Operation of MHSP multipliers in high pressure pure noble-gas

被引：22
作者：
Amaro, F. D. [1 ]
Veloso, J. F. C. A. [1 ,2 ]
Breskin, A. [3 ]
Chechik, R. [3 ]
dos Santos, J. M. F. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Coimbra, Dept Phys, P-3004516 Coimbra, Portugal
[2] Univ Aveiro, Dept Phys, P-3810193 Aveiro, Portugal
[3] Weizmann Inst Sci, Dept Particle Phys, IL-76100 Rehovot, Israel
来源：
JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION | 2006年 / 1卷
关键词：
charge transport and multiplication in gas; gaseous detectors; electron multipliers (gas);
D O I：
10.1088/1748-0221/1/04/P04003
中图分类号：
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号：
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要：
We report on the performance of a Micro-Hole & Strip Plate (MHSP) electron multiplier operating in pure Xe, Kr, Ar and Ne at the pressure range of 1 to 6 bar. The maximal gains at 1 bar Xe and Kr are 5x10(4) and 10(5), respectively; they drop by about one order of magnitude at 2 bar and by almost another order of magnitude at 5- 6 bar; they reach gains of 500 and 4000 at 5 bar in Xe and Kr, respectively. In Ar, the gain varies very little with pressure, being 3 - 9 x 10(3); in Ne the maximum attainable gain, about 10(5), is pressure independent above 2 bar. The results are compared with that of single- and triple-GEM multipliers operated in similar conditions. Potential applications are in hard X-ray imaging and in cryogenic radiation detectors.
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