Methods of preparation and performance of sealed gas photomultipliers for visible light

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 50, Issue 4 II, 2003, Pages 847-854

  Balcerzyk, Marcin ^a,b   Mörmann, Dirk ^a   Breskin, Amos ^a   Singh, Bhartendu K ^c   Freitas, Elisabete D C ^d   Chechik, Rachel ^a   Klin, Moshe ^a   Rappaport, Michael ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b SOLTAN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Poland)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI BARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bialkali photocathode; Gas detectors; Sealed gas electron multipliers

Indexed keywords

GAS DETECTORS; MIXTURES; PHOTOCATHODES; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SOLDERING ALLOYS;

GAS PHOTOMULTIPLIERS;

PHOTOMULTIPLIERS;

EID: 0042427502     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2003.815142     Document Type: Conference Paper

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