Title of article
Detection of heavy ions by a superconducting tunnel junction
Author/Authors
Sato، نويسنده , , H. and Ikeda، نويسنده , , T. and Kawai، نويسنده , , K. and Miyasaka، نويسنده , , H. and Oku، نويسنده , , T. and Ootani، نويسنده , , W. and Otani، نويسنده , , Vincent C. and Shimizu، نويسنده , , H.M and Takizawa، نويسنده , , Y. and Watanabe، نويسنده , , H. and Morimoto، نويسنده , , K. and Tokanai، نويسنده , , F.، نويسنده ,
Pages
5
From page
206
To page
210
Abstract
Instantaneous switching to the voltage state of a superconducting tunnel junction (STJ) following a decrease in the critical current induced by a heavy ion beam was observed by introducing 40Ar particles with a kinetic energy of 95 MeV/nucleon into an Nb/Al–AlOx/Nb STJ. The particle detection by using this rapid switching of STJ could realize fast timing measurements at the level of ps.
Keywords
Superconducting tunnel junctions , detector , Heavy ions
Journal title
Astroparticle Physics
Record number
2013976
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