Cryogenic Particle Detection / Edition 1

by Christian Enss

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783642057588
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	12/16/2010
Series:	Topics in Applied Physics , #99
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2005
Pages:	510
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.20(d)

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.