Design and tests of the hard X-ray polarimeter X-Calibur

M. Beilicke; M. G. Baring; S. Barthelmy; W. R. Binns; J. Buckley; R. Cowsik; P. Dowkontt; A. Garson; Q. Guo; Y. Haba; M. H. Israel; H. Kunieda; K. Lee; H. Matsumoto; T. Miyazawa; T. Okajima; J. Schnittman; K. Tamura; J. Tueller; H. Krawczynski

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Design and tests of the hard X-ray polarimeter X-Calibur

M. Beilicke, M. G. Baring, S. Barthelmy, W. R. Binns, J. Buckley, R. Cowsik, P. Dowkontt, A. Garson, Q. Guo, Y. Haba, M. H. Israel, H. Kunieda, K. Lee, H. Matsumoto, T. Miyazawa, T. Okajima, J. Schnittman, K. Tamura, J. Tueller, H. Krawczynski

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X-ray polarimetry will give qualitatively new information about high-energy astrophysical sources. We designed, built and tested a hard X-ray polarimeter X-Calibur to be used in the focal plane of the InFOCμS grazing incidence hard X-ray telescope. X-Calibur combines a low-Z Compton scatterer with a CZT detector assembly to measure the polarization of 10-80 keV X-rays making use of the fact that polarized photons Compton scatter preferentially perpendicular to the electric field orientation. X-Calibur achieves a high detection efficiency of order unity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	283-284
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	692
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2011.12.111
State	Published - Nov 11 2012

Keywords

Black hole
InFOCμS
Polarization
X-Calibur
X-rays

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Beilicke, M., Baring, M. G., Barthelmy, S., Binns, W. R., Buckley, J., Cowsik, R., Dowkontt, P., Garson, A., Guo, Q., Haba, Y., Israel, M. H., Kunieda, H., Lee, K., Matsumoto, H., Miyazawa, T., Okajima, T., Schnittman, J., Tamura, K., Tueller, J., & Krawczynski, H. (2012). Design and tests of the hard X-ray polarimeter X-Calibur. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 692, 283-284. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2011.12.111

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