Advances in Thick GEM-like gaseous electron multipliers - Part I: Atmospheric pressure operation

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

Volumn 558, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 475-489

  Shalem, C ^a   Chechik, R ^a   Breskin, A ^a   Michaeli, K ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gas avalanche multiplication; Gaseous electron multipliers; Hole multiplication; Radiation imaging detectors; UV photon detectors

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CESIUM COMPOUNDS; MIXTURES; PHOTOCATHODES; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTOIONIZATION; PHOTONS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

HOLE MULTIPLICATION; RADIATION IMAGING DETECTORS; UV-PHOTON DETECTORS;

ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS;

EID: 33644499746     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2005.12.241     Document Type: Article

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