Polarization measurements with an imaging gamma-ray telescope

Autor:	O. T. Tumer, R. S. White, Dipen Bhattacharya, Terrence J. O'Neill, D. D. Dixon, Aysun Akyüz, Allen D. Zych
Rok vydání:	1995
Předmět:	Physics business.industry Scattering Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Monte Carlo method Compton scattering Gamma ray Astronomy and Astrophysics Polarimeter Polarization (waves) Optics Space and Planetary Science Acceptance angle business Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Zdroj:	Experimental Astronomy. 6:275-284
ISSN:	1572-9508 0922-6435
Popis:	The proposed Tracking and Imaging Gamma-Ray Experiment (TIGRE), operating in the 0.3–100 MeV energy interval, will be an efficient polarimeter with a modulation factor of ∼50% at 0.5 MeV. The polarization detection parameters of TIGRE were estimated using a Monte Carlo simulation modified to include the polarization dependence of the Klein-Nishina formula. Using Compton scattering of low energy photons and approximately 3π acceptance angle after scattering, TIGRE will be able to measure strong sources with 20% fractional polarization at 3 σ significance in a typical balloon-borne exposure and ≤5% during a 4-week satellite observation.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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