Development of a triple GEM UV-photon detector operated in pure CF 4 for the PHENIX experiment

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

Volumn 523, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 345-354

  Kozlov, A ^a   Ravinovich, I ^a   Shekhtman, L ^a,c   Fraenkel, Z ^a   Inuzuka, M ^b   Tserruya, I ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c BUDKER INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

CF4; CsI photocathode; GEM; HBD; UV photon detector

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGRADATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTOCATHODES; PHOTONS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CF4; CSI PHOTOCATHODES; GAS ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS (GEM); HADRON BLIND DETECTORS (HBD); UV-PHOTON DETECTORS;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 2142838450     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2003.12.018     Document Type: Article

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