Cryogenic Particle Detection

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Enss, Christian (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: Topics in Applied Physics, 99
• Subjects: Physics.; Particle acceleration.; Condensed matter.; Engineering.; Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Engineering, general.

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 tech...

Table of Contents:

• Thermal Equilibrium Calorimeters – An Introduction
• Semiconductor Thermistors
• Transition-Edge Sensors
• Metallic Magnetic Calorimeters
• Quantum Giaever Detectors
• Electron Probe Microanalysis
• Dark Matter Direct Detection
• X-Ray Astronomy and Astrophysics
• Optical/UV Astrophysics Applications of Cryogenic Detectors
• Beta Decay Experiments
• Heavy Ion Physics
• Index.