Combination of two Gas Electron Multipliers and a Micromegas as gain elements for a time projection chamber

被引：7

作者：

Aiola, S. ^{[1
]}

Ehlers, R. J. ^{[1
]}

Gu, S. ^{[1
]}

Harris, J. W. ^{[1
]}

Majka, R. ^{[1
]}

Mulligan, J. D. ^{[1
]}

Oliver, M. ^{[1
]}

Schambach, J. ^{[2
]}

Smirnov, N. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Yale Univ, New Haven, CT 06520 USA

[2] Univ Texas Austin, Austin, TX 78712 USA

来源：

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT | 2016年 / 834卷

关键词：

GEM; Micromegas; Micro-pattern gas detector; Time projection chamber; ION FEEDBACK; DETECTORS; GEM;

D O I：

10.1016/j.nima.2016.08.007

中图分类号：

TH7 [仪器、仪表];

学科分类号：

0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;

摘要：

We measured the properties of a novel combination of two Gas Electron Multipliers with a Micromegas for use as amplification devices in high-rate gaseous time projection chambers. The goal of this design is to minimize the buildup of space charge in the drift volume of such detectors in order to eliminate the standard gating grid and its resultant dead time, while preserving good tracking and particle identification performance. To characterize this micro-pattern gas detector configuration, we measured the positive ion back-flow and energy resolution at various element gains and electric fields, using a variety of gases, and additionally studied crosstalk effects and discharge rates. At a gain of 2000, this configuration achieves an ion back-flow below 0.4% and an energy resolution better than sigma/E = 12% for Fe-55 X-rays. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：149 / 157

页数：9

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