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most citedFirst operation of Transition-Edge Sensors in space with the Micro-X sounding rocket

6 citations · 11 across the 5 of their papers we have counts for

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5 papers

astro-ph.IM2025

Characterization of a TES-based Anti-Coincidence Detector for Future Large Field-of-View X-ray Calorimetry Missions

Samuel V. Hull, Joseph S. Adams, Simon R. Bandler +22

Microcalorimeter instruments aboard future X-ray observatories will require an anti-coincidence (anti-co) detector to veto charged particle events and reduce the non-X-ray backgrou…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 2 cited

First Flight Performance of the Micro-X Microcalorimeter X-Ray Sounding Rocket

Joseph S. Adams, Robert Baker, Simon R. Bandler +28

The flight of the Micro-X sounding rocket on July 22, 2018 marked the first operation of Transition-Edge Sensors and their SQUID readouts in space. The instrument combines the micr…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 1 cited

Micro-X Sounding Rocket Payload Re-flight Progress

J. S. Adams, S. R. Bandler, N. Bastidon +14

Micro-X is an X-ray sounding rocket payload that had its first flight on July 22, 2018. The goals of the first flight were to operate a transition edge sensor (TES) X-ray microcalo…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 2 cited

Modeling a Three-Stage SQUID System in Space with the First Micro-X Sounding Rocket Flight

J. S. Adams, S. R. Bandler, N. Bastidon +14

The Micro-X sounding rocket is a NASA funded X-ray telescope payload that completed its first flight on July 22, 2018. This event marked the first operation of Transition Edge Sens…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 6 cited

First operation of Transition-Edge Sensors in space with the Micro-X sounding rocket

J. S. Adams, R. Baker, S. R. Bandler +21

With its first flight in 2018, Micro-X became the first program to fly Transition-Edge Sensors and their SQUID readouts in space. The science goal was a high-resolution, spatially…