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Heat Capacity Setup for Superconducting Bolometer Absorbers below 400 mK

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A calorimeter set up with very low heat capacity (\(\sim \)20 nJ/K at 100 mK) has been designed using commercial Carbon based resistors. This calorimeter is used to determine the heat capacity of small samples of superconducting bolometer absorbers. In particular, we present heat capacity studies of Tin, a bolometer candidate for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay in \(^{124}\)Sn, in the temperature range of 60–400 mK.

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Acknowledgments

Authors would like to thank Dr. Ashwin Tulapurkar for Platinum thin film deposition on the Sapphire platform. Authors also thank Ms. S. Mishra and Mr. M. S. Pose for assistance during the measurements and Mr. K. V. Divekar for helping with the setup.

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  1. Homi Bhabha National Institute, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai, 400094, India

    V. Singh, S. Mathimalar & N. Dokania

  2. India based Neutrino Observatory, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, 400005, India

    V. Singh, S. Mathimalar & N. Dokania

  3. Department of Nuclear and Atomic Physics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, 400005, India

    V. Nanal & R. G. Pillay

  4. Department of Condensed Matter Physics and Material Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, 400005, India

    S. Ramakrishnan

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Singh, V., Mathimalar, S., Dokania, N. et al. Heat Capacity Setup for Superconducting Bolometer Absorbers below 400 mK. J Low Temp Phys 175, 604–613 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-013-1081-5

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