X-ray polarimetry : a new window in astrophysics /

"Due to the advent of a new generation of detectors, X-ray polarimetry promises to join X-ray imaging, spectroscopy and timing as one of the main observational techniques in high energy astrophysics. This has renewed interest in the field, and indeed several polarimetric missions have recently...

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Other Authors:	Bellazzini, Ronaldo
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Series:	Cambridge contemporary astrophysics.
Subjects:	Astrophysical spectropolarimetry. X-ray astronomy.
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