Scientific prospects for hard X-ray polarimetry

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 550-567

  Krawczynski, H ^a   Garson III, A ^a   Guo, Q ^a   Baring, M G ^b   Ghosh, P ^a   Beilicke, M ^a   Lee, K ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active galactic nuclei; Binary black holes; Blazars; Compton effect; Gamma ray bursts; Hard X ray polarimetry; Instrumentation; Lorentz invariance violation; Neutron stars; Pulsars; X ray detectors

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI; BINARY BLACK HOLES; BLAZARS; COMPTON EFFECT; GAMMA-RAY BURSTS; HARD X RAY; INSTRUMENTATION; LORENTZ INVARIANCE VIOLATION; NEUTRON STARS; PULSARS; X-RAY DETECTORS;

BENDING TESTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELLIPSOMETRY; GALAXIES; GRAVITATION; INSTRUMENTS; MAGNETOSPHERE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRONS; PHOTONS; POLARIMETERS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; STARS; X RAY APPARATUS; X RAYS;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 78650939389     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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