Useful Papers

Here are some links to a few papers relevant to the areas of TES and Dark Matter. You can download them in pdf format.

Dark Matter Searches

• Review of Current and Future Direct Detection Dark Matter Experiments by Rick Gaitskell

Calorimeters and Transition Edge Sensors

• Quantum Calorimetry: Online (html) paper by Caroline Kilbourne Stahle, Dan McCammon, and Kent D. Irwin
• Microcalorimeters as X-ray Spectrometers: A brief description of the state os TES based uCals for x-ray spectrometry
• Thermal Diffusion: Effects of thermal diffusion in uCal absorber on energy resolution

TES Operating Principles

• Derivation equations governing TES operating principles from AJM Thesis
• Derivation equations governing TES operating principles from EFF Thesis