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F Muleri et al 2009 JINST 4 P11002 doi:10.1088/1748-0221/4/11/P11002
X-ray polarimetry in astrophysics with the Gas Pixel Detector
OPEN ACCESS 1st International Conference on Micro-Pattern Gaseous Detectors (MPGD2009)F Muleria, R Bellazzinib, A Brezb, E Costaa, F Lazzarottoa, M Minutib, M Pincherab, A Rubinia, P Soffittaa and G Spandreb
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