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Position Sensitive MicrocalorimetersA Position Sensitive Transition-Edge Sensor (PoST) is a microcalorimeter device capable of one-dimensional imaging spectroscopy. The device consists of two Transition-Edge Sensors (TESs) connected to the ends of a long X-ray absorbing strip. The energy of a photon hitting the absorber and the position of the absorption event along the strip is measured from the response in the two sensors by analyzing the relative signal sizes, pulse rise times, and the sum of the pulses measured at each sensor, We report on the recent PoST effort at Goddard for applications to large field of view, high-energy- resolution, X-ray astrophysics.
Document ID
20040081291
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Sadleir, J. E. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Hammock, C. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Figueroa-Feliciano, E. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Stahle, C. K. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Bandler, S. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Saab, T. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Lindeman, M. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Porter, F. S. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Chervenak, J. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Brown, G. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 21, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2004
Subject Category
Instrumentation And Photography
Meeting Information
Meeting: SPIE Meeting
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Country: United Kingdom
Start Date: June 21, 2004
End Date: June 25, 2004
Sponsors: International Society for Optical Engineering
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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