Performance of a triple-GEM detector for high rate charged particle triggering

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

Volumn 494, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 156-162

  Bencivenni, G ^a   De Simone, P ^a   Murtas, F ^a   Poli Lener, Marco ^a   Bonivento, W ^b   Cardini, A ^b   Deplano, C ^b   Pinci, D ^b,c   Raspino, D ^b  

^a INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Discharge; GEM; Tracking

Indexed keywords

GAIN MEASUREMENT; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; INERT GASES; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PROTON BEAMS; X RAY TUBES;

GAS ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS (GEM);

ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS;

EID: 0037153450     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(02)01460-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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