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Title: Single-Electron and Single-Photon Sensitivity with a Silicon Skipper CCD

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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
OSTI Identifier:
1394868
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1367900; OSTI ID: 1416927
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB-17-183-AE-E-PPD; YITP-SB-16-25; CERN-TH-2017-114; arXiv:1706.00028
Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007; PRLTAO; 131802
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0008061; AC02-05CH11231; AC02-07CH11359
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Physical Review Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Volume: 119 Journal Issue: 13; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS

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Tiffenberg, Javier, Sofo-Haro, Miguel, Drlica-Wagner, Alex, Essig, Rouven, Guardincerri, Yann, Holland, Steve, Volansky, Tomer, and Yu, Tien-Tien. Single-Electron and Single-Photon Sensitivity with a Silicon Skipper CCD. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.131802.
Tiffenberg, Javier, Sofo-Haro, Miguel, Drlica-Wagner, Alex, Essig, Rouven, Guardincerri, Yann, Holland, Steve, Volansky, Tomer, & Yu, Tien-Tien. Single-Electron and Single-Photon Sensitivity with a Silicon Skipper CCD. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.131802
Tiffenberg, Javier, Sofo-Haro, Miguel, Drlica-Wagner, Alex, Essig, Rouven, Guardincerri, Yann, Holland, Steve, Volansky, Tomer, and Yu, Tien-Tien. Tue . "Single-Electron and Single-Photon Sensitivity with a Silicon Skipper CCD". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.131802.
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title = {Single-Electron and Single-Photon Sensitivity with a Silicon Skipper CCD},
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doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.131802},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Sep 26 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Tue Sep 26 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
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