The TES-based Cryogenic AntiCoincidence Detector (CryoAC) of ATHENA X-IFU: a large area silicon microcalorimeter for background particles detection
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| author | D'Andrea, M. Macculi, C. Lotti, S. Piro, L. Argan, A. Minervini, G. Torrioli, G. Chiarello, F. Barusso, L. Ferrari Celasco, E. Gallucci, G. Gatti, F. Grosso, D. Rigano, M. Brienza, D. Cavazzuti, E. Volpe, A. |
| author_facet | D'Andrea, M. Macculi, C. Lotti, S. Piro, L. Argan, A. Minervini, G. Torrioli, G. Chiarello, F. Barusso, L. Ferrari Celasco, E. Gallucci, G. Gatti, F. Grosso, D. Rigano, M. Brienza, D. Cavazzuti, E. Volpe, A. |
| contents | We are developing the Cryogenic AntiCoincidence detector (CryoAC) of the ATHENA X-IFU spectrometer. It is a TES-based particle detector aimed to reduce the background of the instrument. Here, we present the result obtained with the last CryoAC single-pixel prototype. It is based on a 1 cm2 silicon absorber sensed by a single 2mm x 1mm Ir/Au TES, featuring an on-chip heater for calibration and diagnostic purposes. We have illuminated the sample with 55Fe (6 keV line) and 241Am (60 keV line) radioactive sources, thus studying the detector response and the heater calibration accuracy at low energy. Furthermore, we have operated the sample in combination with a past-generation CryoAC prototype. Here, by analyzing the coincident detections between the two detectors, we have been able to characterize the background spectrum of the laboratory environment and disentangle the primary (i.e. cosmic muons) and secondaries (mostly secondary photons and electrons) signatures in the spectral shape. |
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| spellingShingle | The TES-based Cryogenic AntiCoincidence Detector (CryoAC) of ATHENA X-IFU: a large area silicon microcalorimeter for background particles detection D'Andrea, M. Macculi, C. Lotti, S. Piro, L. Argan, A. Minervini, G. Torrioli, G. Chiarello, F. Barusso, L. Ferrari Celasco, E. Gallucci, G. Gatti, F. Grosso, D. Rigano, M. Brienza, D. Cavazzuti, E. Volpe, A. Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Instrumentation and Detectors We are developing the Cryogenic AntiCoincidence detector (CryoAC) of the ATHENA X-IFU spectrometer. It is a TES-based particle detector aimed to reduce the background of the instrument. Here, we present the result obtained with the last CryoAC single-pixel prototype. It is based on a 1 cm2 silicon absorber sensed by a single 2mm x 1mm Ir/Au TES, featuring an on-chip heater for calibration and diagnostic purposes. We have illuminated the sample with 55Fe (6 keV line) and 241Am (60 keV line) radioactive sources, thus studying the detector response and the heater calibration accuracy at low energy. Furthermore, we have operated the sample in combination with a past-generation CryoAC prototype. Here, by analyzing the coincident detections between the two detectors, we have been able to characterize the background spectrum of the laboratory environment and disentangle the primary (i.e. cosmic muons) and secondaries (mostly secondary photons and electrons) signatures in the spectral shape. |
| title | The TES-based Cryogenic AntiCoincidence Detector (CryoAC) of ATHENA X-IFU: a large area silicon microcalorimeter for background particles detection |
| topic | Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Instrumentation and Detectors |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.10827 |