A burst chasing X-ray polarimeter

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6686, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Hill, Joanne E ^a,b   Barthelmy, Scott ^b   Black, J Kevin ^b,c   Deines Jones, Philip ^b   Jahoda, Keith ^b   Sakamoto, Takanori ^b   Kaaret, Philip ^d   McConnell, Mark L ^e   Bloser, Peter F ^e   Macri, John R ^e   Legere, Jason S ^e   Ryan, James M ^e   Smith Jr , Billy R ^f   Zhang, Bing ^g  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c Rock Creek Scientific   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^f UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma ray Bursts; Gamma rays; Polarization; X rays

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; ELECTRON EMISSION; GAMMA RAYS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; X RAY OPTICS;

ENERGETIC EXPLOSIONS; GAMMA-RAY BURSTS; X-RAY POLARIMETERS;

POLARIMETERS;

EID: 42249100009     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.734403     Document Type: Conference Paper

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