@article{dc61ded527504548a6120af536f7c418,
title = "Micro-X Sounding Rocket: Transitioning from First Flight to a Dark Matter Configuration",
abstract = "The Micro-X sounding rocket flew for the first time on July 22, 2018, becoming the first program to fly Transition-Edge Sensors and multiplexing SQUID readout electronics in space. While a rocket pointing failure led to no time on-target, the success of the flight systems was demonstrated. The successful flight operation of the instrument puts the program in a position to modify the payload for indirect galactic dark matter searches. The payload modifications are motivated by the science requirements of this observation. Micro-X can achieve world-leading sensitivity in the keV regime with a single flight. Dark matter sensitivity projections have been updated to include recent observations and the expected sensitivity of Micro-X to these observed fluxes. If a signal is seen (as seen in the X-ray satellites), Micro-X can differentiate an atomic line from a dark matter signature.",
keywords = "Dark matter, Sounding rocket, Sterile neutrino, TES, X-ray",
author = "Adams, {J. S.} and Anderson, {A. J.} and R. Baker and Bandler, {S. R.} and N. Bastidon and D. Castro and Danowski, {M. E.} and Doriese, {W. B.} and Eckart, {M. E.} and E. Figueroa-Feliciano and Goldfinger, {D. C.} and Heine, {S. N.T.} and Hilton, {G. C.} and Hubbard, {A. J.F.} and Kelley, {R. L.} and Kilbourne, {C. A.} and Manzagol-Harwood, {R. E.} and D. McCammon and T. Okajima and Porter, {F. S.} and Reintsema, {C. D.} and P. Serlemitsos and Smith, {S. J.} and P. Wikus",
note = "Funding Information: We gratefully acknowledge the technical support of Travis Coffroad, Ken Simms, Ernie Buchanan, Tomomi Watanabe, Kurt Jaehnig, Sam Gabelt, John Bussan, Frank Lantz, George Winkert, and the WFF team. Micro-X operates under NASA Grant 80NSSC18K1445. Part of this work was performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under Contract DE-AC52-07NA27344. Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Funding Information: We gratefully acknowledge the technical support of Travis Coffroad, Ken Simms, Ernie Buchanan, Tomomi Watanabe, Kurt Jaehnig, Sam Gabelt, John Bussan, Frank Lantz, George Winkert, and the WFF team. Micro-X operates under NASA Grant 80NSSC18K1445. Part of this work was performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under Contract DE-AC52-07NA27344.",
year = "2020",
month = may,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1007/s10909-019-02307-2",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "199",
pages = "1072--1081",
journal = "Journal of Low Temperature Physics",
issn = "0022-2291",
publisher = "Springer New York",
number = "3-4",
}