Sensitivity to Cosmic Rays of Cold Electron Bolometers for Space Applications
Journal article, 2014
An important phenomenon limiting the sensitivity of bolometric detectors for future space missions is the interaction with cosmic rays. We tested the sensitivity of Cold Electron Bolometers (CEBs) to ionizing radiation using gamma-rays from a radioactive source and X-rays from an X-ray tube. We describe the test setup and the results. As expected, due to the effective thermal insulation of the sensing element and its negligible volume, we find that CEBs are largely immune to this problem.
arXiv:astro-ph/1306.2259
Bolometers
Cold electrons
Condensed Matter
Physics
2013
Space instrumentation
Physics
Applied
Cosmic rays
ISM collaboration white paper
Author
Maria Salatino
Sapienza University of Rome
P. de Bernardis
Sapienza University of Rome
Sumedh Mahashabde
Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Quantum Device Physics
Leonid Kuzmin
Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Quantum Device Physics
S. Masi
Sapienza University of Rome
Journal of Low Temperature Physics
0022-2291 (ISSN) 1573-7357 (eISSN)
Vol. 176 3-4 323-330Subject Categories
Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
Condensed Matter Physics
Infrastructure
Nanofabrication Laboratory
DOI
10.1007/s10909-013-1057-5