DESIGN OF A SCATTERING POLARIMETER FOR HARD X-RAY ASTRONOMY

Authors
COSTA E CINTI MN FEROCI M MATT G RAPISARDA M
Citation
E. Costa et al., DESIGN OF A SCATTERING POLARIMETER FOR HARD X-RAY ASTRONOMY, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 366(1), 1995, pp. 161-172
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
366
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
161 - 172
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1995)366:1<161:DOASPF>2.0.ZU;2-H
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 a nd 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 adva ntages deriving from employing a new scintillating material, the YAP ( YAlO3), are also discussed.