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A Large Area Thomson-Scattering Stellar X-Ray Polarimeter*
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 August 2015
Abstract
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.
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- Part II: X-ray Astonomy
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- Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 41: New Technique in Space Astronomy , 1971 , pp. 159 - 164
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- Copyright © Reidel 1971
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