Quick, cheap, and beautiful x-ray polarimeter

Martin C. Weisskopf; Ronald F. Elsner; Marshall K. Joy; Stephen L. O'Dell; Brian D. Ramsey; Gordon P. Garmire; Peter Meszaros; Rashid Sunyaev

doi:10.1117/12.193205

7 November 1994 Quick, cheap, and beautiful x-ray polarimeter

Martin C. Weisskopf, Ronald F. Elsner, Marshall K. Joy, Stephen L. O'Dell, Brian D. Ramsey, Gordon P. Garmire, Peter Meszaros, Rashid Sunyaev

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Proceedings Volume 2283, X-Ray and Ultraviolet Spectroscopy and Polarimetry; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.193205
Event: SPIE's 1994 International Symposium on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation, 1994, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The use of x-ray polarimeters for the study of cosmic sources has been severely limited by the lack of launch opportunities. Thus far, the most significant x-ray-polarimetry experiment was performed by a device aboard the Orbiting Solar Observatory (OSO)-8 satellite in the 1970s. The next polarimetry experiment will be the Stellar X-Ray Polarimeter (SXRP), to be flown on the Russian Spectrum-X satellite in the next few years. Here we describe a simple experiment designed as a dedicated x-ray-polarimetry mission to operate in the 10 - 20 keV band and to complement scientifically the SXRP.

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Martin C. Weisskopf, Ronald F. Elsner, Marshall K. Joy, Stephen L. O'Dell, Brian D. Ramsey, Gordon P. Garmire, Peter Meszaros, and Rashid Sunyaev "Quick, cheap, and beautiful x-ray polarimeter", Proc. SPIE 2283, X-Ray and Ultraviolet Spectroscopy and Polarimetry, (7 November 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.193205

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