We present fabrication details of our Mo/Au X-ray microcalorimeters, which are being
developed as one of the candidate high resolution spectrometers for the Constellation-X …

We have been developing x-ray microcalorimeters for the Constellation-X mission. Devices
based on superconducting transition-edge sensors (TES) have demonstrated the potential …

We are developing superconducting transition-edge sensor (TES) microcalorimeters for
astronomical x-ray spectroscopy. We have obtained very high energy resolution (2.4 eV at …

Superconducting transition-edge sensor (TES) microcalorimeters are being developed for a
variety of potential astrophysics missions, including Athena. The X-ray integral field unit …

We develop superconducting transition-edge sensor (TES) microcalorimeter focal planes for
versatility in meeting the specifications of X-ray imaging spectrometers, including high count …

We describe a superconducting transition-edge microcalorimeter with an energy resolution
of 4.5±0.1 eV full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) for Mn Kα X-rays from an 55Fe source. The …

X-ray microcalorimeters using transition-edge sensors (TES) show great promise for use in
astronomical x-ray spectroscopy. We have obtained very high energy resolution (2.8 eV at …

For future X-ray astrophysics missions, X-ray microcalorimeters can be optimized with
different properties in different regions of the focal plane. This approach has the potential to …

We have developed high-performance X-ray microcalorimeters based on superconducting
transition-edge sensors. These superconducting detectors, which are cooled by a compact …

We describe the operation and performance of a prototype microcalorimeter “energy-
dispersive”(non-dispersive) X-ray spectrometer (μcal EDS) developed at NIST for use in X …