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An application of a Si/CdTe Compton camera for the polarization measurement of hard x rays from highly charged heavy ions

Y. Tsuzuki, Shin Watanabe, Shimpei Oishi, Nobuyuki Nakamura, Naoki Numadate, Hirokazu Odaka, Yuusuke Uchida, Hiroki Yoneda, Tadayuki Takahashi

Review of Scientific Instruments · 2021

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Summary

This paper is not relevant to Vitagri's Pulse Brain catalogue. It describes the development and commissioning of a specialised physics instrument (an Electron Beam Ion Trap Compton Camera) for measuring hard X-ray polarisation from highly charged heavy ions at the Tokyo-EBIT facility. The work is fundamental atomic physics and quantum electrodynamics research with no connection to farming systems, soil health, nutrient density, or food and agricultural systems.

UK applicability

Not applicable. This is fundamental physics instrumentation research unrelated to agricultural, nutritional or food systems science.

Key measures

X-ray polarisation degree; three-dimensional position reconstruction of Compton scattering and photoelectric absorption events; polarimetric capability evaluation

Outcomes reported

The study reports the development and characterisation of a Compton camera polarimeter (EBIT-CC) capable of measuring hard x-ray polarisation from highly charged heavy ions with improved accuracy over existing methods. The instrument was tested at the Tokyo Electron Beam Ion Trap facility.

Theme
Measurement & metrics
Subject
Other / interdisciplinary
Study type
Research
Study design
Laboratory instrument development and performance evaluation
Source type
Peer-reviewed study
Status
Published
Geography
Japan
System type
Laboratory / in vitro
DOI
10.1063/5.0050826
Catalogue ID
BFmobgho5x-9vqzo5

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