Title of article :
A position sensitive parallel plate avalanche counter for single particle and current readout
Author/Authors :
Cub، نويسنده , , J. and Gund، نويسنده , , C. and Pansegrau، نويسنده , , D. and Schrieder، نويسنده , , G. and Stelzer، نويسنده , , H.، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
A parallel plate avalanche counter (PPAC) has been developed to serve as a radioactive beam monitor detector for the REX-ISOLDE project at CERN. The PPAC has a compact design with an active diameter of 4 cm, a low effective thickness of ∼1 mg/cm2, a spatial resolution in the x and y directions of 1.6 mm, an applicability for all heavy ions with Z≥2, and a large dynamical range in counting rates of up to 109 s−1 due to single particle or current readout, respectively.
Keywords :
Parallel plate avalanche counter , Position-sensitive detector , Radioactive beams
Journal title :
Astroparticle Physics
