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Gas Electron Multipliers (GEMs) can be produced in large foils and molded in different shapes. The possibility to create cylindrical layers has opened the opportunity to use such detector as internal tracker at collider experiments. One…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-08-26 Ilaria Balossino

Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) is one of the devices for gas amplification and available as an amplification part of detectors for many experiments. A GEM with a 50 $\mu m$ thick insulator is popular and widely used in many experimental…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-01-20 Tomohisa Ogawa , Yumi Aoki

Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) is one of the mostly used gaseous detectors in the High Energy Physics (HEP) experiments. GEMs are widely used as tracking devices due to their high-rate handling capability and good position resolution. An…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-01-23 S. Mandal , S. Chatterjee , A. Sen , S. Gope , S. Dhani , A. C. Hegde , M. Chatterjee , S. Das , S. Biswas

This study presents techniques for the mass production of large-sized GEM foils for the CMS phase-2 upgrade by the Korean CMS group. The foil production facility is designed with a focus on mass production, including the adoption of the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-10-18 I. Yoon

Thick GEM-like (THGEM) gaseous electron multipliers are made of standard printed-circuit board perforated with sub-millimeter diameter holes, etched at their rims. Effective gas multiplication factors of 100000 and 10000000 and fast pulses…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-11-26 C. Shalem , R. Chechik , A. Breskin , K. Michaeli

Systematic studies on the gain and the energy resolution have been carried out varying the voltage across the GEM foils for both single mask and double mask triple GEM detector prototypes. Variation of the gain and the energy resolution…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-06-22 S. Biswas , D. J. Schmidt , A. Abuhoza , U. Frankenfeld , C. Garabatos , J. Hehner , V. Kleipa , T. Morhardt , C. J. Schmidt , H. R. Schmidt , J. Wiechula

To solve the discharge of the standard Bulk Micromegas and GEM detector, the GEM-Micromegas detector was developed in Institute of High Energy Physics. Taking into account the advantages of the two detectors, one GEM foil was set as a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-15 YuLian Zhang , HuiRong Qi , BiTao Hu , ShengNan Fan , Bo Wang , Mei Liu , Jian Zhang , RongGuang Liu , GuangCai Chang , Peng Liu , Qun Ouyang , YuanBo Chen , FuTing Yi

For its ease manufacturing, flexible geometry, and cheap manufacturing cost, the gas electron multiplier (GEM) detector can be used as an x-ray image sensor. For this purpose, we acquired relative detection efficiencies and suggested a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-03-13 Sukyoung Shin , Jaehoon Jung , Soonhyouk Lee

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

Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) detectors are crucial for enabling high-resolution X-ray polarisation of astrophysical sources when coupled to custom pixel readout ASIC in Gas Pixel Detectors (GPD), as in the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-02-14 A. Lega , D. Novel , T. Facchinelli , C. Sgro' , L. Baldini , M. Minuti , M. Boscardin , G. Pepponi , R. Iuppa , R. Hall-Wilton , L. Latronico

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 properties of thick GEM-like (TGEM) gaseous electron multipliers, operated at 1-740 Torr are presented. They are made of a G-10 plate, perforated with millimeter-scale diameter holes. In single-multiplier elements, effective gains of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-26 R. Chechik , A. Breskin , C. Shalem , D. Moermann

We briefly review the concept and properties of the Thick GEM (THGEM); it is a robust, high-gain gaseous electron multiplier, manufactured economically by standard printed-circuit drilling and etching technology. Its operation and structure…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-12-18 A. Breskin , R. Alon , M. Cortesi , R. Chechik , J. Miyamoto , V. Dangendorf , J. Maia , J. M. F. Dos Santos

Thick GEM-like (THGEM) electrodes are robust, high gain gaseous electron multipliers, economically-manufactured by standard drilling and etching of thin printed circuit board or other materials. Their operation and structure are similar to…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-11-26 R. Chechik , M. Cortesi , A. Breskin , D. Vartsky , D. Bar , V. Dangendorf

In this work GEM and single-hole Thick GEM structures, composed of different coating materials, are studied. The used foils incorporate conductive layers made of copper, aluminium, molybdenum, stainless steel, tungsten and tantalum. The…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-11-08 B. Ulukutlu , P. Gasik , T. Waldmann , L. Fabbietti , T. Klemenz , L. Lautner , R. de Oliveira , S. Williams

Micro-Pattern Gas Detectors (MPGDs) are extensively employed in modern high-energy and nuclear Physics experiments because of their excellent spatial resolution, high rate capability, and operational stability. Among these, the Gas Electron…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-05-29 Sachin Rana , Md. Kaosor Ali Mondal , Poojan Angiras , Amal Sarkar

A Time Projection Chamber (TPC) using micro-pattern gas detectors is planned as the main tracking device for a detector at the next Linear Collider. A novel support structure for Gas Electron Multipliers (GEMs), which minimizes the material…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-17 T. Behnke , F. Müller , A. Münnich , K. Zenker

The challenging physics program at the International Linear Collider (ILC) poses stringent requirements on the performance of its tracking system. A large volume time projection chamber (TPC) is considered a good candidate for such a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-08-23 Peter Wienemann

We succeeded in modifying and controlling the electrical resistance of a standard High Pressure Laminate (HPL) panel through the use of a Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) foil that has been embedded into the bulk of the HPL plate itself.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-03-22 P. Vitulo

Gas electron multipliers (GEMs) have been overcoated with a high resistivity 10e14 - 10e15 Ohms / square amorphous carbon layer. The coating avoids charging up of the holes and provides a constant gain immediately after switching on…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-11-26 S. Beirle , U. Werthenbach , G. Zech , T. Zeuner