Particle response of antenna-coupled TES arrays: results from SPIDER and the laboratory
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Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Future mm-wave and sub-mm space missions will employ large arrays of multiplexed transition-edge-sensor (TES) bolometers. Such instruments must contend with the high flux of cosmic rays beyond our atmosphere that induce ‘glitches’ in bolometer data, which posed a challenge to data analysis from the Planck bolometers. Future instruments will face the additional challenges of shared substrate wafers and multiplexed readout wiring. In this work, we explore the susceptibility of modern TES arrays to the cosmic ray environment of space using two data sets: the 2015 long-duration balloon flight of the SPIDER cosmic microwave background polarimeter, and a laboratory exposure of SPIDER flight hardware to radioactive sources. We find manageable glitch rates and short glitch durations, leading to minimal effect on SPIDER analysis. We constrain energy propagation within the substrate through a study of multi-detector coincidences and give a preliminary look at pulse shapes in laboratory data.
Date Issued
2020-05-01
Date Acceptance
2020-02-15
Citation
Journal of Low Temperature Physics, 2020, 199 (3-4), pp.1127-1136
ISSN
0022-2291
Publisher
Springer
Start Page
1127
End Page
1136
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Volume
199
Issue
3-4
Copyright Statement
© Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2020. The final publication is available at Springer via https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-020-02415-4
Identifier
http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000531902200067&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Physics, Applied
Physics, Condensed Matter
Physics
Cosmic microwave background
Transition-edge sensor
Bolometer
Cosmic ray
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2020-03-13