DocumentCode
340702
Title
MICROMEGAS: high rate and radiation hardness results
Author
Puill, G. ; Derré, J. ; Giomataris, Y. ; Rebourgeard, Ph
Author_Institution
CEA, Centre d´´Etudes Nucleaires de Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Volume
1
fYear
1998
fDate
1998
Firstpage
594
Abstract
In this report, we present results of gain studies using various gas mixtures in a novel structure of gaseous detector called MICROMEGAS which is under development at Saclay. We in particular studied the maximum of gain achievable with MICROMEGAS before the discharge. We tried various gas mixtures (argon, neon, CF4) with various proportions of quencher (isobutane, cyclohexane, DME). We also studied the radiation hardness of MICROMEGAS using argon-isobutane and CF4 -isobutane mixtures
Keywords
gas mixtures; position sensitive particle detectors; proportional counters; radiation hardening; Ar; DME; MICROMEGAS detector; Ne; cyclohexane; gain maximum; gas mixtures; gaseous detector; high rate results; isobutane; quencher; radiation hardness results; tetrafluoromethane; Copper; Current measurement; Electrodes; Gain measurement; Particle beams; Spatial resolution; Strips; Testing; X-ray detection; X-ray detectors;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Nuclear Science Symposium, 1998. Conference Record. 1998 IEEE
Conference_Location
Toronto, Ont.
ISSN
1082-3654
Print_ISBN
0-7803-5021-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/NSSMIC.1998.775211
Filename
775211
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