6 papers
Phenomenological Modeling of the Ho Calorimetric Electron Capture Spectrum from the HOLMES Experiment
F. Ahrens, B. K. Alpert, D. T. Becker +46
We present a comprehensive phenomenological analysis of the calorimetric electron capture (EC) decay spectrum of Ho as measured by the HOLMES experiment. Using high-statist…
Nuclear Data Needs for Microcalorimetry and Non-destructive Assay
Geon-Bo Kim, Begona Aranguren-Barrado, Shamsuzzoha Basunia +5
Cryogenic microcalorimeters are state-of-the-art radiation detectors using superconducting and quantum technologies. They can resolve complex X-ray and low-energy γ-ray spectra wi…
Most stringent bound on electron neutrino mass obtained with a scalable low temperature microcalorimeter array
B. K. Alpert, M. Balata, D. T. Becker +36
The determination of the absolute neutrino mass scale remains a fundamental open question in particle physics, with profound implications for both the Standard Model and cosmology.…
Detecting and Correcting Gain Jumps in TES Microcalorimeters
Thomas A. Baker, Daniel T. Becker, Joseph W. Fowler +3
Arrays of microcalorimeters based on transition-edge sensors (TESs) are being actively deployed to laboratories all over the world. A TES microcalorimeter array produces very large…
In-Flight Performance of Spider's 280 GHz Receivers
Elle C. Shaw, P. A. R. Ade, S. Akers +84
SPIDER is a balloon-borne instrument designed to map the cosmic microwave background at degree-angular scales in the presence of Galactic foregrounds. SPIDER has mapped a large sky…
Towards Precision Spectroscopy of Antiprotonic Atoms for Probing Strong-field QED
Gonçalo Baptista, Shikha Rathi, Michael Roosa +26
PAX (antiProtonic Atom X-ray spectroscopy) is a new experiment with the aim to test strong-field quantum electrodynamics (QED) effects by performing high-precision x-ray spectrosco…