The recombination of quasiparticles in x-ray superconducting tunnel detectors

The energy resolution of superconducting tunnel detectors is investigated from the point of view of the effect of recombination and boundary losses of nonequilibrium quasiparticles. Using the x-ray fluorescence method, the dependence of the signal on the energy of x-ray quanta is measured for Ti/Nb/Al/AlOx/Al/Nb/NbN detectors. The form of the apparatus line is also investigated. The experimental data are analyzed using the diffusion model of tunnel detectors.