The Successful Operation of Hole-Type Gaseous Detectors at Cryogenic Temperatures

Author

Periale, L. ; Peskov, V. ; Iacobaeus, C. ; Francke, T. ; Lund-Jensen, B. ; Pavlopoulos, P. ; Picchi, P. ; Pietropaolo, F. ; Tokanai, F.

Author_Institution

CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

Volume

52

Issue

4

fYear

2005

Firstpage

927

Lastpage

931

Abstract

We have demonstrated that hole-type gaseous detectors, gas electron multipliers and capillary plates (CPs) can operate at temperatures down to 77 K. For example, a single CP can operate at gains above $10^3$ in the entire temperature interval between 77 and 300 K. The same CP combined with CsI photocathodes operates perfectly well at gains of 100–1000, depending on the gas mixture. The obtained results open new fields of applications for CPs as detectors of ultraviolet light and charged particles at cryogenic temperatures: liquid noble gas time-projection chambers, detectors for weakly interacting massive particles or liquid Xe scintillating calorimeters, and cryogenic positron-emission tomography.

Keywords

cryogenics; liquid scintillation detectors; positron emission tomography; time projection chambers; Csl photocathodes; capillary plates; cryogenic positron-emission tomography; cryogenic temperatures; gas electron multipliers; hole-type gaseous detectors; liquid Xe scintillating calorimeters; liquid noble gas time-projection chambers; ultraviolet fight; weakly interacting massive particles; Argon; Cathodes; Cryogenics; Photodetectors; Physics; Plasma temperature; Solid scintillation detectors; Temperature dependence; Testing; Tomography; CsI photocathode; TCP; noble liquids;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TNS.2005.852632

Filename

1495785