2013/04/27 by Miranda Jackson, Jackson, Miranda, PoGOLite Collaboration +1
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) #Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) #Particle Detector Development and Performance #astro-ph.HE #astro-ph.IM
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1304.7372
2 pages, to appear in Mem. S. A. It., proceedings of "X-ray Astronomy: towards the next 50 years!", Milan, October 1-5, 2012
arxiv created 2013/04/27 · openalex publication_date 2013/04/27 · arxiv updated 2013/05/03 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
High energy polarization can be an indication of geometry, orientation, and other physical phenomena for a variety of sources, but has heretofore been a virtually unmeasured phenomenon. PoGOLite is a balloon-borne instrument intended to measure the polarization of X-rays between 25 and 100 keV. The pathfinder version of the instrument is scheduled to be launched from northern Sweden in summer 2013. The primary targets are the Crab pulsar and nebula and Cygnus X-1.