Modeling a Three-Stage SQUID System in Space with the First Micro-X Sounding Rocket Flight

J. S. Adams; S. R. Bandler; N. Bastidon; M. E. Eckart; E. Figueroa-Feliciano; J. Fuhrman; D. C. Goldfinger; A. J.F. Hubbard; D. Jardin; R. L. Kelley; C. A. Kilbourne; R. E. Manzagol-Harwood; D. McCammon; T. Okajima; F. S. Porter; C. D. Reintsema; S. J. Smith

doi:10.1007/s10909-022-02837-2

Modeling a Three-Stage SQUID System in Space with the First Micro-X Sounding Rocket Flight

J. S. Adams, S. R. Bandler, N. Bastidon, M. E. Eckart, E. Figueroa-Feliciano, J. Fuhrman^*, D. C. Goldfinger, A. J.F. Hubbard, D. Jardin, R. L. Kelley, C. A. Kilbourne, R. E. Manzagol-Harwood, D. McCammon, T. Okajima, F. S. Porter, C. D. Reintsema, S. J. Smith

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The Micro-X sounding rocket is a NASA funded X-ray telescope payload that completed its first flight on July 22, 2018. This event marked the first operation of Transition Edge Sensors (TESs) and their SQUID-based multiplexing readout system in space. Unfortunately, due to an attitude control system pointing failure, the rocket was spinning during its 5 min observation period and no scientific data was collected. However, data collected from the internal calibration source marked a partial success for the payload and offers a unique opportunity to study the response of TESs and SQUIDs in space. Of particular interest is the magnetic field response of the NIST MUX06a SQUID readout system to tumbling through Earth’s magnetic field. We present a model to explain the baseline response of the SQUIDs, which lead to a subset of pixels failing to “lock” for the full observational period. Future flights of the Micro-X rocket will include the NIST MUX18b SQUID system with dramatically reduced sensitivity to magnetic fields.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	702-709
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Volume	209
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-022-02837-2
Publication status	Published - Nov 2022

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Adams, J. S., Bandler, S. R., Bastidon, N., Eckart, M. E., Figueroa-Feliciano, E., Fuhrman, J., Goldfinger, D. C., Hubbard, A. J. F., Jardin, D., Kelley, R. L., Kilbourne, C. A., Manzagol-Harwood, R. E., McCammon, D., Okajima, T., Porter, F. S., Reintsema, C. D., & Smith, S. J. (2022). Modeling a Three-Stage SQUID System in Space with the First Micro-X Sounding Rocket Flight. Journal of Low Temperature Physics, 209(3-4), 702-709. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-022-02837-2

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Modeling a Three-Stage SQUID System in Space with the First Micro-X Sounding Rocket Flight

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