An x-ray polarimeter for hard x-ray optics

Fabio Muleri; Ronaldo Bellazzini; Enrico Costa; Paolo Soffitta; Francesco Lazzarotto; Marco Feroci; Luigi Pacciani; Alda Rubini; Ennio Morelli; Luca Baldini; Francesco Bitti; Alessandro Brez; Francesco Cavalca; Luca Latronico; Marco Maria Massai; Nicola Omodei; Michele Pinchera; Carmelo Sgró; Gloria Spandre; Giorgio Matt; Giuseppe Cesare Perola; Oberto Citterio; Giovanni Pareschi; Vincenzo Cotroneo; Daniele Spiga; Rodolfo Canestrari

doi:10.1117/12.671975

15 June 2006 An x-ray polarimeter for hard x-ray optics

Fabio Muleri, Ronaldo Bellazzini, Enrico Costa, Paolo Soffitta, Francesco Lazzarotto, Marco Feroci, Luigi Pacciani, Alda Rubini, Ennio Morelli, Luca Baldini, Francesco Bitti, Alessandro Brez, Francesco Cavalca, Luca Latronico, Marco Maria Massai, Nicola Omodei, Michele Pinchera, Carmelo Sgró, Gloria Spandre, Giorgio Matt, Giuseppe Cesare Perola, Oberto Citterio, Giovanni Pareschi, Vincenzo Cotroneo, Daniele Spiga, Rodolfo Canestrari

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Proceedings Volume 6266, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation II: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 62662X (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671975
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2006, Orlando, Florida , United States

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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Fabio Muleri, Ronaldo Bellazzini, Enrico Costa, Paolo Soffitta, Francesco Lazzarotto, Marco Feroci, Luigi Pacciani, Alda Rubini, Ennio Morelli, Luca Baldini, Francesco Bitti, Alessandro Brez, Francesco Cavalca, Luca Latronico, Marco Maria Massai, Nicola Omodei, Michele Pinchera, Carmelo Sgró, Gloria Spandre, Giorgio Matt, Giuseppe Cesare Perola, Oberto Citterio, Giovanni Pareschi, Vincenzo Cotroneo, Daniele Spiga, and Rodolfo Canestrari "An x-ray polarimeter for hard x-ray optics", Proc. SPIE 6266, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation II: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 62662X (15 June 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671975

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