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Download or read book Study of the Diffuse X-Ray Background Radiation in the Spectral Range from 44 to 100 A and the Determination of the Polarization of the X-Ray Emission from the Crab Nebula written by Robert Novick and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A system for the detection of ultra-soft x rays (0.100 - 0.300 keV) employing grazing-incidence optics and thin window gas-flow proportional counters has been developed. This system is especially suited to photometric measurements of low-energy cosmic x-ray intensities. A rocket-borne x-ray polarimeter was flown to search for polarization in Taurus X-1. Although a result consistent with zero polarization was obtained, the statistics were such that x-ray polarization comparable in magnitude and direction to that of radio and optical continuum emission cannot be excluded. (Author).