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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Hauptverfasser: Kempf, Sebastian (VerfasserIn) , Fleischmann, Andreas (VerfasserIn) , Gastaldo, Loredana (VerfasserIn) , Enss, Christian (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 12 March 2018
In: Journal of low temperature physics
Year: 2018, Jahrgang: 193, Heft: 3, Pages: 365-379
ISSN:1573-7357
DOI:10.1007/s10909-018-1891-6
Online-Zugang:Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-018-1891-6
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Verfasserangaben:S. Kempf, A. Fleischmann, L. Gastaldo, C. Enss
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Zusammenfassung: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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ISSN:1573-7357
DOI:10.1007/s10909-018-1891-6