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Cryogenic Particle Detection

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  • Comprehensive review of cryogenic particle detection

  • Written by leading scientists

  • Up-to-date references

Part of the book series: Topics in Applied Physics (TAP, volume 99)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

  2. Semiconductor Thermistors

    • D. McCammon
    Pages 35-62
  3. Transition-Edge Sensors

    • K.D. Irwin, G.C. Hilton
    Pages 63-150
  4. Metallic Magnetic Calorimeters

    • A. Fleischmann, C. Enss, G.M. Seidel
    Pages 151-216
  5. Quantum Giaever Detectors: STJ’s

    • P. Lerch, A. Zehnder
    Pages 217-266
  6. Electron Probe Microanalysiswith Cryogenic Detectors

    • D.E. Newbury, K.D. Irwin, G.C. Hilton, D.A. Wollman, J.A. Small, J.M. Martinis
    Pages 267-312
  7. Dark Matter Direct Detection

    • G. Chardin
    Pages 313-357
  8. X-Ray Astronomy and Astrophysics

    • F.S. Porter, G.V. Brown, J. Cottam
    Pages 359-416
  9. Optical/UV Astrophysics Applications of Cryogenic Detectors

    • B. Cabrera, R.W. Romani
    Pages 417-452
  10. Beta Decay Experiments

    • E. Fiorini
    Pages 453-468
  11. Heavy Ion Physics

    • P. Egelhof, S. Kraft-Bermuth
    Pages 469-500
  12. Back Matter

About this book

The development of cryogenic devices for particle detection has reached a stage at which many interesting applications are conceivable and already have been demonstrated. The book provides a comprehensive review of the field of cryogenic particle detection. It introduces the different detection techniques and gives an overview of the important areas in which these detectors are successfully applied.

Keywords

  • Cryogenic Detectors
  • Low-Temperature Physics
  • Particle Physics
  • Sensor
  • Thermistor
  • astronomy
  • astrophysics
  • development
  • physics
  • semiconductor

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Softcover Book USD 379.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
Hardcover Book USD 379.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)