Calibration of the Space-borne Compton Polarimeter POLAR flight model with 100% polarized X-ray beams

H. L. Xiao, W. Hajdas, P. Socha +32

POLAR is space-borne detector designed for a precise measurement of gamma-ray polarization of the prompt emissions of Gamma-Ray Bursts in the energy range 50 keV - 500 keV. POLAR i…