Status of the stellar x-ray polarimeter for the Spectrum-X-Gamma mission

Philip E. Kaaret; J. Schwartz; Paolo Soffitta; J. Dwyer; Ping-Shine Shaw; Shaul Hanany; Robert Novick; Rashid Sunyaev; Igor Y. Lapshov; Eric H. Silver; Klaus Ziock; Martin C. Weisskopf; Ronald F. Elsner; Brian D. Ramsey; Enrico Costa; Alda Rubini; Marco Feroci; Luigi Piro; Giuseppe Manzo; Salvatore Giarrusso; Andrea E. Santangelo; Livio Scarsi; G. C. Perola; Enrico Massaro; Giorgio Matt

doi:10.1117/12.168582

15 February 1994 Status of the stellar x-ray polarimeter for the Spectrum-X-Gamma mission

Philip E. Kaaret, J. Schwartz, Paolo Soffitta, J. Dwyer, Ping-Shine Shaw, Shaul Hanany, Robert Novick, Rashid Sunyaev, Igor Y. Lapshov, Eric H. Silver, Klaus Ziock, Martin C. Weisskopf, Ronald F. Elsner, Brian D. Ramsey, Enrico Costa, Alda Rubini, Marco Feroci, Luigi Piro, Giuseppe Manzo, Salvatore Giarrusso, Andrea E. Santangelo, Livio Scarsi, G. C. Perola, Enrico Massaro, Giorgio Matt

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Proceedings Volume 2010, X-Ray and Ultraviolet Polarimetry; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.168582
Event: SPIE's 1993 International Symposium on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation, 1993, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The Stellar X-ray Polarimeter (SXRP) will be the third orbiting stellar x-ray polarimeter, and should provide an order of magnitude increase in polarization sensitivity over its predecessors. The SXRP exploits the polarization dependence of reflection from a graphite Bragg crystal and scattering from a lithium Thomson scattering target to measure the linear polarization of x- rays from astrophysical sources. In this paper, we review the status of the SXRP instrument.

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Philip E. Kaaret, J. Schwartz, Paolo Soffitta, J. Dwyer, Ping-Shine Shaw, Shaul Hanany, Robert Novick, Rashid Sunyaev, Igor Y. Lapshov, Eric H. Silver, Klaus Ziock, Martin C. Weisskopf, Ronald F. Elsner, Brian D. Ramsey, Enrico Costa, Alda Rubini, Marco Feroci, Luigi Piro, Giuseppe Manzo, Salvatore Giarrusso, Andrea E. Santangelo, Livio Scarsi, G. C. Perola, Enrico Massaro, and Giorgio Matt "Status of the stellar x-ray polarimeter for the Spectrum-X-Gamma mission", Proc. SPIE 2010, X-Ray and Ultraviolet Polarimetry, (15 February 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.168582

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