• Title of article

    The transparent microstrip gas counter

  • Author/Authors

    Takahashi، نويسنده , , Hiroyuki and Fujita، نويسنده , , Kaoru and Fujiwara، نويسنده , , Takeshi and Niko، نويسنده , , Hisako and Guerard، نويسنده , , Bruno and Fraga، نويسنده , , Francisco and Iyomoto، نويسنده , , Naoko، نويسنده ,

  • Pages
    3
  • From page
    123
  • To page
    125
  • Abstract
    Conventional MSGCs are made of metal electrodes that might absorb or reflect optical photons. If the electrodes are made of transparent material like ITO, we could take advantage of optical readout. A gas scintillation proportional counter made of ITO MSGC is fabricated and tested where both optical and charge signals are obtained. We have selected a multi-grid structure that can avoid charge-up problem with normal transparent glass substrate. Test results with Ar and CF4 gas mixture showed a stable gas gain of ∼2800 and ∼110 optical photons for 6 keV X-rays. Position sensing with PSPMT has successfully been demonstrated.
  • Keywords
    indium tin oxide , MSGC , GSPC
  • Journal title
    Astroparticle Physics
  • Record number

    2014918