• Title of article

    Design of a scattering polarimeter for hard X-ray astronomy

  • Author/Authors

    Costa، نويسنده , , E and Cinti، نويسنده , , M.N and Feroci، نويسنده , , M and Matt، نويسنده , , G and Rapisarda، نويسنده , , M، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 1995
  • Pages
    12
  • From page
    161
  • To page
    172
  • Abstract
    The design of a new hard X-ray Compton scattering polarimeter based on scintillating fibres technology is presented and studied in detail by means of Monte Carlo calculations. Several different configurations and materials have been tested in order to optimise the sensitivity in the medium/high energy X-ray band. A high sensitivity over the energy band 20–200 keV is obtained for a two material configuration. The advantages deriving from employing a new scintillating material, the YAP (YAlO3), are also discussed.
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A
  • Serial Year
    1995
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A
  • Record number

    1996237