The polarization sensitivity of the liquid xenon imaging telescope | Zendy

E. Aprile | Zendy; A. E. Bolotnikov | Zendy; D. Chen | Zendy; R. Mukherjee | Zendy; Xu Fang | Zendy

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The polarization sensitivity of the liquid xenon imaging telescope

Author(s) -

E. Aprile,

A. E. Bolotnikov,

D. Chen,

R. Mukherjee,

Xu Fang

Publication year - 1994

Publication title -

the astrophysical journal supplement series

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.546

H-Index - 277

eISSN - 1538-4365

pISSN - 0067-0049

DOI - 10.1086/192042

Subject(s) - physics , telescope , polarimeter , xenon , optics , polarimetry , polarization (electrochemistry) , monte carlo method , gamma ray astronomy , detector , gamma ray , astronomy , nuclear physics , scattering , chemistry , statistics , mathematics

The properties and the expected performance of a liquid xenon (LXe) gamma ray imaging telescope, optimized for the MeV energy region, are presented. The unique potential of this telescope as a Compton polarimeter is particularly emphasized. Based on Monte Carlo simulations we show that the modulation factor is as high as 40 percent at 1 MeV with a detection efficiency close to 20 percent. These figures of merit combined with the excellent background suppression capability of the three dimensional position sensitive LXe detector yield sensitivity at the three sigma level to polarization fractions as small as a few percent for strong sources, even in a balloon flight.

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