TY - BOOK AU - ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Cryogenic Particle Detection T2 - Topics in Applied Physics, SN - 9783540314783 AV - QC770-798 U1 - 539.73 23 PY - 2005/// CY - Berlin, Heidelberg PB - Springer Berlin Heidelberg KW - Physics KW - Particle acceleration KW - Condensed matter KW - Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics KW - Condensed Matter KW - Physics and Applied Physics in Engineering N1 - Thermal Equilibrium Calorimeters An Introduction -- Semiconductor Thermistors -- Transition-Edge Sensors -- Metallic Magnetic Calorimeters -- Quantum Giaever Detectors -- Electron Probe Microanalysis -- Dark Matter Direct Detection -- X-Ray Astronomy and Astrophysics -- Optical/UV Astrophysics Applications of Cryogenic Detectors -- Beta Decay Experiments -- Heavy Ion Physics -- Index; ZDB-2-PHA N2 - The development of cryogenic devices for particle detection has reached a stage at which many interesting applications are conceivable and already have been demonstrated. The book provides a comprehensive review of the field of cryogenic particle detection. It introduces the different detection techniques and gives an overview of the important areas in which these detectors are successfully applied UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/b12169 ER -