1. Status of the stellar x-ray polarimeter for the Spectrum-X-Gamma mission
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G. Manzo, G. C. Perola, Alda Rubini, J. Dwyer, Ronald F. Elsner, R. A. Sunyaev, Philip E. Kaaret, Marco Feroci, Salvatore Giarrusso, Ping-Shine Shaw, Klaus P. Ziock, Luigi Piro, Enrico Costa, Martin C. Weisskopf, Shaul Hanany, Livio Scarsi, Robert Novick, Enrico Massaro, I. Lapshov, Eric H. Silver, Brian D. Ramsey, J.P. Schwartz, P. Soffitta, Giorgio Matt, and Andrea Santangelo
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Physics ,X-ray astronomy ,Scattering ,Thomson scattering ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,Compton scattering ,X-ray detector ,Polarimetry ,Astronomy ,Polarimeter ,Astrophysics ,Polarization (waves) ,Physics::History of Physics ,Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics - Abstract
The Stellar X-Ray Polarimeter (SXRP) uses the polarization sensitivity of a graphite Bragg crystal and a lithium Thomsom scattering target to measure the polarization of X-rays from astrophysical sources. The SXRP is a focal plane detector for the Soviet-Danish SODART telescopes which will be launched on the Soviet Spectrum-X-Gamma mission. The SXRP will be the third orbiting stellar X-ray polarimeter, and should provide an order of magnitude increase in polarization sensitivity over its predecessors.
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- 1994
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