High rate behavior and discharge limits in micro-pattern detectors

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

Volumn 424, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 321-342

  Bressan, A ^a   Hoch, M ^a   Pagano, P ^a   Ropelewski, L ^a   Sauli, F ^a   Biagi, S ^b   Buzulutskov, A ^c   Gruwe M ^d   De Lentdecker, G ^e   Moermann, D ^f   Sharma, A ^g  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c BUDKER INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^d DESY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^g GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PARTICLES; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS; X RAYS;

GAS ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS; MICRO-DOT COUNTERS; MICROMEGAS; PROPORTIONAL MICRO-PATTERN DETECTORS; RAETHER'S CRITERION;

PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS;

EID: 0344146611     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(98)01317-5     Document Type: Article

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