Recent investigations of cascaded GEM and MHSP detectors

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 5 I, 2004, Pages 2097-2103

  Chechik, R ^a   Breskin, A ^a   Guedes, G P ^a,b,c   Mormann D ^a   Maia, J M ^a,d,e   Dangendorf, V ^a,f   Vartsky, D ^g   Dos Santos, J M F ^d   Veloso, J F C A ^d,h  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^f PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^g SOREQ NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER   (Israel)

^h UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Gas electron multiplier (GEM); Gaseous photon detectors; Ion feedback; Radiation imaging detectors

Indexed keywords

GAS ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS (GEM); GASEOUS PHOTON DETECTORS; ION FEEDBACK; RADIATION IMAGING DETECTORS;

ELECTRONS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PHOTONS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSPARENCY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CASCADE CONNECTIONS;

EID: 8344235108     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.835628     Document Type: Article

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