X ray microcalorimeters: Principles and performance

Details X ray microcalorimeters: Principles and performance X ray microcalorimeters: Principles and performance

Dec 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992esasp.356...13m&link_type=abstract

In ESA, Proceedings of an ESA Symposium on Photon Detectors for Space Instrumentation p 13-19 (SEE N94-15025 03-19)

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Calorimeters, Cryogenic Equipment, Spaceborne Astronomy, Technology Assessment, X Ray Astronomy, X Ray Spectroscopy, Fabrication, Performance Tests, Photons, Sensitivity

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Microcalorimeters operating at cryogenic temperatures can be excellent X-ray spectrometers. They simultaneously offer very high spectral resolving power and high efficiency. These attributes are important for X-ray astronomy where most sources have low fluxes and where high spectral resolution is essential for understanding the physics of the emitting regions. The principles of operation of these detectors, limits to their sensitivity, design considerations, techniques of fabrication, and their performance as X-ray spectrometers, are reviewed.

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