Investigation of the performance of an optimised MicroCAT, a GEM and their combination by simulations and current measurements

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

Volumn 500, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 163-177

  Orthen, A ^a   Wagner, H ^a   Besch, H J ^a   Menk, R H ^b   Walenta, A H ^a   Werthenbach, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^b SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Charge transfer; Gas electron multiplier (GEM); Gas gain; Gas gain devices; MicroCAT; Micropattern gaseous detectors

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; RADIATION DETECTORS;

GAS ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS (GEM);

ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS;

EID: 0037821762     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(03)00338-3     Document Type: Article

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