Published June 1999 | Version v1
Journal article

An aging study of a gas electron multiplier with micro-strip gas chamber readout

  • 1. Purdue Univ., W. Lafayette, IN (United States). Dept. of Physics

Description

The authors have performed an aging study of a Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) readout with a Micro-Strip Gas Chamber (MSGC). The GEM is constructed from Kapton and copper, and the MSGC is constructed from semiconductive glass and gold. When the detector (GEM+MSGC) is operated in an argon-dimethyl ether (DME) gas mixture and irradiated with a 5.4 keV photon beam, about 220 mC/cm of charge can be accumulated without degradation of the detector performance. This corresponds to about 20 years of operation at the LHC

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
Journal Volume
46
Journal Issue
3Pt1
Journal Page Range
p. 312-316
ISSN
0018-9499
CODEN
IETNAE

Conference

Title
1998 IEEE nuclear science symposium and medical imaging conference
Dates
10-12 Nov 1998
Place
Toronto (Canada)

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Secondary number(s)
CONF-981110--