Measuring energy dependent polarization in soft γ-rays using Compton scattering in PoGOLite

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 327-337

  Axelsson, M ^a   Engdegard O ^a,b   Ryde, F ^a,b   Larsson, S ^a   Pearce, M ^b   Hjalmarsdotter, L ^a,c   Kiss, M ^b   Bettolo, C Marini ^b   Arimoto, M ^d   Bjornsson C I ^a   Carlson, P ^b   Fukazawa, Y ^e   Kamae, T ^f,g   Kanai, Y ^d   Kataoka, J ^d   Kawai, N ^d   Klamra, W ^b   Madejski, G ^f,g   Mizuno, T ^e   Ng, J ^f   Tajima, H ^f,g   Takahashi, T ^h   Tanaka, T ^e   Ueno, M ^d   Varner, G ⁱ   Yamamoto, K ^e   more..

^a STOCKHOLM OBSERVATORY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Compton technique; Gamma rays; Geant4; PoGOLite; Polarization; Simulations; X rays

Indexed keywords

COMPTON SCATTERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAMMA RAYS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

COMPTON TECHNIQUES; GEANT4; LINEAR POLARIZATION; POGOLITE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION;

EID: 35248829556     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2007.06.006     Document Type: Article

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