SENSITIVE GERMANIUM THERMISTORS FOR CRYOGENIC THERMAL DETECTOR OF TOKYO DARK-MATTER SEARCH PROGRAM

Authors
OOTANI W ITO Y NISHIGAKI K KISHIMOTO Y MINOWA M OOTUKA Y
Citation
W. Ootani et al., SENSITIVE GERMANIUM THERMISTORS FOR CRYOGENIC THERMAL DETECTOR OF TOKYO DARK-MATTER SEARCH PROGRAM, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 372(3), 1996, pp. 534-538
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
372
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
534 - 538
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1996)372:3<534:SGTFCT>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Sensitive n-type and p-type germanium thermistors were fabricated by t he melt doping technique and by the neutron transmutation doping (NTD) technique, respectively, aiming at the use for cryogenic thermal dete ctor, or bolometer of Tokyo dark matter search programme. We report on the measurements of the sensitivities of these thermistors. In partic ular, the p-type thermistors are sensitive enough to scale up our exis ting prototype LiF bolometer and realize a multiple array of the bolom eters with the total absorber mass of about 1 kg.