First Astronomical Application of a Cryogenic TES Spectrophotometer
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چکیده
We report on the first astronomical observations with a photon counting pixel detector that provides arrival time-(δt = 100ns) and energy-(δE γ ≤ 0.15 eV) resolved measurements from the near IR through the near UV. Our test observations were performed by coupling this Transition Edge Sensor (TES) device to a 0.6m telescope; we have obtained the first simultaneous optical near-IR phase-resolved spectra of the Crab pulsar. A varying infrared turnover gives evidence of self-absorption in the pulsar plasma. The potential of such detectors in imaging arrays from a space platform are briefly described.
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