Dr. Norman W. Madden Profile

Dr. Norman W. Madden

at Lawrence Livermore National Lab

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | June 13, 2006

Pre-flight calibration of the prototype Nuclear Compton Telescope

Proc. SPIE. 6266, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation II: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Sensors, Calibration, Germanium, Data acquisition, Monte Carlo methods, Spectral resolution, Gamma radiation, Cesium, Prototyping

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | September 14, 2005

A prototype experiment for cooperative monitoring of nuclear reactors with cubic meter scale antineutrino detectors

Proc. SPIE. 5923, Penetrating Radiation Systems and Applications VII

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Calibration, Scintillators, Hydrogen, Data acquisition, Muons, Uranium, Plutonium, Prototyping, Liquids

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | August 18, 2005

First results from the balloon flight of the NCT prototype

Proc. SPIE. 5898, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XIV

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Electronics, Polarization, Sensors, Calibration, Imaging spectroscopy, Space telescopes, Spectral resolution, Analog electronics, Prototyping

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | February 3, 2004

Preliminary laboratory performance of the NCT prototype flight electronics

Proc. SPIE. 5165, X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy XIII

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Electronics, Polarization, Sensors, Calibration, Germanium, Imaging spectroscopy, Spectral resolution, Optical instrument design, Prototyping

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | March 11, 2003

Upcoming balloon flight of the nuclear Compton telescope

Proc. SPIE. 4851, X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Telescopes and Instruments for Astronomy

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Polarization, Sensors, Germanium, Space telescopes, Spectral resolution, Gamma radiation, Spatial resolution, Optical instrument design, Prototyping

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | March 11, 2003

B-MINE, the balloon-borne microcalorimeter nuclear line explorer

Proc. SPIE. 4851, X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Telescopes and Instruments for Astronomy

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Multilayers, Sensors, X-rays, Calcium, Reflectivity, Data acquisition, Spectral resolution, X-ray telescopes, Astrophysics

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | March 11, 2003

Modeling the energy thermalization of x-ray photons in a microcalorimeter with superconducting absorber

Proc. SPIE. 4851, X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Telescopes and Instruments for Astronomy

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Photons, X-rays, Superconductors, Spectral resolution, Phonons, Thermal modeling, Quasiparticles, Tin, Absorption

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | January 10, 2003

3D positioning germanium detectors for gamma-ray astronomy

Proc. SPIE. 4784, X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Detectors and Applications IV

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Electronics, Sensors, Calibration, Electrodes, Germanium, Monte Carlo methods, Spectral resolution, Signal detection, Prototyping

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | December 18, 2001

Germanium orthogonal strip detector system for gamma-ray imaging

Proc. SPIE. 4507, Hard X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Detector Physics III

KEYWORDS: Electronics, Imaging systems, Sensors, Spectroscopy, Photons, Germanium, Signal processing, Gamma radiation, Gamma ray imaging, Signal detection

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | December 13, 2000

NTD germanium-based microcalorimeters for hard x-ray spectroscopy

Proc. SPIE. 4140, X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy XI

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Spectroscopy, X-rays, Germanium, Calcium, Spectral resolution, Connectors, Astrophysics, Hard x-rays, Tin

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | December 13, 2000

Cyclone Hard X-Ray Observatory

Proc. SPIE. 4140, X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy XI

KEYWORDS: Observatories, Electronics, Modulation, Sensors, Satellites, Imaging spectroscopy, Spectral resolution, Spatial resolution, Space operations, Hard x-rays

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | October 22, 1999

Toward a 2-eV microcalorimeter x-ray spectrometer for Constellation-X

Proc. SPIE. 3765, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy X

KEYWORDS: Semiconductors, Sensors, Spectroscopy, X-rays, Germanium, Silicon, Superconductors, Interference (communication), Phonons, Quasiparticles

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | November 2, 1998

High-Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (HESSI) Small Explorer mission for the next (2000) solar maximum

Proc. SPIE. 3442, Missions to the Sun II

KEYWORDS: Solar energy, Sun, Sensors, X-rays, Electrons, Ions, Imaging spectroscopy, Spatial resolution, Space operations, Hard x-rays

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | November 25, 1996

High-Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (HESSI)

Proc. SPIE. 2804, Missions to the Sun

KEYWORDS: Solar energy, Sensors, Spectroscopy, X-rays, Germanium, Electrons, Ions, Imaging spectroscopy, Gamma radiation, Hard x-rays

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | October 18, 1996

Laboratory tests and simulations of pulse shape discrimination (PSD) technique for background reduction in germanium gamma-ray detectors

Proc. SPIE. 2806, Gamma-Ray and Cosmic-Ray Detectors, Techniques, and Missions

KEYWORDS: Electronics, Sensors, Germanium, Spectrometers, Monte Carlo methods, Shape analysis, Gamma radiation, Space operations, Signal detection, Atmospheric particles

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | October 8, 1992

High-resolution gamma-ray and hard x-ray spectrometer for long-duration balloon flights

Proc. SPIE. 1743, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy III

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Spectroscopy, X-rays, Germanium, Collimators, Gamma radiation, X-ray astronomy, Signal detection, Hard x-rays, Solar processes

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | October 8, 1992

Superconducting tunnel-junction x-ray detectors with niobium absorbers and aluminum quasi-particle traps

Proc. SPIE. 1743, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy III

KEYWORDS: Astronomy, Sensors, X-rays, Resistance, Superconductors, Aluminum, Niobium, X-ray astronomy, X-ray detectors, Quasiparticles

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | October 8, 1992

Feasibility of KTa1-xNbxO3 as a dielectric or pyroelectric microcalorimeter

Proc. SPIE. 1743, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy III

KEYWORDS: Light emitting diodes, Sensors, X-rays, Dielectrics, Capacitance, Extreme ultraviolet, Gamma radiation, X-ray astronomy, Dielectric polarization, Temperature metrology

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | November 1, 1990

Test results of a prototype dielectric microcalorimeter

Proc. SPIE. 1344, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Particles, X-rays, Dielectrics, Capacitance, Extreme ultraviolet, Gamma radiation, X-ray astronomy, Signal detection, Temperature metrology

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | November 1, 1990

X-ray microcalorimeters with germanium-resistance thermometers

Proc. SPIE. 1344, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy

KEYWORDS: Gold, Sensors, X-rays, Germanium, Resistance, Superconductors, Niobium, X-ray detectors, Temperature metrology, Absorption

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