First astronomical application of a cryogenic transition edge sensor spectrophotometer

R. W. Romani; A. J. Miller; B. Cabrera; E. Figueroa-Feliciano; S. W. Nam

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First astronomical application of a cryogenic transition edge sensor spectrophotometer

R. W. Romani^*, A. J. Miller, B. Cabrera, E. Figueroa-Feliciano, S. W. Nam

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Abstract

We report on the first astronomical observations with a photon-counting pixel detector that provides arrival time (δt = 100 ns) and energy (δE_γ ≤ 0.15 eV) resolved measurements from the near-IR through the near UV. Our test observations were performed by coupling this transition edge sensor device to a 0.6 m telescope; we have obtained the first simultaneous optical near-IR phase-resolved spectra of the Crab pulsar. A varying infrared turnover gives evidence of self-absorption in the pulsar plasma. The potential of such detectors in imaging arrays from a space platform is briefly described.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	L153-L156
Journal	Astrophysical Journal
Volume	521
Issue number	2 PART 2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/312202
State	Published - Aug 20 1999

Funding

This work was supported in part by grants from NASA (NAG5-3775 and NAG5-3263), from the DOE (DE-FG03-90ER40569), and from the Research Corporation; devices were fabricated in the Stanford Nanofabrication Facility. We thank Kent Irwin and John Martinis of NIST for continued collaboration on TES and SQUID technology.

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Instrumentation: detectors

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Astronomy and Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science

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