Published January 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

Aging measurements on triple-GEM detectors operated with CF4-based gas mixtures

  • 1. Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati - INFN, Frascati (Italy)
  • 2. Sezione INFN di Cagliari, Cagliari (Italy)
  • 3. Sezione INFN di Roma 1, Rome (Italy)
  • 4. ENEA-FIS/ION, C.R. Casaccia, 00060, S. Maria di Galeria (Rome) (Italy)

Description

We present the results of a global irradiation test of full size triple-GEM detectors operated with CF4-based gas mixtures. This study has been performed in the framework of an R and D activity on detectors for the innermost region of the first muon station of the LHCb experiment. The prototypes have been irradiated at the Calliope facility of the ENEA-Casaccia with a high intensity 1.25 MeV γ 6Co source. After the irradiation test the detectors performances have been measured with X-rays and with a 3 GeV pion beam at CERN. A SEM analysis on several samples of the detectors has been performed to complete the understanding of the physical processes occurring in a GEM detector during a strong irradiation

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2005.03.054;
PII
S0920-5632(05)00832-7;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B, Proceedings Supplements
Journal Volume
150
Journal Page Range
p. 159-163
ISSN
0920-5632
CODEN
NPBSE7

Conference

Title
9. topical seminar on innovative particle and radiation detectors
Dates
23-26 May 2004
Place
Siena (Italy)

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Copyright (c) 2005 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.