Gas purity effect on GEM performance in He and Ne at low temperatures

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 2260-2263

  Galea, R ^a   Dodd, J ^a   Ju, Y ^a   Leltchouk, M ^a   Willis, W ^a   Rehak, P ^b   Tcherniatine, V ^b   Buzulutskov, A ^c   Pavlyuchenko, D ^c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BUDKER INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cryogenic noble gases; Electron bubble; Gas electron multiplier; Helium; Neon; Penning mixtures

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENICS; DENSITY OF GASES; GAS DYNAMICS; HELIUM; NEON;

CRYOGENIC NOBLE GASES; ELECTRON BUBBLE; GAS ELECTRON MULTIPLIER; PENNING MIXTURES;

ELECTRON BEAMS;

EID: 33748341498     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2006.875699     Document Type: Conference Paper

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