Published October 1994 | Version v1
Report Open

Beam tests with microstrip gas counters

Description

We have measured the efficiency, timing and pulse heights in several types of microstrip Gas Chambers with plastic substrates passivated with a thin Nickel layer. We used as active gas mixtures Argon/Isobutane and CF4/Isobutane. We placed the detectors in a secondary beam at TRIUMF tuned to a momentum of 100 MeV/c of pions, muons and electrons. Preliminary results indicate good efficiency for minimum ionizing particles in Argon/Isobutane mixtures but lesser efficiency in CF4 based gases indicating the importance of high quality preamplifiers to increase the signal to noise ratio. (author). 20 refs., 6 figs

Availability note (English)

MF available from INIS under the Report Number.

Files

27057065.pdf

Files (142.6 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:85714d21e5653b95afff6d92394f42b6
142.6 kB Preview Download

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
4 p.
Report number
TRI-PP--94-84

Conference

Title
Nuclear science symposium medical imaging conference.
Dates
30 Oct - 5 Nov 1994.
Place
Norfolk, VA (United States).