A superconducting tunnel junction x-ray spectrometer without liquid cryogens

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1089-1096

  Friedrich, Stephan ^a   Hertrich, Theo ^b   Drury, Owen B ^a   Cherepy, Nerine J ^a   Hohne, Jens ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b VeriCold Technologies GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adiabatic demagnetization; Cooling; Pulse tube refrigerator; STJ X ray detector; Strontium iodide; Superconducting devices

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; ABSORBER FILMS; ADIABATIC DEMAGNETIZATION; CRYOGENIC DETECTORS; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-COUNT RATE; HIGH-ENERGY RESOLUTION; INSTRUMENT PERFORMANCE; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; PULSE TUBE CRYOCOOLER; PULSE TUBE REFRIGERATOR; SCINTILLATOR MATERIALS; SOFT X-RAY; SPECIATION MEASUREMENTS; STJ X-RAY DETECTOR; SUPERCONDUCTING TUNNEL JUNCTION; TOTAL COUNTS; TWO STAGE; X-RAY DETECTOR; X-RAY ENERGIES;

ALUMINUM; COOLING; CRYOGENIC EQUIPMENT; CRYOGENICS; DEMAGNETIZATION; DETECTORS; EUROPIUM; LIQUIDS; NIOBIUM; REFRIGERATORS; SPECTROMETRY; STRONTIUM; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; SYNCHROTRONS; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS; TUNNELS; X RAY SPECTROMETERS; X RAYS;

SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES;

EID: 67649233276     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2009.2014062     Document Type: Article

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