The PoGOLite balloon-borne soft gamma-ray polarimeter

M. Kiss; S. Larsson; M. Arimoto; M. Axelsson; C. Marini Bettolo; G. Bogaert; H. G. Florén; Y. Fukazawa; S. Gunji; L. Hjalmarsdotter; T. Kamae; Y. Kanai; J. Kataoka; N. Kawai; W. Klamra; K. Kurita; G. Madejski; T. Mizuno; G. Olofsson; M. Pearce; F. Ryde; S. Rydström; H. Tajima; H. Takahashi; T. Takahashi; T. Tanaka; M. Ueno; Y. Umeki; G. Varner; H. Yoshida

doi:10.1063/1.3002504

The PoGOLite balloon-borne soft gamma-ray polarimeter

M. Kiss^*, S. Larsson, M. Arimoto, M. Axelsson, C. Marini Bettolo, G. Bogaert, H. G. Florén, Y. Fukazawa, S. Gunji, L. Hjalmarsdotter, T. Kamae, Y. Kanai, J. Kataoka, N. Kawai, W. Klamra, K. Kurita, G. Madejski, T. Mizuno, G. Olofsson, M. PearceF. Ryde, S. Rydström, H. Tajima, H. Takahashi, T. Takahashi, T. Tanaka, M. Ueno, Y. Umeki, G. Varner, H. Yoshida

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Abstract

Linearly polarized radiation in the hard X-ray/soft gamma-ray band is expected from a large variety of astronomical sources. We discuss the importance of polarimetric studies for several classes of sources-pulsars, accreting black holes, magnetic neutron stars and jets from active galaxies-and then describe PoGOLite, a balloon-borne instrument which is currently under construction and will be able to measure the polarization of electromagnetic radiation from such extra-solar objects in the energy range 25-80 keV.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Cool Discs, Hot Flows
Subtitle of host publication	The Varying Faces of Accreting Compact Objects
Pages	225-232
Number of pages	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3002504
Publication status	Published - 2008
Externally published	Yes
Event	Cool Discs, Hot Flows: The Varying Faces of Accreting Compact Objects - Funasdalen, Sweden Duration: 2008 Mar 25 → 2008 Mar 30

Publication series

Name	AIP Conference Proceedings
Volume	1054
ISSN (Print)	0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)	1551-7616

Conference

Conference	Cool Discs, Hot Flows: The Varying Faces of Accreting Compact Objects
Country/Territory	Sweden
City	Funasdalen
Period	08/3/25 → 08/3/30

Keywords

Galaxies: active
Instrumentation: detectors
Pulsars: general
Stars: neutron
Techniques: polarimetric
X-ray: binaries

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Physics and Astronomy(all)

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Kiss, M., Larsson, S., Arimoto, M., Axelsson, M., Bettolo, C. M., Bogaert, G., Florén, H. G., Fukazawa, Y., Gunji, S., Hjalmarsdotter, L., Kamae, T., Kanai, Y., Kataoka, J., Kawai, N., Klamra, W., Kurita, K., Madejski, G., Mizuno, T., Olofsson, G., ... Yoshida, H. (2008). The PoGOLite balloon-borne soft gamma-ray polarimeter. In Cool Discs, Hot Flows: The Varying Faces of Accreting Compact Objects (pp. 225-232). (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 1054). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3002504

Kiss, M, Larsson, S, Arimoto, M, Axelsson, M, Bettolo, CM, Bogaert, G, Florén, HG, Fukazawa, Y, Gunji, S, Hjalmarsdotter, L, Kamae, T, Kanai, Y, Kataoka, J, Kawai, N, Klamra, W, Kurita, K, Madejski, G, Mizuno, T, Olofsson, G, Pearce, M, Ryde, F, Rydström, S, Tajima, H, Takahashi, H, Takahashi, T, Tanaka, T, Ueno, M, Umeki, Y, Varner, G & Yoshida, H 2008, The PoGOLite balloon-borne soft gamma-ray polarimeter. in Cool Discs, Hot Flows: The Varying Faces of Accreting Compact Objects. AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 1054, pp. 225-232, Cool Discs, Hot Flows: The Varying Faces of Accreting Compact Objects, Funasdalen, Sweden, 08/3/25. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3002504

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