Title :
Particle pulses from superconducting aluminum tunnel junction detectors
Author :
Stricker, D.A. ; Bing, D.D. ; Bland, R.W. ; Dickson, S.C. ; Dignan, T.D. ; Johnson, R.T. ; Lockhart, J.M. ; Laws, K. ; Simon, M.W. ; Watson, R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., San Francisco State Univ., CA, USA
fDate :
3/1/1991 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Superconducting aluminum tunnel junctions have been developed for use as particle detectors. Results on the static characteristics of these devices and from tests of these detectors with 6-keV X-rays are presented. An extrapolation of the properties of these detectors to one suitable for dark-matter detectors is discussed
Keywords :
X-ray detection and measurement; aluminium; superconducting junction devices; 6 keV; Al tunnel junctions; X-rays; dark-matter detectors; particle detectors; particle pulses; static characteristics; superconducting junction detectors; Aluminum; Cryogenics; Josephson junctions; Semiconductor counters; Superconducting transition temperature; Temperature measurement; Testing; Wires; X-ray detection; X-ray detectors;
Journal_Title :
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
