Calorimeters in astro and particle physics

Abstract

In this article an attempt is made to review some of the original works leading to new developments of calorimeters which are so widely and successfully used in astro and particle physics experiments. This report is far from being complete and the author apologizes for omissions and misquotations.

Nevada Test Site-Directed Research, Development, and Demonstration. FY2005 report

“…Calibration simply involves calibrating the voltage output of the sensor-versuspower input. The most accurate and sensitive instrument for this measurement is a "cryogenic calorimeter," which operates very close to absolute zero ( Jochum, 2006;Preztl, 2005). Several such calorimeters have been built for measuring low-energy x-rays but, judging from the infrequency of use, are very difficult to operate.…”