Selected Publications
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“Optimum operating regimes of common paramagnetic refrigerants’’, P. Wikus, G. Burghart, and E. Figueroa-Feliciano (2011). Cryogenics 51, 555-558.
“The electrical resistance and thermal conductivity of Ti 15V-3Cr-3Sn-3Al at cryogenic temperature’’, P. Wikus, S.A. Hertel, S.W. Leman, K.A. McCarthy, S.M. Ojeda and E. Figueroa-Feliciano (2011). Cryogenics 51, 41-44.
“Flight Cryogenic System for the Micro-X Sounding Rocket”, P. Wikus, J.M. Rutherford, S.N. Trowbridge, D. McCammon, J.S. Adams, S.R. Bandler, R. Das, W.B. Doriese, M.E. Eckart, E. Figueroa-Feliciano, R.L. Kelley, C.A. Kilbourne, S.W. Leman, F.S. Porter and K. Sato (2010). Cryocoolers 16, 547.
“Progress on the Micro-X sounding rocket x-ray telescope: completion of flight hardware”, P. Wikus, J. S. Adams, R. Baker, S. R. Bandler, W. Brys, D. Dewey, W. B. Doriese, M. E. Eckart, E. Figueroa-Feliciano, R. Goeke, R. Hamersma, G. C. Hilton, U. Hwang, K. D. Irwin, R. L. Kelley, C. A. Kilbourne, S. W. Leman, D. McCammon, T. Okajima, R. H. O'Neal, Jr., F. S. Porter, C. D. Reintsema, J. M. Rutherford, P. Serlemitsos, T. Saab, K. Sato, Y. Soong, and S. N. Trowbridge (2010). Proc. SPIE 7732, 77321P.
“Calculating the Cooling Power and Base Temperature of Dilution Refrigerators”, P. Wikus, T. O. Niinikoski. ColdFacts (2010) 26: 26.
“The Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerator for the Micro-X Sounding Rocket Telescope”, P. Wikus, J. S. Adams, Y. Bagdasarova, S. R. Bandler, W. B. Doriese, M. E. Eckart, E. Figueroa-Feliciano, R. L. Kelley, C. A. Kilbourne, S. W. Leman, D. McCammon, F. S. Porter, J. M. Rutherford and S. N. Trowbridge (2010), Advances in Cryogenic Engineering 55, 633.
“Micro-X, the High Resolution Sounding Rocket X-ray Imaging Spectrometer”, P. Wikus, J. S. Adams, R. Baker, S. R. Bandler, T. A. DeLaney, D. Dewey, W. B. Doriese, M.E. Eckart, E. Figueroa-Feliciano, M. Galeazzi, R. Goeke, R. Hamersma, G. Hilton, U. Hwang, K. D. Irwin, R. L. Kelley, C. A. Kilbourne, S. W. Leman, D. McCammon, T. Okajima, F.S. Porter, C. D. Reintsema, J. M. Rutherford, T. Saab, P. Serlemitsos, Y. Soong and S.N. Trowbridge (2009). Proc. 19th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research, ESA SP-671, 219.
“Theoretical Models for the Cooling Power and Base Temperature of Dilution Refrigerators”, P. Wikus, T. O. Niinikoski. J Low Temp Phys (2010) 158: 901–921.
“Electronics for a Next-generation SQUID-based Time-domain Multiplexing System”, C. D. Reintsema, J. S. Adams, R. Baker, S. R. Bandler, W. R. Doriese, E. Figueroa-Feliciano, G. C. Hilton, K. D. Irwin, R. L. Kelly, C. A. Kilbourne, J. W. Krinsky, F. S. Porter, and P. Wikus (2009). Proceedings of the 13th International Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors, AIPCP 1185, 237.
“New Science Case for the Micro-X High Energy Resolution Microcalorimeter X-ray Imaging Rocket”, E. Figueroa-Feliciano, J. S. Adams, R. Baker, S. R. Bandler,T. A. DeLaney, D. Dewey, W. B. Doriese, M. E. Eckart, M. Galeazzi, R. Goeke, R. Hamersma, G. C. Hilton, U. Hwang, K. D. Irwin, R. L. Kelley, C. A. Kilbourne, S.W. Leman, D. McCammon, T. Okajima, F. S. Porter, C. D. Reintsema, J. M. Rutherford, T. Saab, P. Serlemitsos, Y. Soong, S. N. Trowbridge, and P. Wikus (2009). Proceedings of the 13th International Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors, AIPCP 1185, 426.
“The Detector and Readout Systems of the Micro-X High Resolution Microcalorimeter X-ray Imaging Rocket”, P. Wikus, W. B. Doriese, M. E. Eckart, J. S. Adams, S. R. Bandler, R. P. Brekosky, J. A. Chervenak, A. J. Ewin, E. Figueroa-Feliciano, F. M. Finkbeiner, M. Galeazzi, G. Hilton, K. D. Irwin, R. L. Kelley, C. A. Kilbourne, S. W. Leman, D. McCammon, F. S. Porter, C. D. Reintsema, J. M. Rutherford, and S. N. Trowbridge (2009). Proceedings of the 13th International Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors, AIPCP 1185, 434.
“Cryogenic Hard X-ray Imaging Spectrometer for the International X-ray Observatory”, S. W. Leman, E. Figueroa-Feliciano, C. A. Kilbourne, and T. Saab (2009). Proceedings of the 13th International Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors, AIPCP 1185, 703.
“Large-absorber TES X-ray Microcalorimeters and the Micro-X Detector Array”, M. E. Eckart, J. S. Adams, S. R. Bandler, R. P. Brekosky, A.-D. Brown, J. A. Chervenak, A. J. Ewin, F. M. Finkbeiner, R. L. Kelley, C. A. Kilbourne, F. S. Porter, J. E. Sadleir, S. J. Smith, E. Figueroa-Feliciano, and P. Wikus (2009). Proceedings of the 13th International Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors, AIPCP 1185, 699.
"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.