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Most of the power in the signals from microcalorimeters occurs at relatively low frequencies. At these frequencies, typical amplifiers will have significant amounts of 1/f noise. Our laboratory systems can also suffer from pickup at several harmonics of the AC power line, and from microphonic pickup at frequencies that vary with the configuration of the apparatus. We have developed some optimal signal processing techniques in order to construct the best possible estimates of our pulse heights in the presence of these non-ideal effects. In addition to a discussion of our laboratory systems, we present our plans for providing this kind of signal processing in flight experiments.
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Szymkowiak, A.E., Kelley, R.L., Moseley, S.H. et al. Signal processing for microcalorimeters. J Low Temp Phys 93, 281–285 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00693433
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00693433