DocumentCode
1441998
Title
Development of high gain GEM detectors
Author
Bressan, A. ; Ropelewski, L. ; Sauli, F. ; Mörmann, D.
Author_Institution
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
Volume
47
Issue
6
fYear
2000
fDate
12/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
2070
Lastpage
2074
Abstract
We describe systematic measurements carried out with single and double GEM detectors with printed circuit readout. The maximum safe operating gain has been measured at increasing radiation flux and under exposure to heavily ionizing tracks. Detection efficiency, localization accuracy and cluster size have been measured in a minimum ionizing particle beam. With a suitably configured readout electrode, fast, two-dimensional localization of radiation is demonstrated
Keywords
nuclear electronics; position sensitive particle detectors; proportional counters; readout electronics; cluster size; detection efficiency; heavily ionizing tracks; high gain GEM detectors; increasing radiation flux; localization accuracy; maximum safe operating gain; minimum ionizing particle beam; printed circuit readout; readout electrode; systematic measurements; two-dimensional localization; Circuit testing; Detectors; Electrodes; Gain measurement; Ionization; Particle beam measurements; Particle measurements; Printed circuits; System testing; Voltage;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9499
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/23.903849
Filename
903849
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