Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8167219 | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment | 2018 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
We present a data processing algorithm for angular reconstruction and event selection applied to 2-D photoelectron track images from X-ray polarimeters. The method reconstructs the initial emission angle of a photoelectron from the initial portion of the track, which is obtained by continuously cutting a track until the image moments or number of pixels fall below tunable thresholds. In addition, event selection which rejects round tracks quantified with eccentricity and circularity is performed so that polarimetry sensitivity considering a trade-off between the modulation factor and signal acceptance is maximized. The modulation factors with applying track selection are 26.6±0.4, 46.1±0.4, 62.3±0.4, and 61.8±0.3% at 2.7, 4.5, 6.4, and 8.0 keV, respectively, using the same data previously analyzed by Iwakiri et al. (2016), where the corresponding numbers are 26.9±0.4, 43.4±0.4, 54.4±0.3, and 59.1±0.3%. The method improves polarimeter sensitivity by 5%-10% at the high energy end of the band previously presented (Iwakiri et al. 2016).
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Authors
Takao Kitaguchi, Kevin Black, Teruaki Enoto, Yasushi Fukazawa, Asami Hayato, Joanne E. Hill, Wataru B. Iwakiri, Keith Jahoda, Philip Kaaret, Ross McCurdy, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Toshio Nakano, Toru Tamagawa,