Phonon-mediated superconducting transition-edge sensor x-ray detectors for use in astronomy

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Feb 2004

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X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy XIII. Edited by Flanagan, Kathryn A.; Siegmund, Oswald H. W. Proceedings o

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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In this paper we present preliminary work on a spatial, arrival time and energy resolving x-ray detector for the study of magnetic reconnection in the solar corona. Our detectors are cryogenic phonon-mediated superconducting Transition-Edge Sensors (TESs). X-rays are incident on a silicon substrate; the generated phonons propagate to the opposite side of the substrate and are absorbed in the tungsten TES electron system. Through a novel spatial distribution of four TESs we aim to achieve simultaneous measurement resolutions of ~10 μm, sub μs, and ~4 eV and with count rates of ~1 kHz. This four TES system is described and preliminary data obtained with a prototype two-channel detector is presented.

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