On the operation of a micropattern gaseous UV-photomultiplier in liquid-Xenon

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Duval, S ^a   Breskin, A ^b   Budnik, R ^b   Chen, T ^a   Carduner, H ^a   Cortesi, M ^b   Cussonneau, P ^a   Donnard, J ^a   Lamblin, J ^a   Le Ray, P ^a   Morteau, E ^a   Oger, T ^a   Stutzmann, S ^a   Thers, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cryogenic detectors; Gaseous detectors; Noble liquid detectors (scintillation, ionization two phase); Photon detectors for UV; visible and IR photons (gas) (gas photocathodes, solid photocathodes)

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955823511     PISSN: 17480221     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/6/04/P04007     Document Type: Article

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