X-RAYS OPERATIONS OF A THIN-FILM NBVN SUPERCONDUCTING-STRIP PARTICLE DETECTOR

Authors
PARLATO L PELUSO G PEPE G VAGLIO R ATTANASIO C RUOSI A BARBANERA S CIRILLO M LEONI R
Citation
L. Parlato et al., X-RAYS OPERATIONS OF A THIN-FILM NBVN SUPERCONDUCTING-STRIP PARTICLE DETECTOR, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 348(1), 1994, pp. 127-130
Citations number
8
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
348
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
127 - 130
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1994)348:1<127:XOOATN>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Using a current biased 2 mum wide, thin film (Nb0.8V0.2)N superconduct ing strip operated at 1.4 K, we were able to detect voltage pulses due to the superconducting to normal transition induced by a Fe-55 6 keV X-rays source. At high bias currents the estimated counting efficiency was close to 60%. The detector performance and its potential applicat ion of X-rays and minimum ionizing particles detection are discussed i n the framework of the recent literature on the subject.