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The extent to which cosmic X-rays are polarized may provide information about the mechanism producing them, and the region from which they come. In this article the polarized X-rays produced by the bremsstrahlung mechanism are considered.
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KORCHAK, A. Polarization of Cosmic X-Rays. Nature 213, 1209–1210 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2131209a0
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