X-ray polarimetry of AGNs with SXRP.
Abstract
The capability of the Stellar X-ray Polarimeter, a focal plane instrument of the SODART telescope, to detect linear polarization in the X-ray emission of some bright AGNs is examined.
- Publication:
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Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series
- Pub Date:
- January 1993
- Bibcode:
- 1993A&AS...97..399M
- Keywords:
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- Active Galactic Nuclei;
- Astronomical Polarimetry;
- Spaceborne Astronomy;
- X Ray Astronomy;
- X Ray Sources;
- Astronomical Spectroscopy;
- Emission Spectra;
- Linear Polarization;
- Telescopes;
- X Ray Spectra;
- Spacecraft Instrumentation