The microcalorimeter X-ray detector: A true paradigm shift in X-ray spectroscopy

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作者：
T. Jach
J. N. Ullom
W. T. Elam
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[1] National Institute of Standards and Technology,
[2] National Institute of Standards and Technology,undefined
[3] Applied Physics Laboratory,undefined
[4] University of Washington,undefined
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The European Physical Journal Special Topics | 2009年 / 169卷
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European Physical Journal Special Topic; Transition Edge Sensor; High Energy Resolution; Grating Spectrometer; Advance Light Source;
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The microcalorimeter x-ray detector registers the heat deposited in an absorber from individual x-ray photons by means of a sensitive thermometer. It combines advantages of wavelength-dispersive and energy-dispersive detectors: relatively high energy resolution over a broad energy spectrum. Operating at very low temperatures reduces the noise, making the high energy resolution possible. The absorber can be tailored to any energy range, from soft x-rays to gamma rays. After many years of development, several designs have reached a level of performance and reliability that makes them competitive x-ray detectors for many kinds of experiment. We survey current microcalorimeter detectors using several different thermometers. Their applications already run from chemical analysis to plasma physics and x-ray astronomy. We describe two examples of how the microcalorimeter detector can enable novel determinations in x-ray physics.
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