• Title of article

    The MICROMEGEM detector

  • Author/Authors

    Bouhali، نويسنده , , O. and De Lentdecker، نويسنده , , G. and Dewèze، نويسنده , , S. and Udo، نويسنده , , F. and Van Doninck، نويسنده , , W. and Vander Velde، نويسنده , , C. and Van Lancker، نويسنده , , Victor L. and Zhukov، نويسنده , , V. and Boulogne، نويسنده , , I. and Daubie، نويسنده , , E.، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2001
  • Pages
    10
  • From page
    211
  • To page
    220
  • Abstract
    This article introduces the MICROMEGEM detector, a position-sensitive proportional gas counter produced using advanced Printed Circuit Board (PCB) technology. The detector is equipped with a Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) foil placed 50 μm above a plane of pick-up strips. The GEM produces a first gas amplification which is extended below the GEM foil by applying a strong electric field between the strips and the lower electrode of the GEM. The array of strips is used for read-out to obtain 1-D positional information. We present results on the gas gain, the energy resolution and the rate capability. The behaviour in an intense beam of 300 MeV/c pions in presence of heavily ionizing particles has also been investigated.
  • Keywords
    Printed Circuit Board Technology , Micro-pattern gaseous detector , Gas electron multiplier
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A
  • Serial Year
    2001
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A
  • Record number

    2189136