Study of Microcalorimeters for Astrophysics Applications.

Abstract   In the framework of the Italian Space Agency R&D project, which is focused on the development of microcalorimeters for applications on astrophysics, we are studying different methods for TES microcalorimeter production and developing simulations of various absorber performances. In this paper are presented preliminary results obtained with two different geometries: front back and planar on SiN membrane. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]