… As a compromise between noise minimization, large-angle scattering selection and
maximization of the number of events in the modulation curves, we have selected 20 and 30 keV as …

… of X-ray polarisation at energies above 10 keV it is necessary to employ polarimeters based
on Rayleigh/Compton … Figure 4 shows one of such modulation curves at 30 KeV. This …

… splitting can lead to levels up to 30%. Each of these mechanisms will emit gamma rays with
a known level of polarization at hard X-ray energies. Measuring the polarization levels from …

… Above ∼20 keV, Compton scattering dominates, which is the focus of this chapter. The …
2016) is an example of such a kind of polarimeter operating in the 5–30 keV energy range. The …

… than 10 keV, due to the difficulties in making polarimetric … working energy range of 30–200
keV. Simulated observations have … towards the Crab source in the 30–200 keV energy band. …

… Compton scattered photons in the analysis, rather than using the azimuthal scattering angles
alone. We study the case of an ideal Compton polarimeter … from polarimeters in the >10 keV …

… Recent studies [30] suggest that change in polarization because of the hard X-… is ∼ 20 kev
which is essential as we plan a lower energy cut off of ∼ 20 kev for the Compton polarimeter. …

… have developed a compact Compton hard X-ray polarimeter with a … Compton hard X-ray
polarimeter, and the measured degree of linear polarization in the energy range of 15–40 keV at …

… few tens of keV is very low: for example, it is of <2 keV for 90 ◦ scattering of 30 keV photons,
which … to what extent this methodology can be applied in the field of hard X-ray polarimeters. …

… inverse Compton scattered by the corona introduces a separate polarized spectral component
at energies above 10 keV … of Crab in hard X-rays came almost after 30 years of the OSO-8 …