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EAS Publications Series
Volume 61, 2013
Gamma-ray Bursts: 15 Years of GRB Afterglows – Progenitors, Environments and Host Galaxies from the Nearby to the Early Universe
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| Page(s) | 601 - 609 | |
| Section | Chapter XIII: Instrumentation & Techniques-III Future Projects | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/eas/1361096 | |
| Published online | 22 July 2013 | |
Gamma-ray Bursts: 15 Years of GRB Afterglows
A.J. Castro-Tirado, J.Gorosabel and I.H. Park (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 61 (2013) 601-609
A.J. Castro-Tirado, J.Gorosabel and I.H. Park (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 61 (2013) 601-609
X-ray and Gamma-ray Polarimetry of GRBs
Istituto di Astrofisica e
Planetologia Spaziali, 031 INAF, via del Fosso del Cavaliere,
100,
Roma,
Italy
Polarimetry is expected to play a major role as a diagnostic tool for GRBs. Techniques and methods for X/Gamma ray polarimetry are reviewed including the specific problems related to the transient nature of the sources. Optical data do not encourage optimistic predictions on polarimetry of afterglows. I review some of the existing and proposed experiments for the prompt and discuss the existing results.
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