Establishment and study of a polarized X-ray radiation facility

Xing Zhou; Xiao-Yu Qie; Si-Ming Guo; Yong-Bo Huang; Zi-Yao Shu; Shi-Kui Huang; Li-Peng Fan; Kai-Yue Guo; Tao Yu; Jin-Jie Wu

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Establishment and study of a polarized X-ray radiation facility

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- Establishment and study of a polarized X-ray radiation facility
- Nuclear Science and Techniques Vol. 34, Issue 8, Article number: 120(2023)
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  1.School of Physical Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
  2.National Institute of Metrology, Beijing 100029, China
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  ‡ huangyb@gxu.edu.cn
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Xing Zhou, Xiao-Yu Qie, Si-Ming Guo, et al. Establishment and study of a polarized X-ray radiation facility. [J]. Nuclear Science and Techniques 34(8):120(2023)
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Xing Zhou, Xiao-Yu Qie, Si-Ming Guo, et al. Establishment and study of a polarized X-ray radiation facility. [J]. Nuclear Science and Techniques 34(8):120(2023) DOI： 10.1007/s41365-023-01277-1.

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With the advancement in X-ray astronomical detection technology, various celestial polarization detection projects have been initiated. To meet the calibration requirements of polarimeters on the ground, a polarized X-ray radiation facility was designed for this study. The design was based on the principle that X-rays incident at 45° on a crystal produce polarized X-rays, and a second crystal was used to measure the polarization of the X-rays produced by the facility after rotation. The effects of different diaphragm sizes on the degree of polarization were compared, and the facility produced X-rays with polarization degrees of up to 99.55±0.96% using LiF200 and LiF220 crystals. This result revealed that the polarization of incident X-rays is one of the factors affecting the diffraction efficiency of crystals. The replacement of different crystals can satisfy the calibration requirements of polarized X-ray detectors with more energy points in the energy range (4–10) keV. In the future, the facility should be placed in a vacuum environment to meet the calibration requirements at lower energies.

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Polarized X-raysPolarimetryCalibrationBragg diffraction

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