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
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