Date Approved
2012
Degree Type
Open Access Senior Honors Thesis
Department or School
Mathematics
First Advisor
Dr. Andrew Ross
Abstract
Instruments sent into space must be cooled to temperatures lower than 50 milliKelvin to decrease noise and increase sensitivity. One way we cool the instruments is through the use of an adiabatic demagnetization refrigerator. To determine the best magnetic coolant we must measure the magnetic coolant’s thermal resistance and heat capacitance. We do this by fitting curves to data taken during cooling experiments. We explore a model that uses an exponential plus linear fit. We use our model to predict data points and compare them to the actual data taken during the experiments, as well as explore the fitting properties with artificial data.
Recommended Citation
Bourke, Shannon, "Nonlinear curve fitting (linear plus exponential) for magnetic cooling data" (2012). Senior Honors Theses and Projects. 288.
https://commons.emich.edu/honors/288