The GEM photomultiplier operated with noble gas mixtures

被引：120

作者：

Buzulutskov, A ^{[1
]}

Breskin, A

Chechik, R

Garty, G

Sauli, F

Shekhtman, L

机构：

[1] Budker Inst Nucl Phys, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia

[2] Weizmann Inst Sci, Particle Phys Dept, IL-76100 Rehovot, Israel

[3] CERN, Div PPE, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland

来源：

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT | 2000年 / 443卷 / 01期

基金：

以色列科学基金会;

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D O I：

10.1016/S0168-9002(99)01011-6

中图分类号：

TH7 [仪器、仪表];

学科分类号：

0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;

摘要：

We present the results of detailed investigations of the Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM)-based photomultiplier, consisting of a solid CsI photocathode coupled to a cascade of GEM elements. The detector is filled with non-ageing mixtures based on noble gases: Ar, Ne, Ar + Ne, Ar + Xe, Ar + CH4 and Ar + N-2. Very high gas gains, reaching 10(6), and rather fast anode pulses, of a width of 10 ns, were observed in some mixtures. Various phenomena and physical processes, found to affect the device operation, are discussed here: additional gain due to secondary scintillation; mixtures with enhanced ionization efficiency. improvement of pulse-height resolution due to avalanche confinement in the GEM holes; avalanche extension outside the GEM holes: gain limitation due to ion feedback and charging-up of GEM electrodes: photoelectron backscattering. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

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页码：164 / 180

页数：17

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