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A Large Area Thomson-Scattering Stellar X-Ray Polarimeter*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

R. Novick  and
R. S. Wolff
R. Novick
Affiliation:
Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory, Columbia University, New York, N.Y., U.S.A.
R. S. Wolff
Affiliation:
Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory, Columbia University, New York, N.Y., U.S.A.

Abstract

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An instrument for measuring the polarization of stellar X-ray emission has been designed, constructed, and tested. The polarization dependence of incoherent Thomson scattering in lithium metal is utilized. Means for suppression of cosmic ray background effects have been provided. The apparatus has been flown in rockets to obtain data in the polarization of X-ray sources in Sco X-1 and Tau X-1.

Type
Part II: X-ray Astonomy
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 41: New Technique in Space Astronomy , 1971 , pp. 159 - 164
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1971 

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