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Cryogenic micro-calorimeters are suitable to detect small amounts of energy deposited by electromagnetic and nuclear interactions, which makes them attractive in a variety of applications on ground and in space. The only X-ray micro-calorimeter that operated in orbit to date is the X-Ray Spectrometer on-board of the Japanese Suzaku satellite. We discuss the analysis of the components of its residual background spectrum with the support of Monte-Carlo simulations.
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Perinati, E., Kilbourne, C.A., Colasanti, L. et al. Monte-Carlo Simulations of the Suzaku-XRS Residual Background Spectrum. J Low Temp Phys 167, 721–725 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-012-0608-5
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