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Cosmic-ray backgrounds in infrared bolometers

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Cosmic-ray events are produced in infrared detectors by energy impulses which result from the ionization trails of fast charged particles. Model calculations are compared to the pulse-amplitude spectrum observed in a balloon flight from Palestine, Texas, at an altitude of 38 km. The results are useful for understanding cosmic-ray backgrounds which occur in all applications of high sensitivity bolometers.

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Oregon, 97405, Eugene, OR, USA

    I. G. Nolt & J. V. Radostitz

  2. Istituto di Chimica Fisica e Spettroscopia, Universita di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 4, Bologna, Italy

    M. Carlotti

  3. Istituto di Ricerca sulle Onde Elettromagnetiche, CNR, Via Panciatichi 64, Firenze, Italy

    B. Carli & F. Mencaraglia

  4. Departimento di Fisica, Universita di Firenze, Largo E. Fermi 2, Arcetri, 50125, Firenze, Italy

    A. Bonetti

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Nolt, I.G., Radostitz, J.V., Carlotti, M. et al. Cosmic-ray backgrounds in infrared bolometers. Int J Infrared Milli Waves 6, 707–728 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01011948

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