Systematics of the SQS current pulses on the plateau region

Some basic features of detectors operated in the self-quenching streamer mode, (also referred to as the limited streamer mode), e.g., their pulse height spectra, are not easy to interpret, requiring the development and checking of models of the complex process involved. In the present work a comparison is made between data and the behavior predicted by different models. In particular, the dependence of the total charge on the applied voltage and the reconstruction of the pulse form are considered. The tests presented tend to reject some models and to favor the one presented by I. Gallimberti (1979) for long streamers