X-ray Detection By Superconducting Tunnel Junctions - Proceedings Of The International Workshop

R Cristiano, Sergio Pagano, Antonio Barone (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

272 Seiten

1991
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd (Verlag)
978-981-02-0649-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Gives the state-of-the-art on superconducting tunnel junctions as X-ray detectors for low energy radioastronomy. Contributions cover many aspects of the subject, from nonequilibrium phenomena in STJ to the detector design optimization, and report the most recent experimental results in the field.

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This volume gives the state-of-the-art on superconducting tunnel junctions as X-ray detectors for low energy radioastronomy. Contributions from major experts of the main laboratories in the world are included. They cover many aspects of the subject, from nonequilibrium phenomena in STJ to the detector design optimization, and report the most recent experimental results in the field.

Inhalt

Single crystal superconductors as X-ray detectors, N.E. Booth, et al; limits to the energy resolution and spatial resolution of X-ray detectors for astronomy, G.W. Fraser; energy resolved gamma-ray detection using tunnel junction arrays on single crystals silicon, D.J. Goldie; series-connected STJ detector with large sensitive area, M. Kurakado, et al; phonon and quasiparticle mediated detection of X-rays and alpha-particles with superconducting tunnel junctions, H. Kraus, et al; output signal from X-ray irradiated Nb-based tunnel junctions and its analysis on the basis of the coupled Boltzman equations, K. Ishibashi, et al; superconductive tunnel junction detector - the linear regime, B. Ivlev, et al; fabrication, measurement and modeling of epitaxial niobium tunnel junction X-ray detectors, D. Van Vechten, et al; quasiparticle and phonon relaxation after energy deposition in superconductors - a hot spot model, W. Rothmund; microcalorimeters for high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy, E. Silver, et al; detecting with the intermediate state in superconducting sphere and strips - a study of the magnetic nucleation, G. Waysand, et al; non-linear response of superconducting tunnelling junctions for X-ray detection, W. Rothmund and A. Zehnder.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.10.1991
• Verlagsort: Singapore
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Elektrodynamik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Festkörperphysik
• ISBN-10: 981-02-0649-6 / 9810206496
• ISBN-13: 978-981-02-0649-9 / 9789810206499
• Zustand: Neuware