Operation of a GEM-TPC with pixel readout

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3221-3228

  Brezina, C ^a   Desch, K ^a   Kaminski, J ^a   Killenberg, M ^a,b   Krautscheid, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Gas electron multiplier (GEM); International Linear Collider (ILC); medipix; micro pattern gaseous detector (MPGD); time projection chamber (TPC); Timepix

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES;

GAS ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS; GASEOUS DETECTORS; INTERNATIONAL LINEAR COLLIDER; MEDIPIX; TIME PROJECTION CHAMBERS; TIMEPIX;

ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS;

EID: 84871371829     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2012.2220981     Document Type: Article

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