Design and characterization of a phonon-mediated cryogenic particle detector with an eV-scale threshold and 100 keV-scale dynamic range
@article{Ren2021DesignAC, title={Design and characterization of a phonon-mediated cryogenic particle detector with an eV-scale threshold and 100 keV-scale dynamic range}, author={R. Ren and Corey Bathurst and Yen-Yung Chang and R. Chen and C. W. Fink and Z Hong and N. A. Kurinsky and Nicholas Mast and Neha Mishra and Valentina Novati and G. Spahn and H. Meyer Zu Theenhausen and S. L. Watkins and Z. Williams and M. J. Wilson and A. I. Zaytsev and Daniel A. Bauer and R. Bunker and E. Figueroa-Feliciano and Matthew I. Hollister and Lauren Hsu and P. Lukens and Rupak Mahapatra and Nader Mirabolfathi and Brian Nebolsky and Mark Platt and Fernando A. Ponce and Matthew Pyle and Tyler Reynolds and Tarek Saab}, journal={Physical Review D}, year={2021} }
R. Ren, C. Bathurst, Y.Y. Chang, R. Chen, C.W. Fink, Z. Hong, N.A. Kurinsky, 6, ∗ N. Mast, N. Mishra, V. Novati, † G. Spahn, H. Meyer zu Theenhausen, S.L. Watkins, Z. Williams, M.J. Wilson, 9 A. Zaytsev, D. Bauer, R. Bunker, E. Figueroa-Feliciano, M. Hollister, L. Hsu, P. Lukens, R. Mahapatra, N. Mirabolfathi, B. Nebolsky, M. Platt, F. Ponce, M. Pyle, T. Reynolds, and T. Saab Department of Physics & Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-3112, USA Department of Physics…
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