Superconducting and low-temperature particle detectors : proceedings of Symposium C on Superconducting and Low-Temperature Particle Detectors of the 1988 E-MRS Fall Conference, Strasbourg, France, 8-10 November 1988

As demonstrated by the contributions in this volume, the domain of superconducting and low-temperature devices is in a rapidly expanding phase. Interactions between materials sciences, low-temperature physics, astrophysics, nuclear and particle physics have provided the incentive for new experiments, which could ultimately record such rare interactions as double beta decay, neutrino scattering, or collisions of the elusive dark matter halo particles. The theoretical and experimental improvements achieved during the last year have been impressive. Detection of 60 keV resolution with a non-zero spin material as a target seems therefore realizable in the near future. Similarly, impressive achievements on ballistic phonons detection and superheated superconducting detectors have been presented, together with reliable techniques for developing ultra low noise electronics required by these ambitious experiments. Apart from the contributions presented during the symposium, the two original papers by Niinikoski proposing the use of bolometers as particle detectors have been included in this volume. These papers, despite their current interest, have never been published before. The comprehensive style of the papers will appeal to specialists and non-specialists alike, in particular solid-state physicists will find the volume of considerable interest, as the field of materials research continues to benefit from the type of work presented here. Content: 1988 EUROPEAN MATERIALS RESEARCH SOCIETY SYMPOSIA PROCEEDINGS , Page ii Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv FOREWORD , Pages v-vi , G. Waysand, G. Chardin CRYOGENIC DETECTORS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH IN PHYSICS AND ASTROPHYSICS , Pages 1-26 , Ettore FIORINI PREHISTORY AND FUTURE OF THERMAL DETECTORS , Pages 29-32 , T.O. Niinikoski COSMIC-RAY DISTURBANCES IN THERMOMETRY AND REFRIGERATION , Pages 33-35 , T.O. Niinikoski CRYOGENIC DETECTION OF NEUTRINOS? , Pages 37-42 , T.O. Niinikoski, F. Udo WIMPS : a short review , Pages 45-68 , Charling TAO SOLAR NEUTRINOS WITH AN INDIUM DETECTOR , Pages 69-83 , Norman E. BOOTH THE DEVELOPMENT OF SI THERMISTOR DETECTOR ARRAYS FOR A UK DARK MATTER EXPERIMENT , Pages 85-102 , C.C. ZAMMIT, A.D. CAPLIN, R.A. STRADLING, T.J. SUMNER, J.J. QUENBY, N.J.C. SPOONER, S.F.J. READ, G.J. HOMER, J.D. LEWIN, P.F. SMITH, J. SAUNDERS, M. LEA LOW TEMPERATURE BOLOMETERS IN RBS ANALYSIS , Pages 103-114 , S. Woiwod, R.M. Mueller, B. Stritzker, S.H. Moseley THERMAL SPECTROMETRY OF PARTICLES AND γ-RAYS WITH COOLED COMPOSITE BOLOMETERS OF MASS UP TO 25 GRAMS , Pages 115-126 , N. CORON, G. ARTZNER, P. de MARCILLAC, H. STROKE, A. BENOIT, F. AMOUDRY, H. RAVN, B. JONSON, J.P. TORRE, O. TESTARD, G. DAMBIER, J. LEBLANC, G. JEGOUDEZ, J.P. LEPELTIER TESTS OF A NONEQUILIBRIUM PHONON DETECTOR , Pages 127-146 , Th. Peterreins, F. Pröbst, F.v. Feilitzsch, H. Kraus LOW TEMPERATURE PARTICLE DETECTORS FOR ON-LINE SEPARATED AND ORIENTED NUCLEI , Pages 147-153 , J. Wouters, N. Severijns, J. Vanhaverbeke, W. Vanderpoorten, L. Vanneste ON THE DYNAMICAL BEHAVIOUR OF SUPERHEATED SUPERCONDUCTING GRANULES USED AS PARTICLE DETECTORS , Pages 155-160 , Nicole PERRIN ON SUPERCONDUCTING SUPERHEATED GRANULES (SSG) DEVICES AS DOUBLE BETA DECAY DETECTORS , Pages 161-189 , A. Larrea, A. Morales, J. Morales, R. Núñez-Lagos, J. Puimedón, J.A. Villar MAGNETOSTATIC INTERACTIONS BETWEEN SUPERCONDUCTING SPHERES , Pages 191-200 , U. GEIGENMÜLLER EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF DIELECTRIC AND DIAMAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF DISPERSIONS OF TIN SUPERCONDUCTING MICROSPHERES , Pages 201-215 , B. METTOUT, P. DUMAS, A. BRONIATOWSKI, D. LIMAGNE, G. WAYSAND PERSPECTIVE IN THE DESIGN OF LOW-NOISE LOW-TEMPERATURE FRONT-END ELECTRONICS FOR CRYOGENIC PARTICLE DETECTORS , Pages 217-240 , Daniel V. Camin HIGH SENSITIVITY SILICON BOLOMETERS , Pages 241-250 , Marco I. Buraschi, Giorgio U. Pignatel REAL TIME DETECTION OF THE TRANSITION OF SUPERCONDUCTING GRAINS FROM NORMAL TO SUPERCONDUCTING STATE , Pages 251-284 , R. BRUERE-DAWSON, P. ESPIGAT SOME SPECULATIONS AND TECHNIQUES FOR THE DETECTION OF DARK MATTER AT VERY LOW TEMPERATURES , Pages 285-296 , M. CHAPELLIER HEAVY ION DETECTION BY THE TRANSIENT RESPONSE OF A SUPERCONDUCTOR , Pages 297-308 , E. PAUMIER, S.J. LEWANDOWSKI, J. KONOPKA, R. SOBOLEWSKI, Y. QUERE, M. TOULEMONDE DEVELOPMENT OF A MAGNETIC CALORIMETER FOR NEUTRINO DETECTION , Pages 309-317 , E. Umlauf, M. Bühler