Sensitivity of Gamma-Ray Detectors to Polarization
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
Previous studies have shown that the largest gamma-ray detector to date, EGRET, does not have useful polarization sensitivity. We have explored here some improved approaches to analyzing gamma-ray pair production events, leading to important gains in sensitivity to polarization. The performance of the next generation gamma-ray instrument GLAST is investigated using a detailed Monte Carlo simulation of the complete detector.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9612129,
title = {Sensitivity of Gamma-Ray Detectors to Polarization},
author = {I. -A. Yadigaroglu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9612129},
year = {2007}
}
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17 pages, 3 figures