• DocumentCode
    2621420
  • Title

    A large area GEM detector

  • Author

    Pinto, Serge Duarte ; Alfonsi, Matteo ; Brocky, Ian ; Croci, Gabriele ; David, Eric ; De Oliveira, Rui ; Pinchasik, Bat-EI ; Ropelewski, Leszek ; Sauli, Fabio ; Stenis, Miranda van

  • Author_Institution
    Cern, Geneva, Switzerland
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    19-25 Oct. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1426
  • Lastpage
    1432
  • Abstract
    A prototype triple gem detector has been constructed with an area of ∼2000 cm2, based on foils of 66 cm × 66 cm. GEMS of such dimensions have not been made before, and innovations to the existing technology were made to build this detector.
  • Keywords
    Copper; Etching; Fabrication; Gas detectors; Large Hadron Collider; Polyimides; Production; Prototypes; Splicing; Technological innovation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2008. NSS '08. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Dresden, Germany
  • ISSN
    1095-7863
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2714-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1095-7863
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774683
  • Filename
    4774683