
Cryogenic Particle Detection
Christian Enss(Editor)
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 12. February 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
XVI, 510 pages
978-3-642-05758-8 (ISBN)
Description
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 techniques and gives an overview of the important areas in which these detectors are successfully applied.
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Series
Edition
Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2005
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
XVI, 510 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
791 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-642-05758-8 (9783642057588)
DOI
10.1007/b12169
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Content
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.