Progress in simulations of micropattern gas avalanche detectors

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2000, Pages

  Cwetanski, P ^a,b  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; BUTANE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; MIXTURES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; XENON;

MICROPATTERN GAS AVALANCHE DETECTOR; PENNING EFFECT;

DRIFT CHAMBERS;

EID: 0034593723     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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