EURECA: a European-Japanese micro-calorimeter array

Piet A. J. de Korte; Jose V. Anquita; Xavier Barcons; Paolo Bastia; Joern Beyer; Fernando Briones; Chris Brockley Blatt; Marcel Bruijn; Javier Bussons; Augustin Camon; M. Teresa Ceballos; Dietmar Drung; Christian Enns; Lourdes Fabrega; George Fraser; Flavio Gatti; Luciano Gottardi; Wojtek Hajdas; Panu Helistö; Ian Hepburn; Jan-Willem den Herder; Henk Hoevers; Yoshitaka Ishisaki; Mikko Kiviranta; Jan van der Kuur; Aliko Mchedlishvili; Kazu Mitsuda; Luigi Piro; Javier Sese; Noriko Yamasaki; Chris Whitford

doi:10.1117/12.672971

13 June 2006 EURECA: a European-Japanese micro-calorimeter array

Piet A. J. de Korte, Jose V. Anquita, Xavier Barcons, Paolo Bastia, Joern Beyer, Fernando Briones, Chris Brockley Blatt, Marcel Bruijn, Javier Bussons, Augustin Camon, M. Teresa Ceballos, Dietmar Drung, Christian Enns, Lourdes Fabrega, George Fraser, Flavio Gatti, Luciano Gottardi, Wojtek Hajdas, Panu Helistö, Ian Hepburn, Jan-Willem den Herder, Henk Hoevers, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Mikko Kiviranta, Jan van der Kuur, Aliko Mchedlishvili, Kazu Mitsuda, Luigi Piro, Javier Sese, Noriko Yamasaki, Chris Whitford

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Proceedings Volume 6266, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation II: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 62661Z (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.672971
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2006, Orlando, Florida , United States

Abstract

EURECA (EURopean-JapanEse Calorimeter Array) comprises a 5 x 5 pixel imaging TES-based micro-calorimeter array read-out by SQUID-based frequency-domain-multiplexed electronics and cooled down by an adiabatic demagnetization refrigerator. A European-Japanese consortium designs, fabricates, and tests this prototype instrument with the aim to show within about 2 years technology readiness of a TES-based X-ray imaging micro-calorimeter array in anticipation of future X-ray astronomy missions, like XEUS (ESA), Constellation-X (NASA), NEXT (JAXA), DIOS (JAXA), ESTREMO (ASI), and NEW (Dutch-multinational). This paper describes the instrument concept, and shows the design of the various sub-units, like the TES detector array, LC-filters, SQUID-amplifiers, flux-locked-loop electronics, AC-bias sources, etc.

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Piet A. J. de Korte, Jose V. Anquita, Xavier Barcons, Paolo Bastia, Joern Beyer, Fernando Briones, Chris Brockley Blatt, Marcel Bruijn, Javier Bussons, Augustin Camon, M. Teresa Ceballos, Dietmar Drung, Christian Enns, Lourdes Fabrega, George Fraser, Flavio Gatti, Luciano Gottardi, Wojtek Hajdas, Panu Helistö, Ian Hepburn, Jan-Willem den Herder, Henk Hoevers, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Mikko Kiviranta, Jan van der Kuur, Aliko Mchedlishvili, Kazu Mitsuda, Luigi Piro, Javier Sese, Noriko Yamasaki, and Chris Whitford "EURECA: a European-Japanese micro-calorimeter array", Proc. SPIE 6266, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation II: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 62661Z (13 June 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.672971

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