Heavy-ion test of detectors with conventional and resistive Micromegas used in TPC configuration
Creators
- 1. Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, IRFU, F91191 Gif sur Yvette (France)
- 2. Institute of Nuclear Physics, IFJ-PAN, ul. Radzikowskiego 152, 31-342 Krakow (Poland)
- 3. Institute of Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dubravska cesta 9, 854 11 Bratislava (Slovakia)
- 4. Institute of Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 72, Tzanigradsko chaussee Blvd, BG-1784 Sofia (Bulgaria)
Description
We have performed tests of Micromegas detector prototypes using the heavy-ion beams from the SIS synchrotron of GSI (Darmstadt, Germany). The beams varied from 12C6+ to 179Au65+ and from 250 to 1000 MeV per nucleon. We have tested two amplification technologies, conventional and resistive Micromegas, and two construction concepts, bulk-Micromegas and micro-meshes screwed on the PCB. The obtained position resolution below 200μm for 5 mm wide strips implies that the bulk resistive Micromegas technology might meet the requirements of the future R3B TPC project. We also developed a fast and very low noise front-end electronics connected directly to the Printed Circuit Board (PCB) of the detector itself. This concept has shown very good performances and robustness.
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2010.06.309Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.nima.2010.06.309;
- PII
- S0168-9002(10)01499-3;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
- Journal Volume
- 628
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 166-171
- ISSN
- 0168-9002
- CODEN
- NIMAER
Conference
- Title
- 12. international Vienna conference on instrumentation
- Acronym
- VCI 2010
- Dates
- 15-20 Feb 2010
- Place
- Vienna (Austria)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 42075174
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- AMPLIFICATION; BEAMS; CARBON 12 BEAMS; CONFIGURATION; GOLD 179; HEAVY IONS; MEV RANGE 100-1000; MULTICHARGED IONS; NOISE; NUCLEONS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RADIATION DETECTORS; READOUT SYSTEMS; RESOLUTION; SIS SYNCHROTRON; TIME PROJECTION CHAMBERS
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCELERATORS; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; AROMATICS; BARYONS; BEAMS; CHARGED PARTICLES; CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; DRIFT CHAMBERS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; FERMIONS; GOLD ISOTOPES; HADRONS; HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; HEAVY ION ACCELERATORS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ION BEAMS; IONS; ISOTOPES; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MEV RANGE; MULTIWIRE PROPORTIONAL CHAMBERS; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; SECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; SYNCHROTRONS
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- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.