Published November 15, 1993 | Version v1
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New polarimeter for high energy gamma-rays

Creators

  • 1. Faculty of Science, Hiroshima Univ. (Japan)
  • 2. Inst. for Nuclear Study, Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
  • 3. Dept. of Applied Physics, Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo (Japan)
  • 4. Hiroshima Shudo Univ., Hiroshima (Japan)
  • 5. Hiroshima Inst. of Tech., Hiroshima (Japan)

Description

A new type of polarimeter for gamma-rays of over a hundred MeV was built. It is based on a principle in which the polarization is obtained from the azimuthal angular distribution of recoil electrons in electron-positron pair productions in the Coulomb fields of electrons. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
336
Journal Issue
1-2
Journal Page Range
p. 146-149.
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
25019023
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; ASYMMETRY; ELECTRON SPECTRA; ELECTRONS; ENERGY DEPENDENCE; ENERGY SPECTRA; GAMMA DETECTION; GAMMA RADIATION; MEV RANGE 100-1000; PAIR PRODUCTION; PHOTOPRODUCTION; POLARIMETERS; POLARIZATION; POLARIZED PRODUCTS; POSITRONS; RECOILS
Descriptors DEC
ANTILEPTONS; ANTIMATTER; ANTIPARTICLES; BASIC INTERACTIONS; DETECTION; DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; FERMIONS; INTERACTIONS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; LEPTONS; MATTER; MEV RANGE; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATIONS; SPECTRA