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Examination of heatsinking in thermally multiplexed TES arrays with buried wiring by Muramatsu, H., Adams, J.S., Bandler, S.R., Beaumont, S., Borrelli, R.B., Chervenak, J. A., Chang, M.P, Finkbeiner, F.M, Ha, J.Y., Hull, S., Kelley, R.L., Kilbourne, C.A., Mateo, J.N., Porter, F.S., Rani, A., Ryu, K., Sakai, K., Smith, S.J., Wakeham, N.A, Wassell, E.J., Yoon, S.H.

“…It is now possible to fabricate stacks of buried wires with extremely high density, perfect yield, and many layers using fine-line lithography and chemical…”
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Refinement of Transition-Edge Sensor Dimensions for the X-Ray Integral Field Unit on ATHENA by Wakeham, N.A., Adams, J.S., Bandler, S.R., Beaumont, S., Chervenak, J.A., Cumbee, R.S., Finkbeiner, F.M., Ha, J.Y., Hull, S., Kelley, R.L., Kilbourne, C.A., Porter, F.S., Sakai, K., Smith, S.J., Wassell, E.J., Yoon, S.

“…At NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, we have previously demonstrated a kilo-pixel array of transition-edge sensor (TES) microcalorimeters capable of meeting…”
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Demonstration of Athena X-IFU Compatible 40-Row Time-Division-Multiplexed Readout by Durkin, Malcolm, Adams, Joseph S., Bandler, Simon R., Chervenak, James A., Chaudhuri, Saptarshi, Dawson, Carl S., Denison, Edward V., Doriese, William B., Duff, Shannon M., Finkbeiner, Fred M., FitzGerald, Connor T., Fowler, Joseph W., Gard, Johnathon D., Hilton, Gene C., Irwin, Kent D., Young Il Joe, Kelley, Richard L., Kilbourne, Caroline A., Miniussi, Antoine R., Morgan, Kelsey M., O'Neil, Galen C., Pappas, Christine G., Porter, Frederick S., Reintsema, Carl D., Rudman, David A., Sakai, Kazuhiro, Smith, Stephen J., Stevens, Robert W., Swetz, Daniel S., Szypryt, Paul, Ullom, Joel N., Vale, Leila R., Wakeham, Nicholas A., Weber, Joel C., Young, Betty A.

“…Time-division multiplexing (TDM) is the backup readout technology for the X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU), a 3168-pixel X-ray transition-edge sensor (TES)…”
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Long Term Performance Stability of Transition-Edge Sensor Detectors by Beaumont, S., Adams, J. S., Bandler, S. R., Borrelli, R., Chervenak, J. A., Cumbee, R., Finkbeiner, F. M., Hull, S. V., Kelley, R. L., Kilbourne, C. A., Muramatsu, H., Porter, F. S., Sakai, K., Smith, S. J., Wakeham, N. A., Wassell, E. J., Yoon, S.

“…We are developing superconducting transition-edge sensor (TES) microcalorimeter arrays for a variety of applications such as ground-based laboratory…”
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Characterizing Thermal Background Events for Athena X-IFU by Hull, S. V., Adams, J. S., Bandler, S. R., Beaumont, S., Chervenak, J. A., Cumbee, R., Finkbeiner, F. M., Ha, J. Y., Kelley, R. L., Kilbourne, C. A., Porter, F. S., Sakai, K., Smith, S. J., Wakeham, N. A., Wassell, E. J., Yoon, S. H.

“…The X-ray Integral Field Unit on Athena will be subject to a cosmic-ray induced thermal background on orbit, with energy depositions into the detector wafer…”
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Broadside-Coupled Niobium Flexible Cables by Chervenak, J. A., Wassell, E. J., Adams, J. S., Bandler, S. R., Beaumont, S., Borrelli, R., Chang, M. P., Doriese, W. B., Finkbeiner, F. M., Ha, J.-Y., Hull, S., Kelley, R. L., Kilbourne, C. A., Mateo, J. N., Mikula, V., Muramatsu, H., Porter, F. S., Rani, A., Sakai, K., Schmidt, D., Smith, S. J., Wakeham, N. A., Yoon, S. H.

“…We have developed fine-pitch, multilayer, superconducting wiring for routing around a ninety-degree corner terminated with wirebonding interfaces. The…”
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Demonstration of a Full-scale Brassboard TES Microcalorimeter Array for the Athena X-IFU by Sakai, K., Hull, S. V., Adams, J. S., Bandler, S. R., Beaumont, S., Borrelli, R. B., Chervenak, J. A., Cumbee, R. S., Finkbeiner, F. M., Ha, J. Y., Kelley, R. L., Kilbourne, C. A., Leutenegger, M. A., Mateo, J. N., Muramatsu, H., Porter, F. S., Smith, S. J., Wakeham, N. A., Wassell, E. J., Yoon, S. H., Eckart, M. E.

“…We have characterized a full-scale transition-edge sensor (TES) microcalorimeter array as a milestone towards the demonstration of technology readiness level…”
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Developments of Laboratory-Based Transition-Edge Sensor Readout Electronics Using Commercial-Off-The-Shelf Modules by Sakai, K., Adams, J. S., Bandler, S. R., Beaumont, S., Chervenak, J. A., Doriese, W. B., Durkin, M., Finkbeiner, F. M., Hull, S. V., Kelley, R. L., Kilbourne, C. A., Muramatsu, H., Porter, F. S., Reintsema, C. D., Smith, S. J., Wakeham, N. A., Wassel, E. J.

“…We are developing lab-based readout electronics for Transition-edge sensors (TES) using commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) modules. These COTS modules are…”
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Effect of Space Radiation on Transition-Edge Sensor Detectors Performance by Beaumont, S., Lauenstein, J.-M., Adams, J.S., Bandler, S.R., Chervenak, J.A., Finkbeiner, F.M., Hull, S.V., Kelley, R.L., Kilbourne, C.A., Roch, A. Le, Muramatsu, H., Porter, F.S., Sakai, K., Smith, S.J., Wakeham, N.A., Wassell, E.J., Yoon, S.

“…The Athena mission and its X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU) instrument will be positioned at the Sun-Earth Lagrange point L1, where it will be subject to…”
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Correcting Energy Estimation Errors Due to Finite Sampling of Transition-Edge Sensor Data by Witthoeft, M. C., Adams, J. S., Bandler, S. R., Beaumont, S., Chervenak, J. A., Eckart, M. E., Finkbeiner, F. M., Kelley, R. L., Kilbourne, C. A., Miniussi, A. R., Porter, F. S., Sakai, K., Smith, S. J., Wakeham, N. A., Wassell, E. J.

“…We are developing transition-edge sensor microcalorimeters for the X-ray integral field unit (X-IFU) on-board ESA’s Athena space telescope. These detectors…”
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Toward Large Field-Of-View High-Resolution X-Ray Imaging Spectrometers: Microwave Multiplexed Readout of 28 TES Microcalorimeters by Yoon, W., Adams, J. S., Bandler, S. R., Becker, D., Bennett, D. A., Chervenak, J. A., Datesman, A. M., Eckart, M. E., Finkbeiner, F. M., Fowler, J. W., Gard, J. D., Hilton, G. D., Kelley, R. L., Kilbourne, C. A., Mates, J. A. B., Miniussi, A. R., Moseley, S. H., Noroozian, O., Porter, F. S., Reintsema, C. D., Sadleir, J. E., Sakai, K., Smith, S. J., Stevenson, T. R., Swetz, D. S., Ullom, J. N., Vale, L. R., Wakeham, N. A., Wassell, E. J., Wollack, E. J.

“…We performed small-scale demonstrations at GSFC of high-resolution Xray TES microcalorimeters read out using a microwave SQUID multiplexer. This work is part…”
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Effects of Normal Metal Features on Superconducting Transition-Edge Sensors by Wakeham, N. A., Adams, J. S., Bandler, S. R., Chervenak, J. A., Datesman, A. M., Eckart, M. E., Finkbeiner, F. M., Kelley, R. L., Kilbourne, C. A., Miniussi, A. R., Porter, F. S., Sadleir, J. E., Sakai, K., Smith, S. J., Wassell, E. J., Yoon, W.

“…In transition-edge sensors (TESs), the addition of normal metal stripes on top of the superconducting bilayer, perpendicular to the current direction, is known…”
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Toward 100,000-Pixel Microcalorimeter Arrays Using Multi-absorber Transition-Edge Sensors by Smith, S. J., Adams, J. S., Bandler, S. R., Beaumont, S., Chervenak, J. A., Datesman, A. M., Finkbeiner, F. M., Hummatov, R., Kelly, R. L., Kilbourne, C. A., Miniussi, A. R., Porter, F. S., Sadleir, J. E., Sakai, K., Wakeham, N. A., Wassell, E. J., Witthoeft, M. C., Ryu, K.

“…We report on the development of multi-absorber transition-edge sensors (TESs), referred to as ‘hydras’. A hydra consists of multiple X-ray absorbers each with…”
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Quantum Efficiency Study and Reflectivity Enhancement of Au/Bi Absorbers by Hummatov, R., Adams, J. S., Bandler, S. R., Barlis, A., Beaumont, S., Chang, M. P., Chervenak, J. A., Datesman, A. M., Eckart, M. E., Finkbeiner, F. M., Ha, J. Y., Kelley, R. L., Kilbourne, C. A., Miniussi, A. R., Porter, F. S., Sadleir, J. E., Sakai, K., Smith, S. J., Wakeham, N., Wassell, E. J., Wollack, E. J.

“…X-ray absorbers of the X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU) microcalorimeters are required to provide high quantum efficiency (QE) for incident X-rays and high…”
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Demonstration of Fine-Pitch High-Resolution X-ray Transition-Edge Sensor Microcalorimeters Optimized for Energies below 1 keV by Sakai, K., Adams, J. S., Bandler, S. R., Beaumont, S., Chervenak, J. A., Datesman, A. M., Finkbeiner, F. M., Kelley, R. L., Kilbourne, C. A., Miniussi, A. R., Porter, F. S., Sadleir, J. E., Smith, S. J., Wakeham, N. A., Wassell, E. J., Jaeckel, F. T., McCammon, D., Eckart, M. E., Ryu, K.

“…In this paper, we report on X-ray transition-edge sensor (TES) microcalorimeters optimized to have the best possible energy resolution for a limited energy…”
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Extended Line Spread Function of TES Microcalorimeters With Au/Bi Absorbers by Eckart, Megan E., Adams, Joseph S., Bandler, Simon R., Beaumont, Sophie, Chervenak, James A., Datesman, Aaron M., Finkbeiner, Fred M., Hummatov, Ruslan, Kelley, Richard L., Kilbourne, Caroline A., Leutenegger, Maurice A., Miniussi, Antoine R., Moseley, Samuel J., Porter, F. Scott, Sadleir, John E., Sakai, Kazuhiro, Smith, Stephen J., Wakeham, Nicholas A., Wassell, Edward J.

“…Microcalorimeters have the potential to provide line shapes well described by a single Gaussian broadening term of few-eV width. This attribute makes the…”
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Energy Calibration of High-Resolution X-Ray TES Microcalorimeters With 3 eV Optical Photons by Jaeckel, F. T., Roy, A., Wulf, D., Zhang, S., Zhou, Y., Adams, J. S., Bandler, S. R., Chervenak, J. A., Datesman, A. M., Eckart, M. E., Ewin, A. J., Ambarish, C. V., Finkbeiner, F. M., Kelley, R., Kilbourne, C. A., Miniussi, A. R., Porter, F. S., Sadleir, J. E., Sakai, K., Smith, S. J., Wakeham, N., Wassell, E., Christensen, N., Yoon, W., Morgan, K. M., Schmidt, D. R., Swetz, D. S., Ullom, J. N., Gruenke, R., Hu, L., McCammon, D., McPheron, M., Meyer, M., Nelms, K. L.

“…With the improving energy resolution of transition-edge sensor (TES) based microcalorimeters, performance verification and calibration of these detectors have…”
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High-Frequency Noise Peaks in Mo/Au Superconducting Transition-Edge Sensor Microcalorimeters by Wakeham, N. A., Adams, J. S., Bandler, S. R., Beaumont, S., Chang, M. P., Chervenak, J. A., Datesman, A. M., Eckart, M. E., Finkbeiner, F. M., Ha, J. Y., Hummatov, R., Kelley, R. L., Kilbourne, C. A., Miniussi, A. R., Porter, F. S., Sadleir, J. E., Sakai, K., Smith, S. J., Wassell, E. J.

“…The measured noise in Mo/Au transition-edge sensor (TES) microcalorimeters produced at NASA has recently been shown to be well described by a two-body…”
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Extension of the Energy Range Accessible with a TES using Bath Temperature Variations by Beaumont, S, Adams, J S, Bandler, S R, Chervenak, J A, Finkbeiner, F M, Hummatov, R, Kelley, R L, Kilbourne, C A, Miniussi, A R, Porter, F S, Sakai, K, Smith, S J, Wakeham, N A, Wassell, E J

“…The energy range of transition-edge sensor (TES) X-ray microcalorimeters with a multiplexed readout depends upon the width and shape of the TES superconducting…”
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Study of Dissipative Losses in AC-Biased Mo/Au Bilayer Transition-Edge Sensors by Sakai, K., Adams, J. S., Bandler, S. R., Chervenak, J. A., Datesman, A. M., Eckart, M. E., Finkbeiner, F. M., Kelley, R. L., Kilbourne, C. A., Miniussi, A. R., Porter, F. S., Sadleir, J. S., Smith, S. J., Wakeham, N. A., Wassell, E. J., Yoon, W., Akamatsu, H., Bruijn, M. P., Gottardi, L., Jackson, B. D., Kuur, J. van der, Leeuwen, B. J. van, Linden, A. J. van der, Weers, H. J. van, Kiviranta, M.

“…We are developing kilo-pixel arrays of transition-edge sensors (TESs) for the X-ray Integral Field Unit on ESA's (European Space Agency's) Athena observatory…”
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