Particle Response of Antenna-Coupled TES Arrays: Results from SPIDERÂ and the Laboratory

• Published in: Journal of Low Temperature Physics
• Main Authors: Osherson, B., Filippini, J. P., Fu, J., Gramillano, R. V., Gualtieri, R, Shaw, E. C., Ade, P. A. R., Amiri, M., Benton, S. J., Bock, J. J., Bond, J. R., Bryan, S. A., Chiang, H. C., Contaldi, C. R., Doré, O., Fraisse, A. A., Gambrel, A. E., Gandilo, N. N., Gudmundsson, J. E., Halpern, M., Hartley, J. W., Hasselfield, M., Hilton, G. C., Holmes, W. A., Hristov, V. V., Irwin, K. D., Jones, W. C., Kermish, Z. D., Mason, P. V., Megerian, K., Moncelsi, L., Morford, T. A., Nagy, J. M., Netterfield, C. B., Padilla, I.L., Rahlin, A. S., Reintsema, C., Ruhl, J. E., Runyan, M. C., Shariff, J. A., Soler, J. D., Trangsrud, A., Tucker, C., Tucker, R. S., Turner, A. D., Weber, A. C., Wiebe, D. V., Young, E. Y.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Springer 2020
• Subjects: Antarctic; Canada; Norway; Antarc*; Antarctica; British Antarctic Survey
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-020-02415-4

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. © 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. Accepted Version - 2002.05771.pdf