Photoelectric Polarimetry and the Gas Pixel Detector Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Since the very beginning of X-ray Astronomy, polarimetry has been suggested as a tool of diagnostics, of great potentiality. While almost all measurements of X-rays were based on detectors using the photoelectric effect, the first attempt to perform polarimetry were based on Compton scattering and B...

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Main Author: Enrico Costa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-07-01
Series:Galaxies
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4434/6/3/71