X-ray Polarimetry

Herausgeber: Bellazzini, Ronaldo; Matt, Giorgio; Costa, Enrico

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Presenting detailed papers and broad reviews, this volume provides a complete view of X-ray polarimetry for researchers in astrophysics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 386
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juli 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 846g
• ISBN-13: 9780521191845
• ISBN-10: 052119184X
• Artikelnr.: 28918769

Inhaltsangabe

1. X-ray polarimetry: historical remarks and other considerations
Part I. Polarimetry Techniques: 2. Scattering polarimetry in high energy astronomy
3. Photoelectric polarimeters
4. Bragg crystal polarimeters
5. X-ray polarimetry with the photon counting pixel detector timepix
6. HE polarized photon interactions with matter: simulations with geant4
7. The GPD as a polarimeter: theory and facts
8. Ideal gas electron multipliers (GEMs) for x-ray polarimeters
9. Broad-band soft x-ray polarimetry
10. Feasibility of x-ray photoelectric polarimeters with large field of view
11. Angular resolution of a photoelectric polarimeter
12. Development of a Thomson x-ray polarimeter
13. Hard x / soft gamma ray polarimetry using a Laue lens
Part II. Polarized Emission in X-ray Sources: 14. Probing strong gravity effects with x-ray polarimetry
15. X-ray polarization from black holes in the thermal state
16. Strong-gravity effects acting on polarization from orbiting spots
17. Polarization of thermal emission from accreting black holes
18. X-ray polarimetry and radio-quiet AGN
19. The soft x-ray polarization in obscured AGN
20. The polarization of complex x-ray sources
21. Polarization of Compton x-rays from jets in AGN
22. Polarization of x-ray lines from galaxy clusters and elliptical galaxies
23. Polarization characteristics of rotation-powered pulsars
24. Polarized x-rays from magnetized neutron stars
25. Polarization properties of x-ray millisecond pulsars
26. X-ray polarization signatures of neutron stars
27. Polarization from the oscillating magnetized accretion torus
28. X-ray polarization from accreting white dwarfs and associated systems
29. Polarization of pulsar wind nebulae
30. X-ray polarization of gamma-ray bursts
31. Central engine afterglow from GRBs and the polarization signature
32. GRB afterglow polarimetry. Past, present and future
33. Gamma-ray polarimetry with SPI
34. INTEGRAL/IBIS observations of the Crab Nebula and GRB 041219A
35. Fermi results on the origin of high energy emission in pulsars
36. Diagnostics of the evolution of spiral galaxies in a cluster environment
Part III. Future Missions: 37. Gravity and extreme magnetism SMEX (GEMS)
38. Programs of x-ray polarimetry in Italy
39. A polarimeter for IXO
40. Polarimetry with ASTRO-H soft gamma-ray detector
41. EXIST and its polarization sensitivity
42. PoGOLite: a balloon-borne soft gamma-ray polarimeter
43. Studies of neutron background rejection in the PoGOLite polarimeter
44. Observing polarized x-rays with PoGOLite
45. Pre-flight qualification tests of the PoGOLite detector system
46. The gamma-ray polarimeter experiment (GRAPE) Balloon Payload
47. POLAR: an instrument dedicated to GRB polarization measurement
48. Polarisation detection capability of GRIPS
49. X-ray and y-ray polarimetry small satellite mission polaris
50. GAP aboard the solar powered sail mission
51. Hard x-ray polarimeter for small satellite missions
52. Performance of hard x-ray polarimeter: PHENEX
53. GRB polarimetry with POET
Index.