Speaker
Dr
Nicolas Produit
(Universite de Geneve (CH))
Description
The POLAR detector will be launched together with the Tiangong 2
Chinese space station in the Summer of 2016 from Jiuquan Launch center.
POLAR is a GRB polarimeter that will be able to measure GRB polarization
degree with 10% precision for 10 GRB per year. POLAR detector has been build by a
Chinese-Swiss-Polish collaboration.
POLAR flight spare model has passed all
qualification tests during 2014 and was tested and calibrated in a polarized
beam facility in ESRF Grenoble. POLAR flight model
has passed all acceptation level
tests and was delivered to China in July 2015 for integration on Tiangong 2.
GRB polarization measurements will help to validate or infirm the
predictions of the different models of the GRB central engine.
GRB polarization measurements are also interesting as
probe of the quantum gravitation effects. POLAR can also be used to perform
some Solar flare polarization measurements.
Primary author
Dr
Nicolas Produit
(Universite de Geneve (CH))
