A cryogenic insulating suspension system for the high-resolution airbourne wideband camera (HAWC) and submillimeter and the far-infrared experiment (SAFIRE) adiabatic demagnetization refrigerators (ADRs)

2003; SPIE; Volume: 4850; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1117/12.461929

ISSN

1996-756X

Autores

George M. Voellmer, M. Jackson, Peter Shirron, James Tuttle,

Tópico(s)

Superconducting Materials and Applications

Resumo

The High Resolution Airborne Wideband Camera (HAWC) and the Submillimeter And Far Infrared Experiment (SAFIRE) will use identical Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerators (ADR) to cool their detectors to 200mK and 100mK, respectively. In order to minimize thermal loads on the salt pill, a Kevlar® suspension system is used to hold it in place. An innovative, kinematic suspension system is presented. The suspension system is unique in that it consists of two parts that can be assembled and tensioned offline, and later bolted onto the salt pill.

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