Tunnel junction arrays on InSb: A high resolution cryogenic detector for X- and γ-rays

Goldie, D. J.; Swift, A. M.; Booth, N. E.; Salmon, G.L.

doi:10.1016/0168-9002(94)90879-6

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“…The phonons produced by particle impacts are absorbed in the STJ sensors on the surface and measured as a tunneling current pulse. Detector sizes ranging from a few mm 2 to 1 cm 2 have been realized with charge pulse rise times ranging from 10 to 100 ms (Goldie et al, 1994;Gaitskell et al, 1996;Kurakado et al, 1997).…”

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Energy-sensitive cryogenic detectors for high-mass biomolecule mass spectrometry

Frank

Labov

Westmacott

et al. 1999

Mass Spectrom. Rev.

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Energy-sensitive cryogenic detectors for high-mass biomolecule mass spectrometry

Frank

Labov

Westmacott

et al. 1999

Mass Spectrom. Rev.

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“…Since InSb is a direct-gap semiconductor most of the electron-hole pairs recombine on a time scale of order 20 ms with the release of more phonons. The subsequent nonequilibrium phonon populations are measured by series arrays of superconducting tunnel junctions (STJs) fabricated on the surface of each crystal [14]. The measured energy release is the sum of the energies deposited in the two crystals.…”

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Measurement of the Atomic Exchange Effect in NuclearβDecay

et al. 1998

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Precision measurements of the b-decay spectrum of 63 Ni with a hermetic, calorimetric lowtemperature detector have yielded quantitative evidence for the atomic exchange effect in b decay. The exchange effect is due to the probability that the b electron is created into a bound state orbital of the daughter atom and is predicted to lead to a small relative enhancement in the spectrum at low energies. In the experiment reported here the energy release in each of 6 3 10 7 b-decay events was measured by detecting the nonequilibrium phonons produced in two InSb crystals which enclose the 63 Ni source. The best-fit value of the exchange factor is 0.98 6 0.06 (statistical) times the theoretical value, with an experimental systematic error of 60.06. [S0031-9007(98)05323-X]

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“…Another aspect of the larger area coverage is that the statistical precision is improved because more phonons are directly detected. An example of the performance of such a detector, in this case with a 2-mm thick InSb crystal, is shown in Figure 15 (142). A thin layer of SiO is used to separate the SASTJ from the crystal surface because InSb is electrically conducting at low temperatures.…”

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Low-Temperature Particle Detectors

Booth

Cabrera

Fiorini

1996

Annu. Rev. Nucl. Part. Sci.

134

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The need for very good energy resolution in experiments in particle and astroparticle physics and the need to detect very small energy depositions are the major motivations for the development of low-temperature particle detectors. Because the energy quanta associated with superconductors and lattice vibrations (phonons) are more than one hundred times smaller, substantial improvements have been obtained in energy resolution and in sensitivity over conventional detectors. Furthermore, these detection schemes permit tailoring of target or absorber materials to match the physics requirements. In this article, the basic physics principles behind various methods of detecting excitations induced by particle interactions in bulk single-crystal materials at low temperatures are reviewed. We also present an overview of progress toward implementation of particle physics experiments, such as detection of low-energy neutrinos, search for dark-matter particles, search for neutrino-less double β decay, and βand γ -ray spectroscopy and X-ray astronomy using low-temperature detectors.

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Tunnel junction arrays on InSb: A high resolution cryogenic detector for X- and γ-rays

Cited by 17 publications

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Energy-sensitive cryogenic detectors for high-mass biomolecule mass spectrometry

Energy-sensitive cryogenic detectors for high-mass biomolecule mass spectrometry

Measurement of the Atomic Exchange Effect in NuclearβDecay

Low-Temperature Particle Detectors

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