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The balloon experiment PoGO has received a grant of several
million SEK from the
Knut and Alice Wallenberg foundation. A collaboration
between the high-energy astrophysics group at the Department of Astronomy
and the experimental particle
physics group at KTH is behind the application.
The PoGO (Polarized Gamma-ray Observer) project is an international
collaboration with members in Sweden, the United States, France and
Japan. The experiment will measure the polarization from X-/gamma-ray
sources, and is expected to provide important clues to the physical
processes occuring in such objects as magnetized neutron stars and
black holes. The first flight is expected to take place in the fall
of 2008.
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