The XQC microcalorimeter sounding rocket: a stable LTD platform 30 seconds after rocket motor burnout

F.S Porter; R Almy; E Apodaca; E Figueroa-Feliciano; M Galeazzi; R Kelley; D McCammon; C.K Stahle; A.E Szymkowiak; W.T Sanders

doi:10.1016/S0168-9002(99)01391-1

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The XQC microcalorimeter sounding rocket: a stable LTD platform 30 seconds after rocket motor burnout

F.S Porter, R Almy, E Apodaca, E Figueroa-Feliciano, M Galeazzi, R Kelley, D McCammon, C.K Stahle, A.E Szymkowiak and W.T Sanders

Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, Vol.444(1), pp.220-223

2000

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-9002(99)01391-1

Abstract

The XQC microcalorimeter sounding rocket experiment is designed to provide a stable thermal environment for an LTD detector system within 30 s of the burnout of its second stage rocket motor. The detector system used for this instrument is a 36-pixel microcalorimeter array operated at 60 mK with a single-stage adiabatic demagnetization refrigerator (ADR). The ADR is mounted on a space-pumped liquid helium tank with vapor cooled shields which is vibration isolated from the rocket structure. We present here some of the design and performance details of this mature LTD instrument, which has just completed its third suborbital flight.

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Title: The XQC microcalorimeter sounding rocket: a stable LTD platform 30 seconds after rocket motor burnout
Creators: F.S Porter - NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
R Almy - Physics Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
E Apodaca - Physics Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
E Figueroa-Feliciano - NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
M Galeazzi - Physics Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
R Kelley - NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
D McCammon - Physics Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
C.K Stahle - NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
A.E Szymkowiak - NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
W.T Sanders - Physics Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
Publication Details: Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, Vol.444(1), pp.220-223
Publisher: Elsevier B.V
Academic Unit: College of A&S; A&S - Physics
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Record Identifier: 991031598886402976