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The Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) detector is one of promising particle and radiation detectors that has been improved greatly from previous gas detectors. The improvement includes better spatial resolutions, higher detection rate…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-10-28 Kiadtisak Saenboonruang , Piyakul Kumphiranon , Kittipong Kulasri , Anawat Ritthirong

A new concept for a hybrid structure gaseous detector module with ion backflow suppression for the time projection chamber in a future circular collider is presented. It is a hybrid structure cascaded Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) with a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-04-03 YuLian Zhang , HuiRong Qi , BiTao Hu , Hai-Yun Wang , Qun Ou-Yang , Yuan-Bo Chan , Jian Zhang , Zhi-Wen Wen

The Thick Gas Electron Multiplier (THGEM) is a robust high-gain gas-avalanche electron multiplier - a building block of a variety of radiation detectors. It can be manufactured economically by standard printed-circuit drilling and etching…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-03-03 Shikma Bressler , Luca Moleri , Abhik Jash , Andrea Tesi , Darina Zavazieva

We show that physics of multi-GEM structures is rather complex, regarding the number of phenomena affecting detector performance. The high-pressure operation in noble gases and the ion feedback are considered in more detail. It is proposed…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-11-07 A. Buzulutskov

We present recent results on the operation of gas-avalanche detectors comprising a cascade of gas electron multipliers (GEMs) and Micro-Hole and Strip Plates (MHSPs) multiplier operated in reversed-bias (R-MHSP) mode. The operation…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-11-11 J. F. C. A. Veloso , F. Amaro , J. M. Maia , A. V. Lyashenko , A. Breskin , R. Chechik , J. M. F. dos Santos , O. Bouianov , M. Bouianov

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) detector, one of the advanced members of the Micro Pattern Gas Detector (MPGD) group, is widely used in High Energy Physics (HEP) experiments. The high rate handling capability and spatial resolution make it a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-05-17 S. Chatterjee , A. Sen , R. Paul , S. Sahai , S. Das , S. Biswas

We measured the properties of a novel combination of two Gas Electron Multipliers with a Micromegas for use as amplification devices in high-rate gaseous time projection chambers. The goal of this design is to minimize the buildup of space…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-09-21 S. Aiola , R. J. Ehlers , S. Gu , J. W. Harris , R. Majka , J. D. Mulligan , M. Oliver , J. Schambach , N. Smirnov

The TOTEM experiment at LHC has chosen the triple Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) technology for its T2 telescope which will provide charged track reconstruction in the rapidity range 5.3<|eta|<6.5 and a fully inclusive trigger for…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-09-29 S. Lami , G. Latino , E. Oliveri , L. Ropelewski , N. Turini

Advances in fabrication techniques and high-performance electronics have facilitated the development of fine-pitch Gas Electron Multipliers (GEMs). Earlier experimental and simulation findings suggest that these reduced-pitch GEMs can…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-01-16 Rajiv Gupta , Sunidhi Saxena , Ajay Kumar

Gas Electron Multipliers (GEM) are among the more prominent Micro-Pattern Gaseous Detectors (MPGDs) and widely used in high energy particle physics experiments and various related applications. Adoption of different production techniques…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-03-06 Promita Roy , Purba Bhattacharya , Prasant Kumar Rout , Supratik Mukhopadhyay , Nayana Majumdar , Sandip Sarkar

Gas detector are very light instrument used in high energy physics to measure the particle properties: position and momentum. Through high electric field is possible to use the Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) technology to detect the…

It is well known and has been shown that the gain performance of Gaseous Electron Multipliers (GEM) depends on the size of the holes. With an optical scanner it is possible to measure the dimensions of the holes, and to predict the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-04-28 Erik Brücken , Jouni Heino , Timo Hildén , Matti Kalliokoski , Vladyslav Litichevskyi , Raimo Turpeinen , Dezső Varga

A new gas detector prototype for the upgrade of the focal plane detector of the MAGNEX large-acceptance magnetic spectrometer has been developed and tested in view of the NUMEN project. It has been designed to operate at low gas pressure…

We present avalanche gain and associated resolution measurements recorded with a $^4$He:CO$_2$ (70:30) gas mixture and pure SF$_6$, a Negative Ion (NI) gas. SF$_6$ is of particular interest to the directional dark matter detection…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-06-22 T. N. Thorpe , S. E. Vahsen

Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) detectors, typically featuring a standard pitch size of 140 $\mu$m and an inner hole diameter of 50 $\mu$m, are extensively utilized in high-energy physics experiments for tracking, triggering, and timing…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-05-07 Rajiv Gupta , Gauri Devi , Sunidhi Saxena , Arpit Singh , Ajay Kumar

The characteristics of triple GEM detectors have been studied systematically by using cosmic ray muons. The minimum ionizing particle (MIP) spectra has been taken for different GEM voltage setting. Efficiency of GEM detector has been…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-17 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

In recent years Gas Electron Multipliers have proven to be reliable amplification stages at high beam rates, and can be used also in Time Projection Chambers. Our group developed a 1 dm$^3$ active volume double-GEM TPC, with spatial…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-09-07 Gábor Galgóczi , Gergő Hamar , Péter Pázmándi , Dezső Varga

Gas electron multipliers (GEM) detectors are gaseous detectors widely used for tracking and imaging applications due to their good position resolution, high efficiency at high irradiation rates, among other factors. In the present work,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-03-13 Vishal Kumar , Subhendu Das , Promita Roy , Purba Bhattacharyab , Supratik Mukhopadhyay , Nayana Majumdar , Sandip Sarkar

The physics studies at heavy-ion nucleus-nucleus collision experiments demand reliable detectors at high particle flux. Therefore, Gas Electron Multipliers (GEM) detectors, which show resilience to extreme radiation, are one of the prime…