EURECA: European-Japanese microcalorimeter array

P. Korte (Corresponding Author), J. Anquita, F. Bakker, X. Barcons, P. Bastia, J. Beyer, D. Boersma, F. Briones, M Bruijn, J. Bussons, A. Camòn, F. Carrera, M. Ceballos, L. Colasanti, D. Drung, L. Fabrega, L. Ferrari, F. Gatti, R. Gonzalez-Arrabal, L. GottardiW. Hajdas, Panu Helistö, J.W. den Herder, H. Hoevers, Y. Ishisaki, Mikko Kiviranta, J. van Der Kuur, C. Macculi, A. Mchedlishvili, K. Mitsuda, B. Monna, R. Mossel, T. Ohashi, S. Pantali, M. Parra, L. Piro, R. Rohlfs, J. Sésé, Y. Takei, G. Torrioli, H. van Weers, N. Yamasaki

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    Abstract

    The EURECA project aims to demonstrate technological readiness of a micro-calorimeter array for application in future X-ray astronomy missions, like Constellation-X, EDGE, and XEUS. The prototype instrument consists of a 5 × 5 pixel array of TES-based micro-calorimeters read out by two SQUID-amplifier channels using frequency-domain-multiplexing (FDM) with digital base-band feedback. The detector array is cooled by a cryogen-free cryostat consisting of a pulse tube cooler and a two stage ADR. Initial tests of the system at the PTB beam line of the BESSY synchrotron showed stable performance and an X-ray energy resolution of 1.5 eV at 250 eV for read-out of one TES-pixel only. Next step is deployment of FDM to read-out the full array. Full performance demonstration is expected end 2008.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)733-739
    Number of pages7
    JournalJournal of Low Temperature Physics
    Volume151
    Issue number3-4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2008
    MoE publication typeNot Eligible

    Funding

    This work was financially supported by the Dutch Organization for Scientific Re-

    Keywords

    • Frequency-domain-multiplexing
    • Transition edge sensors
    • X-ray microcalorimeters

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