Energy calibration of a GEM-TPC prototype with 83mKr

A GEM-TPC has been built as a 10% scale prototype for the P-bar ANDA experiment and as a full-scale prototype for the CBELSA/TAPS experiment (Fabbietti L, et al: Nucl Instrum Methods A 628:204, 2011). The intrinsic suppression of ion backflow into the drift volume makes it suitable for high rate/background environments. The GEM-TPC has been used as an inner tracking update for the FOPI experiment at GSI where cosmic and beam tests were performed. For calibration purposes a 83Rb source has been produced at the Bonn HISKP Cyclotron. Using the isomeric 83mKr evaporated by the source, a relative channel-wise gain calibration as well as gain estimation for different high voltage settings could be performed.