fuyuki ^d   Hamagaki, Hideki ^c   Inuzuka, Masahide ^e   Miyasaka, Hiromasa ^f   Sakurai, Ikuya ^g   Makishima, Kazuo ^b,c  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gas Electron Multiplier; GEM; Polarimeter; Polarization; Proportional Counter; X ray

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRON GAS; ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS; PHOTOELECTRICITY; POLARIZATION; PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

COSMIC X RAY POLARIMETER; GAS ELECTRON MULTIPLIER (GEM); MINIMUM DETECTABLE POLARIZATION (MDP); SYNCHROTRON ACCELERATOR;

POLARIMETERS;

EID: 33749015741     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.671242     Document Type: Conference Paper

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