High energy photon polarimeter for astrophysics
Abstract
A high-energy photon polarimeter for astrophysics studies in the energy range from 10 MeV to 800 MeV is considered. The proposed concept uses a stack of silicon micro-strip detectors where they play the roles of both a converter and a tracker. The purpose of this paper is to outline the parameters of such a polarimeter and to estimate the productivity of measurements. Our study supported by a Monte Carlo simulation shows that with a one-year observation period the polarimeter will provide 6% accuracy of the polarization degree for photon energies above 100 MeV, which would be a significant advance relative to the currently explored energy range of a few MeV. The proposed polarimeter design could easily be adjusted to the specific photon energy range to maximize efficiency if needed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1501.05592,
title = {High energy photon polarimeter for astrophysics},
author = {Maxim Eingorn and Lakma Fernando and Branislav Vlahovic and Cosmin Ilie and Bogdan Wojtsekhowski and Guido Maria Urciuoli and Fulvio De Persio and Franco Meddi and Vladimir Nelyubin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1501.05592},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
19 pages, 7 figures