Sensitivity to Cosmic Rays of Cold Electron Bolometers for Space Applications
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 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
Författare
Maria Salatino
Sapienza, Università di Roma
P. de Bernardis
Sapienza, Università di Roma
Sumedh Mahashabde
Chalmers, Mikroteknologi och nanovetenskap, Kvantkomponentfysik
Leonid Kuzmin
Chalmers, Mikroteknologi och nanovetenskap, Kvantkomponentfysik
S. Masi
Sapienza, Università di Roma
Journal of Low Temperature Physics
0022-2291 (ISSN) 1573-7357 (eISSN)
Vol. 176 3-4 323-330Ämneskategorier
Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi
Den kondenserade materiens fysik
Infrastruktur
Nanotekniklaboratoriet
DOI
10.1007/s10909-013-1057-5