A review of x-ray microcalorimeters based on superconducting transition edge sensors for astrophysics and particle physics

L Gottardi, K Nagayashi - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The state-of-the-art technology of X-ray microcalorimeters based on superconducting
transition-edge sensors (TESs), for applications in astrophysics and particle physics, is …

[HTML][HTML] Soft X-ray spectroscopy with transition-edge sensors at Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource beamline 10-1

SJ Lee, CJ Titus, R Alonso Mori, ML Baker… - Review of Scientific …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
We present results obtained with a new soft X-ray spectrometer based on transition-edge
sensors (TESs) composed of Mo/Cu bilayers coupled to bismuth absorbers. This …

Measurements of strong-interaction effects in kaonic-helium isotopes at sub-ev precision with x-ray microcalorimeters

T Hashimoto, S Aikawa, T Akaishi, H Asano, M Bazzi… - Physical review …, 2022 - APS
We have measured the 3 d→ 2 p transition x rays of kaonic He 3 and He 4 atoms using
superconducting transition-edge-sensor microcalorimeters with an energy resolution better …

Development of a Ti/Au TES microcalorimeter array as a backup sensor for the Athena/X-IFU instrument

K Nagayoshi, ML Ridder, MP Bruijn, L Gottardi… - Journal of Low …, 2020 - Springer
We are developing a transition edge sensor (TES) microcalorimeter array based on a Ti/Au
superconducting bilayer, as a backup option for the X-IFU instrument on the Athena X-ray …

High aspect ratio transition edge sensors for x-ray spectrometry

M De Wit, L Gottardi, E Taralli, K Nagayoshi… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
We are developing large Transition Edge Sensor (TES) arrays in combination with a
frequency domain multiplexing readout for the next generation of X-ray space observatories …

[HTML][HTML] A transition-edge sensor-based x-ray spectrometer for the study of highly charged ions at the National Institute of Standards and Technology electron beam …

P Szypryt, GC O'Neil, E Takacs, JN Tan… - Review of Scientific …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
We report on the design, commissioning, and initial measurements of a Transition-Edge
Sensor (TES) x-ray spectrometer for the Electron Beam Ion Trap (EBIT) at the National …

A tabletop x-ray tomography instrument for nanometer-scale imaging: demonstration of the 1,000-element transition-edge sensor subarray

P Szypryt, N Nakamura, DT Becker… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We report on the 1,000-element transition-edge sensor (TES) x-ray spectrometer
implementation of the TOMographic Circuit Analysis Tool (TOMCAT). TOMCAT combines a …

Broadband high-energy resolution hard x-ray spectroscopy using transition edge sensors at SPring-8

S Yamada, Y Ichinohe, H Tatsuno… - Review of Scientific …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
We have succeeded in operating a transition-edge sensor (TES) spectrometer and
evaluating its performance at the SPring-8 synchrotron x-ray light source. The TES …

Absolute energies and emission line shapes of the L x-ray transitions of lanthanide metals

JW Fowler, GC O'Neil, BK Alpert, DA Bennett… - Metrologia, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We use an array of transition-edge sensors, cryogenic microcalorimeters with 4 eV energy
resolution, to measure L x-ray emission-line profiles of four elements of the lanthanide …

On low-energy tail distortions in the detector response function of X-ray microcalorimeter spectrometers

GC O'Neil, P Szypryt, E Takacs, JN Tan… - Journal of Low …, 2020 - Springer
We use narrow spectral lines from the X-ray spectra of various highly charged ions to
measure low-energy tail-like deviations from a Gaussian response function in a …