An X-ray polarimeter for hard X-ray optics
Astrophysics
2009-11-11 v1
Abstract
Development of multi-layer optics makes feasible the use of X-ray telescope at energy up to 60-80 keV: in this paper we discuss the extension of photoelectric polarimeter based on Micro Pattern Gas Chamber to high energy X-rays. We calculated the sensitivity with Neon and Argon based mixtures at high pressure with thick absorption gap: placing the MPGC at focus of a next generation multi-layer optics, galatic and extragalactic X-ray polarimetry can be done up till 30 keV.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0609573,
title = {An X-ray polarimeter for hard X-ray optics},
author = {Fabio Muleri and Ronaldo Bellazzini and Enrico Costa and Paolo Soffitta and Francesco Lazzarotto and Marco Feroci and Luigi Pacciani and Alda Rubini and Ennio Morelli and Luca Baldini and Francesco Bitti and Alessandro Brez and Francesco Cavalca and Luca Latronico and Marco Maria Massai and Nicola Omodei and Michele Pinchera and Carmelo Sgro' and Gloria Spandre and Giorgio Matt and Giuseppe Cesare Perola and Oberto Citterio and Giovanni Pareschi and Vincenzo Cotroneo and Daniele Spiga and Rodolfo Canestrari},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0609573},
year = {2009}
}
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12 pages, 7 figures