Readout of TPC tracking chambers with GEMs and pixel chip

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

Volumn 589, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 173-184

  Kim, T ^a   Freytsis, M ^a   Button Shafer, J ^a   Kadyk, J ^a   Vahsen, S E ^a   Wenzel, W A ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

GEMs; Pixel chip; TPC readout

Indexed keywords

GAS MIXTURES; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IONIZATION; PIXELS;

PIXEL CHIPS; TIME PROJECTION CHAMBER (TPC) READOUT;

MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS;

EID: 42049087859     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2008.02.049     Document Type: Article

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