Thermal KIDs
The project aims to develop superconducting microwave microresonators (MKIDs) applied to neutrino physics has brought our focus to pursue the development of these very promising detectors used in the quasi-thermal equilibrium mode.
Low Temperature Detectors for Neutrino Physics
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Advanced background discrimination techniques
To improve the sensibility of many of our experiments we need to reduce the background. For this purpose we are developing new techniques.
Microresonators for neutrino physics
We are running a project to develop new particle detectors based on the superconducting microwave microresonator technique. These low temperature detectors are very sensitive devices compatible with large-scale multiplexed frequency domain read-out. They are sensitive to the energy absorbed through a characteristic property of superconductors subjected to an electromagnetic field: the kinetic inductance, which is related to the kinetic energy stored by the Cooper pairs in their motion within the superconductor. The faint binding energy of the Cooper pairs (order of the meVs) make the theoretical energy resolution extremely good.
High energy X-ray spectroscopy
Low temperature microcalorimeters can be designed for high energy X-ray spectroscopy. Such detectors may have an impact in many frontier fields like have astrophysics, material analysis, nuclear safety and diagnostic, archaeometry, and quantum communication.
Beta Environmental Fine Structure
The Beta Environmental Fine Structure (BEFS) is a modulation of the electron emission probability due to the atomic and molecular surrounding of the decaying nucleus: it is explained by the wave structure of the electron in analogy with EXAFS. It has been suggested that this sensitivity of the beta decay to the atomic environment could be exploited for analytical purposes.