Response of a TeO2 bolometer to α particles

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Bellini, F ^a,b   Biassoni, M ^c,d   Bucci, C ^e   Casali, N ^a,b   Dafinei, I ^b   Ge, Z ^f   Gorla, P ^e   Ferroni, F ^a,b   Orio, F ^a,b   Tomei, C ^b   Vignati, M ^a,b   Zhu, Y ^f  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^e LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL GRAN SASSO   (Italy)

^f SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Bolometers for dark matter research; Cryogenic detectors

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751512052     PISSN: 17480221     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/5/12/P12005     Document Type: Article

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