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A novel concept is proposed for large-volume single-phase noble-liquid TPC detectors for rare events. Both radiation-induced scintillation-light and ionization-charge are detected by Liquid Hole-Multipliers, LHM, immersed in the noble…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-15 Amos Breskin

The long-term stability in terms of gain and energy resolution of a prototype triple Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) detector has been investigated with high rate X-ray irradiation. Premixed Ar/CO2 (80:20) and (90:10) gases have been used for…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-07-05 S Chatterjee , S Roy , A Sen , S Chakraborty , S Das , S K Ghosh , S K Prasad , S Raha , S Biswas

In view of a possible application as a charge-particle track readout for an Active-Target Time Projection Chamber (AT-TPC), the operational properties and performances of a hybrid Micro-Pattern Gaseous Detector (MPGD) were investigated in…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-12-23 Marco Cortesi , Wolfgang Mittig , Daniel Bazin , Saul Beceiro-Novo , John Yurkon , Rim Soussi Tanani , Michael Wolff , Andreas Stolz

The Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) detector is one of the advanced members of the Micro Pattern Gas Detector (MPGD) family, used in High Energy Physics (HEP) experiments as a tracking device due to its high rate handling capability and good…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-06-23 S. Chatterjee , A. Sen , S. Das , S. Biswas

At NISER-IoP detector laboratory an initiative is taken to build and test Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) detectors for ALICE experiment. The optimisation of the gas flow rate and the long-term stability test of the GEM detector are…

The conceptual design and operational principle of a novel high-efficiency, fast neutron imaging detector based on THGEM, intended for future fan-beam transmission tomography applications, is described. We report on a feasibility study…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-04 M. Cortesi , R. Zboray , R. Adams , V. Dangendorf , H. -M. Prasser

The Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) detectors are widely used in high-energy physics (HEP) experiments as tracking devices because of their excellent position resolution and to handle high particle rates capability. Charging-up effect is a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-05-06 S. Mandal , S. Ghosh , S. Das , S. Biswas

The Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) detectors has been utilized for various applications due to their excellent spatial resolution, high rate capabilities and flexibility in design. The GEM detectors stand as a promising device to be used in…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-02-21 Mohit Gola , Aashaq Shah , Asar Ahmed , Shivali Malhotra , Ashok Kumar , Md. Naimuddin

The planned tracking upgrade of the STAR experiment at RHIC includes a large-area GEM tracker used to determine the charge sign of electrons and positrons produced from W+(-) decays. For such a large-scale project commercial availability of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-11-26 F. Simon , B. Azmoun , U. Becker , L. Burns , D. Crary , K. Kearney , G. Keeler , R. Majka , K. Paton , G. Saini , N. Smirnov , B. Surrow , C. Woody

We constructed and operated a double phase (liquid-vapour) pure argon Large Electron Multiplier Time Projection Chamber (LAr LEM-TPC) with a sensitive area of 10x10 cm$^2$ and up to 30 cm of drift length. The LEM is a macroscopic hole…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-05-13 A. Badertscher , L. Knecht , M. Laffranchi , D. Lussi , A. Marchionni , G. Natterer , P. Otiougova , F. Resnati , A. Rubbia , T. Viant

We describe here various detectors designs: GEM type, MICROMEGAStype, PPACtype as well as cascaded detectors made of a resistive mesh manufactured from a resistive Kapton foil, (20 microns thick, resistivity a few MOhm per square) by a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-10-11 R. Oliveira , V. Peskov , F. Pietropaolo , P. Picchi

The LCTPC collaboration is developing a time projection chamber (TPC) for a future linear collider. In the ILD concept for an ILC detector a TPC is foreseen as main tracking device. In order to get measurable signals on the anode, the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-02-02 Lea Hallermann , Jeannine Beck

We have built a RICH detector prototype consisting of a liquid C6F14 radiator and six triple Thick Gaseous Electron Multipliers (TGEMs), each of them having an active area of 10x10 cm2. One triple TGEM has been placed behind the liquid…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-05-28 V. Peskov , G. Bencze , A. Di Mauro , P. Martinengo , D. Mayani , L. Molnar , E. Nappi , G. Paic , N. Smirnov , H. Anand , I. Shukla

The bulk Micromegas detector is considered to be a promising candidate for building TPCs for several future experiments including the projected linear collider. The standard bulk with a spacing of 128 micron has already established itself…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-05-11 Purba Bhattacharya , Sudeb Bhattacharya , Nayana Majumdar , Supratik Mukhopadhyay , Sandip Sarkar , Paul Colas , David Attie

Gaseous PhotoMultipliers (GPM) are a very promising alternative of vacuum PMTs especially for large-size noble-liquid detectors in the field of Functional Nuclear Medical Imaging and Direct Dark Matter Detection. We present recent…

We report the status of R&D on large triple-GEM detectors for a forward tracker (FT) in an experiment at a future Electron Ion Collider (EIC) that will improve our understanding of QCD. We have designed a detector prototype specifically…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-11-17 Aiwu Zhang , Vallary Bhopatkar , Marcus Hohlmann , Xinzhan Bai , Kondo Gnanvo , Nilanga K. Liyanage , Matt Posik , Bernd Surrow

The requirement of a large number of electronic channels poses a big challenge for Micro-pattern Gas Detector (MPGD) to achieve good spatial resolution. By using the redundancy that at least two neighboring strips record the signal of a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-08-03 Bin-Xiang Qi , Shu-Bin Liu , Heng Ji , Zhong-Tao Shen , Si-Yuan Ma , Hong-Bang Liu , Wen-Qian Huang , Qi An

We study the performance of the triple-GEM (Gas Electron Multiplier) detector in pure noble gases Ne, Ar and Xe, at different pressures varying from 1 to 10 atm. In Ar and Xe, the maximum attainable gain of the detector abruptly drops down…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-11-07 A. Bondar , A. Buzulutskov , L. Shekhtman

A quadruple GEM detector has been assembled in a standalone configuration and operated using Ar and CO$_2$ gas mixtures in proportions of 70:30 and 90:10. Detailed performance study of the detector has been made by using $^{106}$Ru-Rh…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-10-09 Rajendra Nath Patra , Rama Narayan Singaraju , Saikat Biswas , Yogendra P. Viyogi , Tapan K. Nayak

In this work we discuss the mechanism behind the large electroluminescence signals observed at relatively low electric fields in the holes of a Thick Gas Electron Multiplier (THGEM) electrode immersed in liquid xenon. We present strong…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-09-30 L. Arazi , E. Erdal , A. E. C. Coimbra , M. L. Rappaport , D. Vartsky , V. Chepel , A. Breskin