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X-Ray Polarimetry Workshop SLAC, Stanford, California 9-11 February 2004 |
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X-Ray Scattering Polarimeters: An Overview
Martin
Weisskopf
NASA/MSFC
martin@smoker.msfc.nasa.gov
Martin C. Weisskopf Ronald F. Elsner Brian D. Ramsey Steven L. O'Dell
X-Ray polarimeters that exploit the polarization-dependence of Thompson scattering were among the first utilized to detect the linear polarization from an X-Ray source. We review the basic principles, survey and compare different approaches and contrast these with other techniques.
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