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Development of TES Microcalorimeters with Solar-Axion Converter

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Several issues in developing transition edge sensor (TES) microcalorimeters for the search of monochromatic solar axions expected at 14.4 keV are studied. The potential problem of developing TES’s of this purpose is in that an axion absorber of \(^{57}\)Fe must be placed in close vicinity of a TES. We estimated the minimum distance to avoid magnetic interference from iron using magnetic FEM simulations, and found it 30 \(\upmu \)m for an iron of 5 \(\upmu \)m thickness. We fabricated a TES with a 10 \(\upmu \)m thick iron membrane separated by 60 \(\upmu \)m. We confirmed the superconducting transition for this TES. However, both the residual normal resistance and the transition temperature was different from those of TES without iron. We also estimated the low-temperature thermal conductivity of an iron membrane by measuring the low-temperature electrical resistance and by applying the Wiedemann–Franz law. We estimated the pulse-shape dependency on the interaction position within the \(^{57}\)Fe converted using thermal FEM simulations. We found that the pulse-shape variations will limit the energy resolution to about 30 eV FWHM.

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Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful to S. Moriyama for stimulating discussion and his suggestions about solar axion searches. This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 18H01244.

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  1. K. Maehisa

    Present address: Nippon Steel Sumitomo Metals Co., Ltd, Tokyo, Japan

  2. R. Yamamoto

    Present address: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan

  3. H. Muramatsu

    Present address: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, USA

  4. H. Muramatsu

    Present address: The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, USA

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  1. Department of Space Astronomy and Astrophysics, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sagamihara, Japan

    R. Konno, K. Maehisa, K. Mitsuda, N. Y. Yamasaki, R. Yamamoto, T. Hayashi, H. Muramatsu & Y. Nakashima

  2. Department of Physics, School of Science, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Japan

    R. Konno

  3. Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Y. Nakashima

  4. Department of Applied Quantum Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

    K. Maehata

  5. Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

    T. Homma, M. Sugie & R. Sato

  6. Research Organization for Nano and Life Innovation, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

    T. Homma & M. Saito

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Konno, R., Maehisa, K., Mitsuda, K. et al. Development of TES Microcalorimeters with Solar-Axion Converter. J Low Temp Phys 199, 654–662 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-019-02257-9

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