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The operating principle and performances of the Multi-layer Thick Gaseous Electron Multiplier (M-THGEM) is presented. The M-THGEM is a novel hole-type gaseous electron multiplier produced by multi-layer printed circuit board technology; it…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-06-24 M. Cortesi , S. Rost , W. Mittig , Y. Ayyad Limonge , D. Bazin , J. Yurkon , A. Stolz

Study of the stability of gain and energy resolution for a triple GEM detector has been performed under continuous radiation of X-ray with high rate, using premixed gas of Argon and CO$_2$ in 70/30 ratio and conventional NIM electronics. A…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-04-10 S. Roy , S. Rudra , S. Shaw , R. P. Adak , S. Biswas , S. Das , S. K. Ghosh , S. K. Prasad , S. Raha

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

We are developing a new photon detector with micro pattern gaseous detectors. A semitransparent CsI photocathode is combined with 10cm$\times$10cm GEM/$\mu$PIC for the first prototype which is aimed for the large liquid Xe detectors. Using…

Astrophysics · Physics 2013-03-20 H. Sekiya

A large number of high-energy and heavy-ion experiments successfully used Time Projection Chamber (TPC) as central tracker and particle identification detector. However, the performance requirements on TPC for new high-rate particle…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2013-02-14 M. Poli Lener , M. Bazzi , G. Corradi , C. Curceanu , A. D'Uffizi , C. Paglia , A. Romero Vidal , E. Sbardella , A. Scordo , D. Tagnani , J. Zmeskal

Thick Gas Electron Multipliers (THGEMs) have the potential of constituting thin, robust sampling elements in Digital Hadron Calorimetry (DHCAL) in future colliders. We report on recent beam studies of new single- and double-THGEM-like…

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

Triple-GEM detector technology was recently selected by CMS for a part of the upgrade of its forward muon detector system as GEM detectors provide a stable operation in the high radiation environment expected during the future…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-12-12 Aashaq Shah , CMS-Muon Collaboration

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% X0), and measures horizontal and vertical…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2012-03-20 Serge Duarte Pinto , Rhodri Jones , Leszek Ropelewski , Jens Spanggaard , Gerard Tranquille

The construction of a micro-pattern gas detector of dimensions 40x10 cm**2 is described. Two gas electron multiplier foils (GEM) provide the internal amplification stages. A two-layer readout structure was used, manufactured in the same…

We report the application of the resistive anode readout method on a two dimensional imaging GEM detector. The resistive anode consists of $6\times6$ cells with the cell size $6~\mathrm{mm}\times6~\mathrm{mm}$. New electronics and DAQ…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-09-06 Xu-Dong Ju , Ming-Yi Dong , Chuan-Xing Zhou , Jing Dong , Yu-Bin Zhao , Hong-Yu Zhang , Hui-Rong Qi , Qun Ou-Yang

Gaseous detectors are used in both low energy and high energy physics experiments. The present day gaseous detectors, i.e., the Micro-Pattern gaseous detectors (MPGD) are more efficient and fast. Gas Electron multiplier (GEM) is quite well…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-08-08 Deb Sankar Bhattacharya , P K Sahu , Sagarika Swain , Sanjib K Sahu

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

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 present design and construction of a large low-mass Triple-GEM detector prototype for forward tracking at a future Electron-Ion Collider. In this environment, multiple scattering of forward and backward tracks must be minimized so that…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-11-16 Marcus Hohlmann , Matthew Bomberger , Stefano Colafranceschi , Francisco Jimenez , Mehdi Rahmani , Aiwu Zhang

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…

A gas electron multiplier (GEM) detector with a gadolinium cathode has been developed to explore its potential application as a neutron detector. It consists of three standard-sized ($10\times 10$ cm${}^{2}$) GEM foils and a thin gadolinium…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-12-07 DongHyun Song , Kyungeon Choi , Youngun Jeng , Yechan Kang , Jason Sang Hun Lee , Inkyu Park , Sunyoung Yoo

In this work we show the operation and results of an X-ray fluorescence imaging system using a cascade of three gas electron multipliers (GEM) and a pinhole assembly. The detector operates in Ar/CO$_2$ (90/10) at atmospheric pressure, with…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-06-26 Geovane G. A. de Souza , Hugo Natal da Luz

The design of multi-channel gas electron multiplier (MGEM) with metallic electrodes is proposed, produced and tested. The electrodes of MGEM are produced from the brass plates with thickness of 1 mm, round openings of 1 mm in diameter and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2010-06-17 B. M. Ovchinnikov , V. V. Parusov , Yu. B. Ovchinnikov