Polarization studies with NuSTAR

Simone Lotti; Lorenzo Natalucci; Paolo Giommi; B. Grefenstette; Fiona A. Harrison; Kristin K. Madsen; Matteo Perri; Simonetta Puccetti; A. Zoglauer

doi:10.1117/12.925989

17 September 2012 Polarization studies with NuSTAR

Simone Lotti, Lorenzo Natalucci, Paolo Giommi, B. Grefenstette, Fiona A. Harrison, Kristin K. Madsen, Matteo Perri, Simonetta Puccetti, A. Zoglauer

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Proceedings Volume 8443, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 84434X (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925989
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Abstract

The capability of NuSTAR to detect polarization in the Compton scattering regime (>50 keV) has been investigated. The NuSTAR mission, flown on June 2012 a Low Earth Orbit (LEO), provides a unique possibility to confirm the findings of INTEGRAL on the polarization of cosmic sources in the hard X-rays. Each of the two focal plane detectors are high resolution pixellated CZT arrays, sensitive in the energy range ~ 3 - 80 keV. These units have intrinsic polarization capabilities when the proper information on the double events is transmitted on ground. In this case it will be possible to detect polarization from bright sources on timescales of the order of 10⁵ s

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Simone Lotti, Lorenzo Natalucci, Paolo Giommi, B. Grefenstette, Fiona A. Harrison, Kristin K. Madsen, Matteo Perri, Simonetta Puccetti, and A. Zoglauer "Polarization studies with NuSTAR", Proc. SPIE 8443, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 84434X (17 September 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925989

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