Quantum Sensors for Astrophysics
Henric Krawczynski’s group is working with collaborators across the country to develop arrays of X-ray and gamma-ray sensors working over the broad energy range from a fraction of a keV to several hundred keV’s.
Johanna Nagy's group uses arrays of superconducting transition edge sensors with multiplexed readout systems to measure polarized microwave light.
Technologies
Cryogenic transition edge sensor arrays
Experiments/Projects
Hard X-ray Spectroscopy with SCOTTI
Hard X-ray Polarimetry with X-Calibur
CMB-S4 - ground-based cosmic microwave background experiment
SPIDER - a balloon-borne CMB telescope