A low noise thermometer readout for ruthenium oxide resistors
Abstract
The thermometer readout and thermal control system for the Absolute Radiometer for Cosmology, Astrophysics, and Diffuse Emission (ARCADE) experiment is described, including the design, testing, and results from the first flight of ARCADE. The noise is equivalent to about 1 Ω or 0.15 mK in a second for the RuO2 resistive thermometers at 2.7 K. The average power dissipation in each thermometer is 1 nW. The control system can take full advantage of the thermometers to maintain stable temperatures. Systematic effects are still under investigation, but the measured precision and accuracy are sufficient to allow measurement of the cosmic background spectrum.
- Publication:
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Review of Scientific Instruments
- Pub Date:
- October 2002
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:astro-ph/0208585
- Bibcode:
- 2002RScI...73.3659F
- Keywords:
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- 95.55.Ym;
- 07.20.Dt;
- 07.20.Mc;
- 07.57.Kp;
- 06.20.Fn;
- 84.32.Ff;
- 07.07.Tw;
- Gravitational radiation detectors;
- mass spectrometers;
- and other instrumentation and techniques;
- Thermometers;
- Cryogenics;
- refrigerators low-temperature detectors and other low-temperature equipment;
- Bolometers;
- infrared submillimeter wave microwave and radiowave receivers and detectors;
- Conductors resistors;
- Servo and control equipment;
- robots;
- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 5 pages text 7 figures