Sensitivity to Cosmic Rays of Cold Electron Bolometers for Space Applications
Journal article, 2014
An important phenomenon limiting the sensitivity of bolometric detectors for future space missions is the interaction with cosmic rays. We tested the sensitivity of Cold Electron Bolometers (CEBs) to ionizing radiation using gamma-rays from a radioactive source and X-rays from an X-ray tube. We describe the test setup and the results. As expected, due to the effective thermal insulation of the sensing element and its negligible volume, we find that CEBs are largely immune to this problem.
Space instrumentation
Physics
Cosmic rays
Physics
arXiv:astro-ph/1306.2259
Condensed Matter
Bolometers
ISM collaboration white paper
Cold electrons
2013
Applied
Author
Maria Salatino
Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza
P. de Bernardis
Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza
Sumedh Mahashabde
Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Quantum Device Physics
Leonid Kuzmin
Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Quantum Device Physics
S. Masi
Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza
Journal of Low Temperature Physics
0022-2291 (ISSN) 1573-7357 (eISSN)
Vol. 176 3-4 323-330Subject Categories (SSIF 2011)
Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
Condensed Matter Physics
Infrastructure
Nanofabrication Laboratory
DOI
10.1007/s10909-013-1057-5