GEM photomultiplier operated with noble gas mixtures

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 443, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 164-180

  Buzulutskov, A ^a   Breskin, A ^b   Chechik, R ^b   Garty, G ^b   Sauli, F ^c   Shekhtman, L ^a  

^a BUDKER INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; ARGON; CESIUM COMPOUNDS; METHANE; NEON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORS; PHOTOCATHODES; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; XENON;

CESIUM IODIDE; GAS ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS (GEM);

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 0034696467     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(99)01011-6     Document Type: Article

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