A single stage Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerator for testing X-ray Microcalorimeters

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5501, Issue , 2004, Pages 366-384

  Barbera, M ^a   Artale, M A ^a   Candia, R ^a   Collura, A ^a   Di Cicca, G ^a   Perinati, E ^a   Serio, M ^a   Serio, S ^a,b   Varisco, S ^a   Silver, E ^c   Bandler, S ^d  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryogenics; Instrumentation; Microcalorimeters; X ray Astronomy

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; CALORIMETERS; CRYOGENICS; DEMAGNETIZATION; PARAMAGNETIC MATERIALS; TESTING; X RAYS;

INSTRUMENTATION; MICROCALORIMETERS; SINGLE STAGE ADIABATIC; X-RAY ASTRONOMY;

REFRIGERATORS;

EID: 19944401846     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.553123     Document Type: Conference Paper

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