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X-ray and Gamma-ray Polarimetry of GRBs

Enrico Costa

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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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Key concepts: Polarimetry, Physics, Astrophysics, Gamma-ray burst, Astronomy, Optics, Scattering