Test of a Nb thin film superconducting detector

Conference · Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993 · IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States)

OSTI ID:5858820

Lacquaniti, V; Maggi, S ^[1]; Menichetti, E; Rinaudo, G; Vanolo, M ^[2]

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1. I.E.N. G. Ferraris, Torino (Italy)
2. Univ. di Torino (Italy). Dip. di Fisica Sperimentale I.N.F.N., Torino (Italy)

Results from tests of several Nb thin film microstrip superconducting detectors are reported. A preliminary measurement of critical radius of the hot spot generated by 5 MeV [alpha]-particles is compared with simple model predictions.

• OSTI ID: 5858820
• Report Number(s): CONF-921005-; CODEN: IETNAE
• Journal Information: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States), Vol. 40:4 part 1; Conference: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) nuclear science symposium and medical imaging conference, Orlando, FL (United States), 25-31 Oct 1992; ISSN 0018-9499
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
RADIATION DETECTORS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES
ALPHA PARTICLES
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
HOT SPOTS
NIOBIUM
THIN FILMS
CHARGED PARTICLES
DATA
ELEMENTS
FILMS
INFORMATION
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
METALS
NUMERICAL DATA
TESTING
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
440101* - Radiation Instrumentation- General Detectors or Monitors & Radiometric Instruments
665412 - Superconducting Devices- (1992-)