Highly sensitive large-area bolometers for scintillation studies below 100 mK

Optical Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1568-1576

  Coron, Noël ^a   de Marcillac, Pierre ^a   Leblanc, Jacques ^a   Dambier, Gérard ^a   Moalic, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; GERMANIUM; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SAPPHIRE; SCINTILLATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DARK MATTER DETECTION; DISCRIMINATING BOLOMETER; RARE DECAY; VERY LOW TEMPERATURE;

BOLOMETERS;

EID: 4143129881     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1758730     Document Type: Article

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