The hard X-ray polarimeter X-Calibur

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

doi:10.1063/1.4772382

The hard X-ray polarimeter X-Calibur

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

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Abstract

X-ray polarimetry promises to give qualitatively new information about high-energy astrophysical sources, such as binary black hole systems, micro-quasars, active galactic nuclei, and gamma-ray bursts. We designed, built and tested a hard X-ray polarimeter, X-Calibur, to be used in the focal plane of the In FOCμS grazing incidence hard X-ray telescope. X-Calibur combines a low-Z Compton scatterer with a CZT detector assembly to measure the polarization of 20-60keV X-rays making use of the fact that polarized photons Compton scatter preferentially perpendicular to the electric field orientation; in principal, a similar space-borne experiment could be operated in the 5-100keV regime. X-Calibur achieves a high detection efficiency of order unity.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy - 5th International Meeting on High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy
Pages	805-808
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4772382
State	Published - 2012
Event	5th International Meeting on High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy - Heidelberg, Germany Duration: Jul 9 2012 → Jul 13 2012

Publication series

Name	AIP Conference Proceedings
Volume	1505
ISSN (Print)	0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)	1551-7616

Conference

Conference	5th International Meeting on High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Heidelberg
Period	07/9/12 → 07/13/12

Keywords

Black hole
InFOCuS
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., Guo, Q., Haba, Y., Israel, M. H., Kunieda, H., Lee, K., Martin, J., Matsumoto, H., Miyazawa, T., Okajima, T., Schnittman, J., Tamura, K., Tueller, J., & Krawczynski, H. (2012). The hard X-ray polarimeter X-Calibur. In High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy - 5th International Meeting on High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy (pp. 805-808). (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 1505). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4772382

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