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A hole lot of twisting

A tool to measure twisted X-rays may reveal dark secrets of the Universe.

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  1. Costa, E. et al. An efficient photoelectric X-ray polarimeter for the study of black holes and neutron stars. Nature 411,662 - 665(2001).

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Clarke, T. A hole lot of twisting. Nature (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/news010607-10

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