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most citedDetailed polarization measurements of the prompt emission of five Gamma-Ray Bursts

89 citations · 219 across the 9 of their papers we have counts for

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astro-ph.HE2019★ 89 cited

Detailed polarization measurements of the prompt emission of five Gamma-Ray Bursts

Shuang-Nan Zhang, Merlin Kole, Tian-Wei Bao +37

Gamma-ray bursts are the strongest explosions in the Universe since the Big Bang, believed to be produced either in forming black holes at the end of massive star evolution or merg…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 20 cited

In-Orbit Instrument Performance Study and Calibration for POLAR Polarization Measurements

Zhengheng Li, Merlin Kole, Jianchao Sun +30

POLAR is a compact space-borne detector designed to perform reliable measurements of the polarization for transient sources like Gamma-Ray Bursts in the energy range 50-500keV. The…

physics.ins-det2017★ 13 cited

In-flight energy calibration of the space-borne Compton polarimeter POLAR

Hualin Xiao, Wojtek Hajdas, Bobing Wu +39

POLAR is a compact wide-field space-borne detector for precise measurements of the linear polarisation of hard X-rays emitted by transient sources in the energy range from 50 keV t…

astro-ph.IM2017

Gain factor and parameter settings optimization of the new gamma-ray burst polarimeter POLAR

X. F. Zhang, W. Hajdas, H. L. Xiao +38

As a space-borne detector POLAR is designed to conduct hard X-ray polarization measurements of gamma-ray bursts on the statistically significant sample of events and with an unprec…

physics.ins-det2016

Study of linearity of LYSO crystal for HERD calorimeter

Zheng Quan, Zhi-gang Wang, Ming Xu +10

The High Energy cosmic Radiation Detection (HERD) facility is a space mission designed for detecting cosmic ray (CR) electrons, -rays up to tens of TeV and CR nuclei from proton…

physics.plasm-ph2016★ 6 cited

Largest Particle Simulations Downgrade the Runaway Electron Risk for ITER

Jian Liu, Hong Qin, Yulei Wang +6

Fusion energy will be the ultimate clean energy source for mankind. One of the most visible concerns of the future fusion device is the threat of deleterious runaway electrons (REs…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 1 cited

Calibration of Gamma-ray Burst Polarimeter POLAR

H. L. Xiao, W. Hajdas, T. W. Bao +33

Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) are the strongest explosions in the universe which might be associated with creation of black holes. Magnetic field structure and burst dynamics may influen…

physics.ins-det2015★ 14 cited

A crosstalk and non-uniformity correction method for the Compact Space-borne Compton Polarimeter POLAR

Hualin Xiao, Wojtek Hajdas, Bobing Wu +33

In spite of extensive observations and numerous theoretical studies in the past decades several key questions related with Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRB) emission mechanisms are still to b…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 76 cited

The High Energy cosmic-Radiation Detection (HERD) Facility onboard China's Future Space Station

S. N. Zhang, the HERD collaboration

The High Energy cosmic-Radiation Detection (HERD) facility is one of several space astronomy payloads of the cosmic lighthouse program onboard China's Space Station, which is plann…