Cryogenic Particle Detection - Topics in Applied Physics Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2005 edition

Marc Notes: This text provides a comprehensive review of the field of cryogenic particle detection. It introduces the different detection techniques and gives an overview of the important areas in which these detectors are successfully applied. Table of Contents: Thermal Equilibrium Calorimeters An Introduction.- Semiconductor Thermistors.- Transition-Edge Sensors.- Metallic Magnetic Calorimeters.- Quantum Giaever Detectors.- Electron Probe Microanalysis.- Dark Matter Direct Detection.- X-Ray Astronomy and Astrophysics.- Optical/UV Astrophysics Applications of Cryogenic Detectors .- Beta Decay Experiments.- Heavy Ion Physics.- Index."