Selected Publications
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"Micro-X, the TES X-ray Imaging Rocket: First Year Progress", P. Wikus, J. M. Rutherford, J. S. Adams, Y. Bagdasarova, S. R. Bandler, M. Bautz, K. Boyce, G. Brown, S. Deiker, W. B. Doriese, E. Figueroa-Feliciano, K. Flanagan, M. Galeazzi, G. C. Hilton, U. Hwang, K. D. Irwin, R. L. Kelley, T. Kallman, C. A. Kilbourne, S. Kissel, S. W. Leman, A. Levine, M. Loewenstein, D. Martinez-Galarce, R. Mushotzky, D. McCammon, D. Najjar, R. Petre, F.S. Porter, C. D. Reintsema, T. Saab, N. Schulz, P. Serlemitsos, R. Smith, J. N. Ullom and K. Yoha, 2009, Applied Superconductivity 19, 553
"Search for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles with the First Five-Tower Data from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search at the Soudan Underground Laboratory", Ahmed, Z.; Akerib, D. S.; Arrenberg, S.; Attisha, M. J.; Bailey, C. N.; Baudis, L.; Bauer, D. A.; Beaty, J.; Brink, P. L.; Bruch, T.; Bunker, R.; Burke, S.; Cabrera, B.; Caldwell, D. O.; Cooley, J.; Cushman, P.; Dejongh, F.; Dragowsky, M. R.; Duong, L.; Emes, J.; Figueroa-Feliciano, E.; Filippini, J.; Fritts, M.; Gaitskell, R. J.; Golwala, S. R.; Grant, D. R.; Hall, J.; Hennings-Yeomans, R.; Hertel, S.; Holmgren, D.; Huber, M. E.; Mahapatra, R.; Mandic, V.; McCarthy, K. A.; Mirabolfathi, N.; Nelson, H.; Novak, L.; Ogburn, R. W.; Pyle, M.; Qiu, X.; Ramberg, E.; Rau, W.; Reisetter, A.; Saab, T.; Sadoulet, B.; Sander, J.; Schmitt, R.; Schnee, R. W.; Seitz, D. N.; Serfass, B.; Sirois, A.; Sundqvist, K. M.; Tarka, M.; Tomada, A.; Wang, G.; Yellin, S.; Yoo, J.; Young, B. A. (2009) Physical Review Letters, vol. 102, Issue 1
"The specific heat and thermal conductivity of Eccosorb CR-124 between 800 mK and 6 K", P. Wikus, K. A. McCarthy, S. A. Hertel, Yelena S. Bagdasarova, E. Figueroa-Feliciano, S. W. Leman, J. M. Rutherford, Sarah N. Trowbridge, Scott W. Vasquez, Cryogenics 49 (2008) 421-424. DOI:10.1016/j.cryogenics.2009.06.002
"Studies of Thermal Diffusion in Planar Absorber Designs for the Micro-X Rocket", E. Figueroa-Feliciano, T. Saab, P. M. Rivera-Ortiz, S. R. Bandler, N. Iyomoto, R. L. Kelley, C. A. Kilbourne, F. S. Porter, and S. J. Smith, Journal of Low Temperature Physics, 151:424-429, Apr. 2008.
"The thermal conductivity of high modulus Zylon fibres between 400 mK and 4K", P. Wikus, E. Figueroa-Feliciano, S. A. Hertel, S. W. Leman, K. A. McCarthy, J. M. Rutherford, Cryogenics, 2008. DOI: 10.1016/j.cyogenics.2008.07.005
"Progress on the Micro-X rocket payload", E. Figueroa-Feliciano, P. Wikus, J. S. Adams, S. R. Bandler, M. Bautz, K. Boyce, G. Brown, S. Deiker, W. B. Doriese, K. Flanagan, M. Galeazzi, G. C. Hilton, U. Hwang, K. D. Irwin, T. Kallman, R. L. Kelley, C. A. Kilbourne, S. Kissel, S. W. Leman, A. Levine, M. Loewenstein, D. Martinez-Galarce, D. McCammon, R. Mushotzky, R. Petre, F. S. Porter, C. D. Reistema, J. M. Rutherford, T. Saab, P. Serlemitsos, N. Schulz, R. Smith, J. N. Ullom, Proc. SPIE, 7011, 2008. DOI: 10.1117/12.789904
"Complex microcalorimeter models and their application to position-sensitive detectors", E. Figueroa-Feliciano, Journal of Applied Physics, 99, 114513, 2006.
"Science with Micro-X: the TES microcalorimeter x-ray imaging rocket", E. Figueroa-Feliciano, S. R. Bandler, M. Bautz, K. Boyce, G. Brown, S. Deiker, W. B. Doriese, K. Flanagan, M. Galeazzi, G. C. Hilton, U. Hwang, K. D. Irwin, T. Kallman, R. Kelley, C. A. Kilbourne, S. Kissel, A. Levine, M. Loewenstein, D. Martinez-Galarce, D. McCammon, R. Mushotzky, R. Petre, F. S. Porter, C. D. Reistema, T. Saab, P. Serlemitsos, N. Schulz, R. Smith, J. N. Ullom, SPIE, 6266, 2006.
"Position-sensitive low-temperature detectors", E. Figueroa-Feliciano. Invited review in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 520, pp. 496–501, 2004.
"Cryogenic Microcalorimeters", M. Galeazzi and E. Figueroa-Feliciano. Contributed chapter in X-ray Spectrometry: Recent Technological Advances, John Wiley & Sons, 2004.
"Position-sensitive transition edge sensor modeling and results", C. Hammock, E. Figueroa-Feliciano, E. Apodaca, S. Bandler, K. Boyce, J. Chervenak, F. Finkbeiner, R. Kelley, M. Lindeman, S. Porter, T. Saab, and C. Stahle. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 520, pp. 505–507, 2004.
"A high spectral resolution observation of the soft x-ray diffuse background with thermal detectors", D. McCammon, R. Almy, E. Apodaca, W. Bergmann Tiest, W. Cui, S. Deiker, M. Galeazzi, M. Juda, A. Lesser, T. Mihara, J. P. Morgenthaler, W. T. Sanders, J. Zhang, E. Figueroa-Feliciano, R. L. Kelley, S. H. Moseley, R. F. Mushotzky, F. S. Porter, C. K. Stahle, and A. E. Szymkowiak. Astrophysical Journal, 576, pp. 188–203, 2002. (pdf)
"Theory and Development of Position-Sensitive Quantum Calorimeters", E. Figueroa-Felciano, Ph.D. Thesis, Stanford University, 2001.