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 of GEMs- the capability to operate in a cascaded mode and in poorly quenched gases - and of RPC: the protection against sparks. In this paper will shortly review our latest achievements in this direction, however the main focus will be given on a new advanced design that allows to build large area detectors manufactured by a screen printing technology. The proposed detector, depending on the applications, can operate either in a GEM mode (electron multiplications through holes only) or as a hybrid RPC with simultaneous amplifications in the drift region and in the holes. The possible applications of this new detector will be discussed.
@article{arxiv.0805.2728,
title = {Progress in Developing Hybrid RPCs: GEM-like Detectors with Resistive Electrodes},
author = {P. Fonte and P. Martinengo and E. Nappi and R. Oliveira and V. Peskov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0805.2728},
year = {2010}
}