Advances in Thick GEM-like gaseous electron multipliers. Part I: atmospheric pressure operation

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dc.creatorShalem, C.
dc.creatorChechik, R.
dc.creatorBreskin, A.
dc.creatorMichaeli, K.
dc.date2006-01-17
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:47:02Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T10:47:02Z
dc.descriptionThick GEM-like (THGEM) gaseous electron multipliers are made of standard printed-circuit board perforated with sub-millimeter diameter holes, etched at their rims. Effective gas multiplication factors of 100000 and 10000000 and fast pulses in the few nanosecond rise-time scale were reached in single- and cascaded double-THGEM elements, in atmospheric-pressure standard gas mixtures with single photoelectrons. High single-electron detection efficiency is obtained in photon detectors combining THGEMs and semitransparent UV-sensitive CsI photocathodes or reflective ones deposited on the top THGEM face; the latter benefits of a reduced sensitivity to ionizing background radiation. Stable operation was recorded with photoelectron fluxes exceeding MHz/mm2. The properties and some potential applications of these simple and robust multipliers are discussed.
dc.description41 pages, 27 figures. Submitted to Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A, Dec 21, 2005
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0601115
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0601115
dc.identifierNucl.Instrum.Meth.A558:475-489,2006
dc.identifierdoi:10.1016/j.nima.2005.12.241
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/183435
dc.subjectInstrumentation and Detectors
dc.titleAdvances in Thick GEM-like gaseous electron multipliers. Part I: atmospheric pressure operation
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