Title of article
Development of Au-coated THGEM for single photon, charged particle, and neutron detection
Author/Authors
Xie، نويسنده , , Yuguang and Lu، نويسنده , , Junguang and Zhang، نويسنده , , Aiwu and Yu، نويسنده , , Boxiang and Hu، نويسنده , , Tao and Zhou، نويسنده , , Li and Cai، نويسنده , , Xiao and Fang، نويسنده , , Jian and Wang، نويسنده , , Zhigang and Sun، نويسنده , , Xilei and Liu، نويسنده , , Yingbiao and Gao، نويسنده , , Long and Niu، نويسنده , , Shunli and Zhang، نويسنده , , Xuan and Liu، نويسنده , , Wanjin and Sun، نويسنده , , Lijun، نويسنده ,
Pages
7
From page
809
To page
815
Abstract
We report the successful development of Au-coated Thick Gas Electron Multipliers (THGEMs) based totally on homemade industrial PCB technology in China. THGEMs with various dimensions and substrates have been produced and tested. Production achievements include sensitive areas up to 500×1000 mm2, hole diameters down to 200 μ m , thicknesses down to 150 μ m , rims from 20 to 120 μ m , and feasibility of mass production. In addition, effective techniques have been applied to improve the quality and performance of THGEMs. The effective gain, gain stability, gain uniformity, and energy resolution in Ar-based and Ne-based gas mixtures were studied. Test results of X-rays, VUV&UV lights, cosmic ray muons, and alpha particles show that these kinds of THGEMs are promising.
Keywords
THGEM , Single photon , Charged particle , CsI photocathode , Neutron
Journal title
Astroparticle Physics
Record number
2014528
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