Detection of partial polarization in Compton scattered photons
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چکیده
It has been recently proposed [1] to use polarization of Compton scattered γrays to improve the imaging performance of Compton telescopes. Building upon that work, we detected the aforementioned polarization in a sample of 1.836 MeV γ-rays from the LXeGRIT Compton telescope. Here we present the measurement, together with detector oriented considerations on the application of the principle to a realistic Compton telescope.
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