Hajdas, W. and Wigger, C. and Zehnder, A. (2005) RHESSI as Gamma Ray Burst Polarimeter. Il nuovo cimento C, 28 (4\5). pp. 817-820. ISSN 1826-9885
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Abstract
The Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) was designed to measure hard X-rays and γ-rays from solar flares. With its big detection area and thin side shielding it also proved to be well suited for studying Gamma Ray Bursts (GRB). Polarization analysis is feasible as well, due to a big modulation factor (MF), though serious constraints on the minimum detectable polarization (MDP) come from detection efficiency of double scattered photons. More constraints are given by background of accidental and real coincidences.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Paper presented at the “4th Workshop on Gamma-Ray Burst in the Afterglow Era”, Rome, October 18-22, 2004. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | X- and γ-ray telescopes and instrumentation ; Astronomical polarimetry ; Gamma-ray astronomical observations ; γ-ray sources; γ-ray bursts |
| Subjects: | 500 Scienze naturali e Matematica > 530 Fisica |
| Depositing User: | Marina Spanti |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Mar 2020 11:10 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Mar 2020 11:10 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/15955 |
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