Development of the x-ray polarimeter by using pixel-readout µ-PICs (micro pixel chambers)

Hideaki Katagiri; Kenichi Ono; Hideki Uchiyama; Takeshi Tsuru; Hironori Matsumoto; Masaru Ueno; Tsutomu Nagayoshi; Yosiaki Hyodo; Toru Tanimori; Kentaro Miuchi; Hidetoshi Kubo

doi:10.1117/12.669652

15 June 2006 Development of the x-ray polarimeter by using pixel-readout µ-PICs (micro pixel chambers)

Hideaki Katagiri, Kenichi Ono, Hideki Uchiyama, Takeshi Tsuru, Hironori Matsumoto, Masaru Ueno, Tsutomu Nagayoshi, Yosiaki Hyodo, Toru Tanimori, Kentaro Miuchi, Hidetoshi Kubo

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Proceedings Volume 6276, High Energy, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy II; 62760Z (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.669652
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2006, Orlando, Florida , United States

Abstract

We developed the new readout system for the pixel-readout μ-PIC (micro pixel chamber), which is one of the micro-pattern gas detectors that have been developed as a X-ray polarimeter so far. By using this system, we succeeded in achieving the sensitivity predicted by the simulation, i.e, the modulation factors, which is one of the most important factors for X-ray polarimeter as defined later in this paper, 0.24±0.08 at 8 keV, 0.18±0.07 at 15 keV in the neon-based gas mixture, and 0.18±0.04 in the argon-based gas although there still remain problems such as the pitch size among pixels and the non-uniformity of the response.

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Hideaki Katagiri, Kenichi Ono, Hideki Uchiyama, Takeshi Tsuru, Hironori Matsumoto, Masaru Ueno, Tsutomu Nagayoshi, Yosiaki Hyodo, Toru Tanimori, Kentaro Miuchi, and Hidetoshi Kubo "Development of the x-ray polarimeter by using pixel-readout µ-PICs (micro pixel chambers)", Proc. SPIE 6276, High Energy, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy II, 62760Z (15 June 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.669652

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