Computer Science – Sound
Scientific paper
Sep 2011
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011head...12.3614r&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, HEAD meeting #12, #36.14
Computer Science
Sound
Scientific paper
The first operating set of transition edge sensors (TES) microcalorimeters in space will launch on a sounding rocket carrying the Micro-X imaging X-ray telescope in 2012. We present the final instrument flight design, as well as the results from initial performance tests.
A spectral resolution of 2 eV is targeted across the science band of 0.3-2.5 keV. The 12x12 spectrometer array contains 128 active pixels on a 600 micron pitch, consisting of Au/Bi absorbers and Mo/Au bilayer TESs with a transition temperature of 100 mK. A SQUID time-division multiplexer will read out the array at 30 kHz, which is limited by the rocket telemetry. The TESs have been engineered with a 2 ms time constant to match the multiplexer.
The detector array and two SQUID stages of the TDM readout system are accommodated in a lightweight Mg enclosure, which is mounted to the 50 mK stage of an adiabatic demagnetization refrigerator. A third SQUID amplification stage is located on the 1.6 K liquid He stage of the cryostat. An on-board 55-Fe source will fluoresce a Ca target, providing 3.7 and 4.0 keV calibration lines that will not interfere with the scientifically interesting energy band.
Micro-X Collaboration
Rutherford John
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