Physics and applications of metallic magnetic calorimeters
Metallic magnetic calorimeters (MMCs) are calorimetric low-temperature particle detectors that are currently strongly advancing the state of the art in energy-dispersive single particle detection. They are typically operated at temperatures below 100mK100mK100\,\mathrm {mK} and make use of a metalli...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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12 March 2018
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Journal of low temperature physics
Year: 2018, Volume: 193, Issue: 3, Pages: 365-379 |
| ISSN: | 1573-7357 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10909-018-1891-6 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-018-1891-6
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| Author Notes: | S. Kempf, A. Fleischmann, L. Gastaldo, C. Enss |
| Summary: | Metallic magnetic calorimeters (MMCs) are calorimetric low-temperature particle detectors that are currently strongly advancing the state of the art in energy-dispersive single particle detection. They are typically operated at temperatures below 100mK100mK100\,\mathrm {mK} and make use of a metallic, paramagnetic temperature sensor to transduce the temperature rise of the detector upon the absorption of an energetic particle into a change of magnetic flux which is sensed by a superconducting quantum interference device. This outstanding interplay between a high-sensitivity thermometer and a near quantum-limited amplifier results in a very fast signal rise time, an excellent energy resolution, a large dynamic range, a quantum efficiency close to 100% as well as an almost ideal linear detector response. For this reason, a growing number of groups located all over the world is developing MMC arrays of various sizes which are routinely used in a variety of applications. Within this paper, we briefly review the state of the art of metallic magnetic calorimeters. This includes a discussion of the detection principle, sensor materials and detector geometries, readout concepts, the structure of modern detectors as well as the state-of-the-art detector performance. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 31.10.2019 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1573-7357 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10909-018-1891-6 |