Author/Authors :
Porter، نويسنده , , F.S and Almy، نويسنده , , R and Apodaca، نويسنده , , E and Figueroa-Feliciano، نويسنده , , E and Galeazzi، نويسنده , , M and Kelley، نويسنده , , R and McCammon، نويسنده , , D and Stahle، نويسنده , , C.K and Szymkowiak، نويسنده , , A.E and Sanders، نويسنده , , W.T، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
The XQC microcalorimeter sounding rocket experiment is designed to provide a stable thermal environment for an LTD detector system within 30 s of the burnout of its second stage rocket motor. The detector system used for this instrument is a 36-pixel microcalorimeter array operated at 60 mK with a single-stage adiabatic demagnetization refrigerator (ADR). The ADR is mounted on a space-pumped liquid helium tank with vapor cooled shields which is vibration isolated from the rocket structure. We present here some of the design and performance details of this mature LTD instrument, which has just completed its third suborbital flight.
