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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2018-07-01
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4434/6/3/71 |