Lucio Piccirillo is a Professor of Radio Astronomy Technology at the University of Manchester, UK, with extensive experience in designing and building cryogenic systems primarily used to cool astrophysical detectors. He has written more than 100 publications in international journals.Gabriele Coppi and Andrew May are PhD students working under the supervision of Prof. Piccirillo.

• Section I: Background and Theory. Chapter 1: Background. Chapter 2: Heat transfer. Chapter 3: Sorption Cryopumps. Section II: Applications. Chapter 4: Miniature Sorption Coolers - Part 1. Chapter 5: Miniature Sorption Coolers - Part 2. Sections III: Simulations. Chapter 6: Thermal Modelling. Appendix A: Helium Properties. Appendix B: Python Code.

Lucio Piccirillo is a Professor of Radio Astronomy Technology at the University of Manchester, UK, with extensive experience in designing and building cryogenic systems primarily used to cool astrophysical detectors. He has written more than 100 publications in international journals.Gabriele Coppi and Andrew May are PhD students working under the supervision of Prof. Piccirillo.

• Section I: Background and Theory. Chapter 1: Background. Chapter 2: Heat transfer. Chapter 3: Sorption Cryopumps. Section II: Applications. Chapter 4: Miniature Sorption Coolers - Part 1. Chapter 5: Miniature Sorption Coolers - Part 2. Sections III: Simulations. Chapter 6: Thermal Modelling. Appendix A: Helium Properties. Appendix B: Python Code.

Lucio Piccirillo is a Professor of Radio Astronomy Technology at the University of Manchester, UK, with extensive experience in designing and building cryogenic systems primarily used to cool astrophysical detectors. He has written more than 100 publications in international journals.Gabriele Coppi and Andrew May are PhD students working under the supervision of Prof. Piccirillo.

• Section I: Background and Theory. Chapter 1: Background. Chapter 2: Heat transfer. Chapter 3: Sorption Cryopumps. Section II: Applications. Chapter 4: Miniature Sorption Coolers - Part 1. Chapter 5: Miniature Sorption Coolers - Part 2. Sections III: Simulations. Chapter 6: Thermal Modelling. Appendix A: Helium Properties. Appendix B: Python Code.