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Superconductors exhibit many attractive properties for particle detection. Among these, spin sensitivity should be mentioned, as well as low threshold energy (as set by the superconducting energy gap or the critical temperature) and potentially high signal to noise ratio. The purpose of this paper is not to review these numerous applications, but rather to present the hotspot model and define its validity range. This concept leads to a class of superconducting detectors. Predictions on particle-induced switching of Josephson junctions and superconducting strips or wires are obtained from this hotspot model. These results agree well with experimental data from the literature. Finally, the propagating hotspot is suggested as a method for very high resolution particle position detection and imaging.
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Liengme, O. (1987). VLSI Superconducting Particle Detectors. In: Pretzl, K., Schmitz, N., Stodolsky, L. (eds) Low Temperature Detectors for Neutrinos and Dark Matter. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72959-1_5
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