Status and Future Prospects for Gamma-Ray Polarimetry
arXiv:astro-ph/0508315 · doi:10.1088/1009-9271/6/S1/30
Abstract
The recent detection of linear polarization from GRB120206 has piqued the interest of the community in this relatively unexplored avenue of research. Here, we review the current status and prospects for GRB polarimetry at hard X-ray and soft gamma-ray energies. After reviewing the most recent results, we present a brief survey of current and planned experiments that are capable of making GRB polarization measurements in the energy range between 30 keV and 30 MeV.
arXiv comment12 pages; paper presented at the FRASCATI Workshop 2005 on Multifrequency Behaviour of High Energy Cosmic Sources; submitted to Chinese Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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