Author/Authors :
Charles ، نويسنده , , G. and Anfreville، نويسنده , , M. and Aune، نويسنده , , S. and Ball، نويسنده , , J. and Bedfer، نويسنده , , Y. and Boyer، نويسنده , , M. and Konczykowski، نويسنده , , P. and Kunne، نويسنده , , F. and Lahonde-Hamdoun، نويسنده , , C. and Cai، نويسنده , , L. and Mandjavidze، نويسنده , , I. and Marchand، نويسنده , , C. and Meunier، نويسنده , , O. and Moreno، نويسنده , , B. and Moutarde، نويسنده , , H. and Neyret، نويسنده , , D، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
We present measurements of discharge rates in various Micromegas detectors in low energy hadron beams for applications foreseen at the future experiments CLAS12 at JLab and MINOS at GSI. The tests were performed in the T11 beam line of the CERN/PS using hadron beams with momentum between 0.2 and 3 GeV/c. The discharge probability decreases smoothly below 1 GeV/c, except at some specific energies where narrow peaks are observed. The position of the peaks corresponds to the stop point of protons and heavier particles, predicted by the Geant4 simulation. Discharge rates were also measured using Micromegas prototypes equipped with a GEM foil as foreseen for the COMPASS experiment at CERN.
Keywords :
Micro-pattern gaseous detectors , Micromegas , Discharge , GEM , spark , CLAS12 , COMPASS , MINOS , GEANT4
