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Due To The Advent Of A New Generation Of Detectors, X-ray Polarimetry Promises To Join X-ray Imaging, Spectroscopy And Timing As One Of The Main Observational Techniques In High Energy Astrophysics. This Has Renewed Interest In The Field, And Indeed Several Polarimetric Missions Have Recently Been Proposed. This Volume Provides A Complete And Up-to-date View Of The Subject For Researchers In Astrophysics. The Contributors Discuss The Present Status And Perspectives Of Instruments, Review Current Theoretical Models, And Examine Future Missions. As Well As Detailed Papers, The Book Contains Broad Reviews That Can Be Easily Understood By Astrophysicists New To The Field-- Machine Generated Contents Note: 1. X-ray Polarimetry: Historical Remarks And Other Considerations; Part I. Polarimetry Techniques: 2. Scattering Polarimetry In High Energy Astronomy; 3. Photoelectric Polarimeters; 4. Bragg Crystal Polarimeters; 5. X-ray Polarimetry With The Photon Counting Pixel Detector Timepix; 6. He Polarized Photon Interactions With Matter: Simulations With Geant4; 7. The Gpd As A Polarimeter: Theory And Facts; 8. Ideal Gas Electron Multipliers (gems) For X-ray Polarimeters; 9. Broad-band Soft X
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- Author
- Ronaldo Bellazzini; Enrico Costa; Giorgio Matt; Gianpiero Tagliaferri
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780511749315
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, Nature, Astronomy
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