Plasma panel detectors for MIP detection for SLHC and a test chamber design

Performance demands for high and super-high luminosity at the LHC (up to 10³⁵ cm^-2 sec^-1 after the 2017 shutdown) and at future colliders demand high resolution tracking detectors with very fast time response and excellent temporal and spatial resolution. We are investigating a new radiation detector technology based on Plasma Display Panels (PDP), the underlying engine of panel plasma television displays. The design and production of PDPs is supported by four decades of industrial development. Emerging from this television technology is the Plasma Panel Sensor (PPS), a novel variant of the micropattern radiation detector. The PPS is fundamentally an array of micro-Geiger plasma discharge cells operating in a non-ageing, hermetically sealed gas mixture. We report on the PPS development program, including design of a PPS Test Cell.