Development of Position-Sensitive Magnetic Calorimeters for X-Ray Astronomy

TBMG-10477

07/01/2011

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Metallic magnetic calorimeters (MMC) are one of the most promising devices to provide very high energy resolution needed for future astronomical x-ray spectroscopy. MMC detectors can be built to large detector arrays having thousands of pixels. Position-sensitive magnetic (PoSM) microcalorimeters consist of multiple absorbers thermally coupled to one magnetic microcalorimeter. Each absorber element has a different thermal coupling to the MMC, resulting in a distribution of different pulse shapes and enabling position discrimination between the absorber elements. PoSMs therefore achieve the large focal plane area with fewer number of readout channels without compromising spatial sampling.

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"Development of Position-Sensitive Magnetic Calorimeters for X-Ray Astronomy," Mobility Engineering, July 1, 2011.
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Jul 1, 2011
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TBMG-10477
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English