Talk:Cryogenic particle detector

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It turns out that this entry should not necessarily stand alone as an article. There is room for another two to three sections, and then I believe we should merge it, together with detector, for example. If this idea crystallizes into consensus, some adjustment may be required. There are several reasons why this "apparently obscure" detection technology should be included in a encyclopedia.

it is exceedingly sensitive
from one or two potential original "customers" who wanted it and helped finance the research effort, a broader community shows now interest, partly because the cooling technologies made their own progress.
from today's point of view, there is little chance that this technology develops into a large consumer market.

To present these aspects together with the "everyday detectors" and explain why this is so might interest non-technically oriented readers as well. Filou 16:59, 27 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There is enough variety in these types of detector to justify a stand-alone article as a subcategory of particle detectors; the technologies are mostly pretty different from the room temperature detectors, and are often unique and interesting. Neutrino detectors, for example. Ultimately there should be more technically detailed articles on individual types of cryogenic detectors. Perdustin (talk) 19:43, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]