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The Micro-Pattern Gaseous Detectors offer excellent spatial and temporal resolution in harsh radiation environments of high-luminosity colliders. In this work, an attempt has been made to establish an algorithm for estimating the time…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-05-11 Purba Bhattacharya , Nayana Majumdar , Supratik Mukhopadhyay , Sudeb Bhattacharya

In recent years important progress in micropattern gaseous detectors has been achieved in the use of resistive material to build compact spark-protected devices. The novel idea presented here consists of the polarisation of WELL structures…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-03-19 Rui De Oliveira , Marcello Maggi , Archana Sharma

We have developed a new detector of photons and charged particles- a hole-type structure with electrodes made of a double layered resistive material: a thin low resistive layer coated with a layer having a much higher resistivity. One of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-11-26 G. Charpak , P. Benaben , P. Breuil , A. Di Mauro , P. Martinengo , V. Peskov

New Micromegas (Micro-mesh gaseous detectors) are being developed in view of the future physics projects planned by the COMPASS collaboration at CERN. Several major upgrades compared to present detectors are being studied: detectors…

We have developed commercial prototypes of sealed gaseous detectors combined with CsI photocathodes and/or filled with photosensitive vapors. The rirst results of application of these devices for the detection of flames in daylight…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-26 L. Periale , V. Peskov , A. Braem , Di Mauro , P. Martinengo , P. Picchi , F. Pietropaolo , H. Sipila

Micromegas detectors are a relatively modern design concept for micropattern gas detectors, designed to handle high particle flux while providing high gain, high spatial resolution, and fast response times for a variety of radiation…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-05-07 J. Holmes , E. Galyaev , R. Alarcon , R. Acuna , D. Blyth , B. Fox , N. Mullins , K. Scheuer

We have recently developed an innovative detector of photons and charged particles: a GEM-like gaseous amplification structure with resistive electrodes instead of commonly used metallic ones. This novel detector combines the best property…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2010-05-12 P. Fonte , P. Martinengo , E. Nappi , R. Oliveira , V. Peskov

In this study we report the results of a systematic study of the gain, rate and the position resolution limits of various micropattern gaseous detectors. It was found that at low rates (<1 Hz/mm^2) each detector has it own gain limit, which…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2007-05-23 V. Peskov , P. Fonte

Modern gas detectors for detection of particles require F-based gases for optimal performance. Recent regulations demand the use of environmentally unfriendly F-based gases to be limited or banned. This review studies properties of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-03-28 L. Benussi , S. Bianco , D. Piccolo , G. Saviano , S. Colafranceschi , J. Kjølbro , A. Sharma , D. Yang , G. Chen , Y. Ban , Q. Li

A review of the current progress in developments and tests of supersensitive gaseous detectors of open flame, sparks and smoke is given. A focus on the latest developments is on flat panel type sensors. This design, after further…

Identification of high momentum hadrons at the future EIC is crucial, gaseous RICH detectors are therefore viable option. Compact collider setups impose to construct RICHes with small radiator length, hence significantly limiting the number…

There are several applications and fundamental research areas which require the detection of VUV light at cryogenic temperatures. For these applications we have developed and successfully tested special designs of gaseous detectors with…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-26 L. Periale , V. Peskov , C. Iacobaeus , T. Francke , B. Lund-Jensen , N. Pavlopoulos , P. Picchi , F. Pietropaolo

The demands on detectors for particle detection as well as for medical and astronomical X-ray imaging are continuously pushing the development of novel pixel detectors. The state of the art in pixel detector technology to date are hybrid…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-11-11 Hans Krueger

High Energy Physics experiments are currently entering a new era which requires the operation of gaseous particle detectors at unprecedented high rates and integrated particle fluxes. Full functionality of such detectors over the lifetime…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2011-07-19 M. Titov , M. Hohlmann , C. Padilla , N. Tesch

Ionization chambers working in ambient air in current detection mode are widely used in several applications such as smoke detection, dosimetry, therapeutic beam monitoring and cetera. The aim of this work was to investigate if gaseous…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-12-10 G. Charpak , P. Benaben , P. Breuil , V. Peskov

We review the current status of liquid noble gas radiation detectors with energy threshold in the keV range, wich are of interest for direct dark matter searches, measurement of coherent neutrino scattering and other low energy particle…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2013-04-30 Vitaly Chepel , Henrique Araújo

Plasma Display Panels (PDP), the underlying engine of panel plasma television displays, are being investigated for their utility as radiation detectors called Plasma Panel Sensors (PPS). The PPS a novel variant of a micropattern radiation…

UV lasers for the calibration of gaseous detectors have seen newfound employment with current-generation micro-pattern gaseous detectors (MPGDs), especially those devices not suitable for tests with traditional sources (e.g. cosmic rays or…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-04-06 Antonello Pellecchia , Antonio Ranieri , Piet Verwilligen

Micro-Pattern Gaseous Detectors (MPGDs) with resistive anode planes provide intrinsic discharge robustness while maintaining good spatial and time resolutions. Typically read out with 1D strips or pad structures, here the characterisation…

This review provides an overview of many recent advances in detector technologies for particle physics experiments. Challenges for new technologies include increasing spatial and temporal sensitivity, speed, and radiation hardness while…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2010-03-16 James E. Brau