Single electron amplification in a "single-MCP + micromegas + PADS" detector

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 5 I, 2004, Pages 2262-2266

  Va'vra, J ^a   Sumiyoshi, T ^b  

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gaseous micromegas and MCP based detectors; Micro pattern detectors; Photon detectors

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONS; PHOTOCATHODES; PHOTONS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); READOUT SYSTEMS;

GASEOUS MICROMEGAS AND MCP-BASED DETECTORS; MICRO-PATTERN DETECTORS; PHOTON DETECTORS; POSITION RESOLUTION;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 8344245562     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.836064     Document Type: Article

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