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We developed a prototype time projection chamber using gas electron multipliers (GEM-TPC) for high energy heavy ion collision experiments. To investigate its performance, we conducted a beam test with 3 kinds of gases (Ar(90%)-CH4(10%),…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-11-26 S. X. Oda , H. Hamagaki , K. Ozawa , M. Inuzuka , T. Sakaguchi , T. Isobe , T. Gunji , Y. Morino , S. Saito , Y. L. Yamaguchi , S. Sawada , S. Yokkaichi

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

Gas electron multiplier(GEM) detector is used in Cosmic Muon Scattering Tomography and neutron imaging in the last decade. In this work, a triple GEM device with an effective readout area of 10 cm X 10 cm is developed, and an experiment of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-05-04 Wu Hui-Yin , Zhao Sheng-Ying , Wang Xiao-Dong , Zhang Xian-Ming , Qi Hui-Rong , Zhang Wei , Wu Ke-Yan , Hu Bi-Tao , Zhang Yi

The High Energy Physics group of the University of Texas at Arlington Physics Department has been developing Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) detectors for use as the sensitive gap detector in digital hadron calorimeters (DHCAL) for the future…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-10-20 J. Yu , E. Baldelomar , K. Park , S. Park , M. Sosebee , N. Tran , A. P. White

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

We study the performances of gaseous and two-phase (liquid-gas) cryogenic detectors of ionizing radiation based on gas electron multipliers (GEMs) and operated in an avalanche mode in pure noble gases. The gas amplification in He, Ar and Kr…

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

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) 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

A wire GEM (WGEM) detector with a gas gap between meshes was constructed. The detector provides the amplification 5x10E5 for the gas mixture of Ar +20% CO2 at atmospheric pressure. As compared with well-known GEM detectors produced by…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-11-26 B. M. Ovchinnikov , V. I. Razin , A. I. Reshetin , S. N. Filippov

We describe a concept for a NASA SMEX Mission in which Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) detectors, developed at CERN, are adapted for use in X-ray astronomy. These detectors can be used to obtain moderately large detector area and…

With the advancement of the accelerator systems and the requirements of high luminosity particle beams to reach different physics goals, detectors with good position resolution and high rate handling capability have become essential for…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-09-15 S. Chatterjee , A. Sen , S. Das , S. K. Ghosh , S. Biswas

We report on the systematic study of a single-gas-electron-multiplication (GEM) loaded gaseous detector developed for precision measurements of high-energy particle beams and dose-verification measurements. In the present study, a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-07-29 Kyong Sei Lee , Byungsik Hong , Sang Yeol Kim , Sung Keun Park

We present the results of our recent studies of a Thick Gaseous Electron Multiplier (THGEM)-based detector, operated in Ar, Xe and Ar:Xe (95:5) at various gas pressures. Avalanche-multiplication properties and energy resolution were…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-11-13 R. Alon , J. Miyamoto , M. Cortesi , A. Breskin , R. Chechik , I. Carne , J. M. Maia , J. M. F. dos Santos , M. Gai , D. McKinsey , V. Dangendorf

In this paper we present results from a test of a small Liquid Argon Large Electron Multiplier Time Projection Chamber (LAr LEM-TPC). This detector concept provides a 3D-tracking and calorimetric device capable of charge amplification,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-07-28 A. Badertscher , A. Curioni , S. Horikawa , L. Knecht , D. Lussi , A. Marchionni , G. Natterer , F. Resnati , A. Rubbia , T. Viant

The triple GEM detector is a micropattern gas detector which consists of a primary ionisation gap and three consecutive gas electron multiplier (GEM) foils. A printed circuit board with readout strips detects the current induced by the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-10-31 M. Ziegler , P. Sievers , U. Straumann

Basic R & D have been carried out with one small straw tube detector prototype with premixed gas of Ar+CO2 in 70:30 and 90:10 ratio. The gain and the energy resolution are measured with Fe55 X-ray source. Effect of temperature and pressure…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-09-26 S. Roy , N. Nandi , R. P. Adak , S. Biswas , S. Das , S. K. Ghosh , S. K. Prasad , S. Raha

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 sealed high gas pressure detector working in pure argon is assembled. It consists of a 5 cm $\times$ 5 cm PCB THGEM (THick Gaseous Electron Multipliers). The detector structure and experimental setup are described. The performances under…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-12-26 Yu-Ning Zhang , Qian Liu , Hong-Bang Liu , Yi-Gang Xie , Xiao-Rui Lyu , Shi Chen , Wen-Qian Huang , Dao-Jin Hong , Yang-Heng Zheng

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…