Title :
A large area GEM detector
Author :
Pinto, Serge Duarte ; Alfonsi, Matteo ; Brocky, Ian ; Croci, Gabriele ; David, Eric ; De Oliveira, Rui ; Pinchasik, Bat-EI ; Ropelewski, Leszek ; Sauli, Fabio ; Stenis, Miranda van
Author_Institution :
Cern, Geneva, Switzerland
Abstract :
A prototype triple gem detector has been constructed with an area of ∼2000 cm2, based on foils of 66 cm × 66 cm. GEMS of such dimensions have not been made before, and innovations to the existing technology were made to build this detector.
Keywords :
Copper; Etching; Fabrication; Gas detectors; Large Hadron Collider; Polyimides; Production; Prototypes; Splicing; Technological innovation;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2008. NSS '08. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Dresden, Germany
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2714-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1095-7863
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774683