Methods of measurement of gamma-ray polarization

✍ Scribed by Yu. D. Kotov

• Book ID: 104651479
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1989
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 492 KB
• Volume: 49
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0038-6308
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00173754

✦ Synopsis

The paper discusses the methods for measuring the linear polarization of gamma-rays with energies above 0.1 MeV. Special attention is given to Compton scattering and e-, e § pair production. The effects of the selection of gamma-events and multiple scattering in the converters on the derived azimuthal distribution are considered. The changes of measuring polarization with gamma-telescopes in a near future are considered.