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We present results from our recent investigations on detectors comprising cascaded gas electron multipliers (GEM) and cascaded GEMs with micro-hole and strip (MHSP) electrodes. We discuss the factors governing the operation of these fast…

We have developed prototypes of GEM-like detectors with resistive electrodes to be used as RICH photodetectors equipped with CsI photocathodes. The main advantages of these detectors are their intrinsic spark protection and possibility to…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-11-26 A. G. Agocs , A. Di Mauro , A. Ben David , B. Clark , P. Martinengo , E. Nappi , V. Peskov

In this paper, the performances of a type of the domestic THGEM (THick Gaseous Electron Multiplier) working in the Ar/CO2 mixtures are reported in details. This kind of single THGEM can provide the gain range from 100 to 1000, which is very…

For several years, attempts have been made to interface Geant4 and other software packages with the aim of simulating the complete response of a gaseous particle detector. In such a simulation, Geant4 is always responsible for the primary…

We study the feedback of positive ions in triple and quadruple Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) detectors. The effects of GEM hole diameter, detector gain, applied voltages, number of GEMs and other parameters on ion feedback are investigated…

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

We study the performance of gaseous and two-phase (liquid-gas) cryogenic detectors of ionizing radiation, based on gas electron multipliers (GEMs). For the first time, high gas gains, exceeding 10^4, were obtained in pure He, Ar and Kr at…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Buzulutskov , A. Bondar , L. Shekhtman , R. Snopkov , Y. Tikhonov

Neutron tagging is a fundamental technique for electron anti-neutrino detection via the inverse beta decay channel. A reported discrepancy in neutron detection efficiency between observational data and simulation predictions prompted an…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-02-17 Y. Hino , K. Abe , R. Asaka , S. Han , M. Harada , M. Ishitsuka , H. Ito , S. Izumiyama , Y. Kanemura , Y. Koshio , F. Nakanishi , H. Sekiya , T. Yano

The performance of energy detection (ED) for independent and identically distribution (i.i.d.) signal models is analyzed over generalized composite non-linear line-of-sight (LOS) and non-line-of-sight (NLOS) shadowed fading scenarios. The…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-01-03 He Huang

The characteristic studies of a Single Mask~(SM) triple Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) detector are carried out using Ar/CO$_2$ gas mixture in 70/30 volume ratio in continuous flow mode. A Fe$^{55}$ X-ray source is used for this work. The…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-11-30 S. Chatterjee , A. Sen , S. Das , S. Biswas

The Large Electron Multipliers (LEMs) are key components of double phase liquid argon TPCs. The drifting charges after being extracted from the liquid are amplified in the LEM positioned half a centimeter above the liquid in pure argon…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-23 C. Cantini , L. Epprecht , A. Gendotti , S. Horikawa , L. Periale , S. Murphy , G. Natterer , C. Regenfus , F. Resnati , F. Sergiampietri , A. Rubbia , T. Viant , S. Wu

Two GEM telescopes, each consisting of three 10x10 cm$^2$ triple-GEM chambers were built, tested and operated by the Hampton University group. The GEMs are read out with APV25 frontend chips and FPGA based digitizing electronics developed…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-03-02 Anusha Liyanage , Michael Kohl , Jesmin Nazeer , Tanvi Patel

One of the main features of two-phase detectors with electroluminescence (EL) gap being developed in our laboratory for dark matter search is the extensive use of THGEMs (Thick Gas Electron Multipliers). In various versions of the detector,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-09-04 Alexander Bondar , Alexei Buzulutskov , Egor Frolov , Vladislav Oleynikov , Ekaterina Shemyakina , Andrey Sokolov

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

The appearance of direct electron detectors marked a new era for electron diffraction. Their high sensitivity and low noise opens the possibility to extend electron diffraction from transmission electron microscopes (TEM) to lower energies…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-02-18 Nikita Denisov , Andrey Orekhov , Johan Verbeeck

It has been demonstrated that acoustic-emission (AE), inspection of structures can offer advantages over other types of monitoring techniques in the detection of damage; namely, an increased sensitivity to damage, as well as an ability to…

Applications · Statistics 2023-12-12 C. A. Lindley , M. R. Jones , T. J. Rogers , E. J. Cross , R. S. Dwyer-Joyce , N. Dervilis , K. Worden

The new beam profile measurement for the Antiproton Decelerator (AD) at CERN is based on a single Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) with a 2D readout structure. This detector is very light, ~0.4% X_0, as required by the low energy of the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2012-08-31 Serge Duarte Pinto , Philippe Carrière , Jens Spanggaard , Gerard Tranquille

Hadronic events from the data collected with the DELPHI detector at LEP within the energy range from 89 GeV to 209 GeV are selected, their jet rates are determined and compared to predictions of four different event generators. One of them…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 The DELPHI Collaboration , J. Abdallah

We present the results of our recent studies on a Thick Gas Electron Multiplier (THGEM)-based imaging detector prototype. It consists of two 100x100 mm^2 THGEM electrodes in cascade, coupled to a resistive anode. The event location is…

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

For the upgrade of the inner tracker of the BESIII spectrometer, planned for 2018, a lightweight tracker based on an innovative Cylindrical Gas Electron Multiplier (CGEM) detector is now under development. The analogue readout of the CGEM…

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…