Modeling the energy thermalization of X-ray photons in a microcalorimeter with superconducting absorber

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4851, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 812-822

  Perinati, E ^a   Barbera, M ^a   Collura, A ^a,c   Serio, S ^a,b   Silver, E ^d   Beeman, J ^e   Haller, E ^e   Landis, D ^e   Madden, N ^e  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c INAF IASF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^e LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microcalorimeters; Thermalization; X ray spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CALORIMETERS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOTONS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMISTORS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ENERGY THERMALIZATION;

CRYOGENIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0038064482     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.461559     Document Type: Conference Paper

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