Published May 2020 | Version Accepted Version
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Particle Response of Antenna-Coupled TES Arrays: Results from SPIDER and the Laboratory

  • 1. ROR icon University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • 2. ROR icon Cardiff University
  • 3. ROR icon University of British Columbia
  • 4. ROR icon Princeton University
  • 5. ROR icon California Institute of Technology
  • 6. ROR icon Jet Propulsion Lab
  • 7. ROR icon Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics
  • 8. ROR icon Arizona State University
  • 9. ROR icon McGill University
  • 10. ROR icon Imperial College London
  • 11. ROR icon University of Chicago
  • 12. ROR icon University of Toronto
  • 13. ROR icon Stockholm University
  • 14. ROR icon Pennsylvania State University
  • 15. ROR icon National Institute of Standards and Technology
  • 16. ROR icon Stanford University
  • 17. ROR icon SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
  • 18. ROR icon Case Western Reserve University
  • 19. ROR icon Johns Hopkins University
  • 20. ROR icon Fermilab
  • 21. ROR icon Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
  • 22. ROR icon Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology

Abstract

Future mm-wave and sub-mm space missions will employ large arrays of multiplexed transition-edge-sensor (TES) bolometers. Such instruments must contend with the high flux of cosmic rays beyond our atmosphere that induce 'glitches' in bolometer data, which posed a challenge to data analysis from the Planck bolometers. Future instruments will face the additional challenges of shared substrate wafers and multiplexed readout wiring. In this work, we explore the susceptibility of modern TES arrays to the cosmic ray environment of space using two data sets: the 2015 long-duration balloon flight of the SPIDER cosmic microwave background polarimeter, and a laboratory exposure of SPIDER flight hardware to radioactive sources. We find manageable glitch rates and short glitch durations, leading to minimal effect on SPIDER analysis. We constrain energy propagation within the substrate through a study of multi-detector coincidences and give a preliminary look at pulse shapes in laboratory data.

Additional Information

© 2020 Springer Nature. Received 31 August 2019. Accepted 15 February 2020. Published 13 March 2020. This work is supported by NASA's Strategic Astrophysics Technology program (14-SAT14-0009, 16-SAT16-0002). SPIDER is supported by in the USA by NASA (NNX07AL64G, NNX12AE95G, NNX17AC55G) and NSF (PLR-1043515); in Canada by NSERC and CSA; as well as by the Research Council of Norway, the Swedish Research Council, and the Packard Foundation. Logistical support in Antarctica is supported by the NSF through the US Antarctic Program. The collaboration is grateful to the British Antarctic Survey, particularly Sam Burrell, for invaluable assistance with data and payload recovery after the 2015 flight.

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Alternative title
Particle response of antenna-coupled TES arrays: results from SPIDER and the lab

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101905
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Funding

NASA
14-SAT14-0009
NASA
16-SAT16-0002
NASA
NNX07AL64G
NASA
NNX12AE95G
NASA
NNX17AC55G
NSF
PLR-1043515
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
Canadian Space Agency (CSA)
Research Council of Norway
Swedish Research Council
David and Lucile Packard Foundation

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2020-03-16
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