Polarization of High-Energy Photons Using Highly Oriented Graphite
- 9 November 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 25 (19) , 1366-1370
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.25.1366
Abstract
We have demonstrated the feasibility of a new method of polarizing high-energy photons, by preferential attenuation of photons polarized in one plane as a result of coherent pair production on passage through a single crystal of specific orientation. Highly oriented graphite is a particularly favorable material. The method, feasible at presently available energies, is predicted to be especially useful at higher energies.Keywords
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