Useful Papers

This page is a place to collect papers and other resources that are useful references for CDMS. Please feel free to add anything you've found helpful.

• Lewin and Smith - classic, but sometimes confusing
• Introduction to Dark Matter Experiments
• Jungman, Kamionkowski, and Griest, "Supersymmetric dark matter"

• D.S. Akerib et al., Design and performance of a modular low-radioactivity readout system for cryogenic detectors in the CDMS experiment, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 591 (2008), 476-489. pdf or pdf

• G. Wang, Phonon emission in germanium and silicon by electrons and holes in applied electric field at low temperature Journal of Applied Physics 107, 094504 (2010). 10.1063/1.3354095
• Pyle Thesis

• Irwin, K.D. and Hilton, G.C., "Transition-Edge Sensors" - Basic TES theory
• Kurinsky Thesis - More TES theory and details on TES design principles
• Lindeman Thesis - Helpful for understanding IbIs, alpha, and beta
• Mark A. Lindeman and Simon Bandler, "Impedance measurements and modeling of a transition-edge-sensor calorimeter" - Complex Impedance measurement using white noise
• Phonon Channel Readout (Vuk, 02/05/14): pdf
• Quasiparticle Trapping (Allison, 3/26/14): pdf
• ETF-TES (scanned notes - want to make a cleaner TeX version) (Anthony, 3/30/14): pdf
• Roland Clarke thesis Sections 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.1.4 (Stanford 2003) pdf
• Sunil Golwala thesis Appendix B (UCB 2000) pdf
• K.D. Irwin, “An application of electrothermal feedback for high resolution cryogenic particle detection” Appl. Phys. Lett. 66 (1995) 1998
• K.D. Irwin, “A self-biasing cryogenic particle detector utilizing electrothermal feedback and a SQUID readout” IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 5:2690-3 (1995)

• Golwala Thesis Ch4
• Shutt Thesis Ch 5
• Old Charge Channel Readout (Hannah, 2/26/14): pdf

• A Brief Introduction to Lindhard Theory (Hassan, 3/12/14): pdf
• J. Lindhard, “On the properties of a gas of charged particles”, Dan. Mat. Fys. Medd. 28 (1954) 8.
• J. Lindhard, M. Scharff & H. E. Schiott, “Integral equations governing radiation effects (notes on atomic collisions, II)”, Mat. Fys. Medd. Dan. Vid. Selsk. 33 (1963) 14.
• J. Lindhard et al., “Integral equations governing radiation effects (notes on atomic collisions, III)”, Mat. Fys. Medd. Dan. Vid. Selsk. 33 (1963) 10.