NASA NTRS · 19840050329
Polarization of Comptonized photons
Abstract
The polarization of Comptonized X-rays as a function of energy and emission angle is obtained. The geometry utilized is that of the semi-infinite plane with the source photons located on a plane at a finite optical depth below the surface. It is further shown what information is obtainable from polarization measurements at only two different energies. The observed values for the X-ray sources Cyg X-1 and Sco X-1 are used to illustrate the calculations.
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Williams, A. C.. 1984-04-01. Polarization of Comptonized photons. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19840050329
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