CdTe/CZT based spectroscopic two-dimensional (2D)/three-dimensional (3D) imagers when
operated in the Compton regime can work as high performance scattering polarimeters, for …

Nuclear astrophysics, and particularly nuclear emission line diagnostics from a variety of
cosmic sites, has remained one of the least developed fields in experimental astronomy …

The scientific challenges still open in hard X-rays and γ-rays astronomy require the
development of new instrumentation able to overcome the sensitivity limits of the present …

The aim of this book is to educate the reader on radiation detectors, from sensor to read-out
electronics to application. Relatively new detector materials, such as CdZTe and Cr …

The development of a new generation of soft gamma-ray telescopes should allow
polarimetric measurements of astrophysical sources to be associated with the results from …

In high-energy astrophysics, polarimetry is a promising subject with a wide scientific
potential that is relatively unexplored due to the complexity of the design and technical …

The measurement of the polarisation of the high-energy emission from cosmic sources has
now become a key observational parameter for understanding the production mechanisms …

X-rays astrophysical sources have been almost characterized through imaging,
spectroscopy and timing analysis. Nevertheless, more observational parameters such as …

This article reports the proton radiation sensitivity of two 1.0-mm-thick EURORAD ohmic
CdTe detectors, irradiated with a low energy proton beam generated in a positron emission …

The energy range of hard X-rays and gamma-rays is dominated by non-thermal emissions.
Physical processes such as particle acceleration, accretion, and nucleosynthesis are …