Hard X-ray polarization measured with a Compton polarimeter at synchrotron radiation facility

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

Volumn 530, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 446-452

  Tokanai, F ^a,b   Sakurai, H ^a   Gunji, S ^a   Motegi, S ^a   Toyokawa, H ^c   Suzuki, M ^c   Hirota, K ^c   Kishimoto, S ^d   Hayashida, K ^e  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CdTe detector; Compton scattering; Polarimeter; Synchrotron radiation facility; X ray astronomy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DETECTORS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POLARIMETERS; POLARIZATION; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION;

BEAMLINES; COMPTON SCATTERING; X-RAY ASTRONOMY;

CADMIUM;

EID: 4544221253     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2004.04.240     Document Type: Article

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