Thick GEM-like hole multipliers: properties and possible applications

R Chechik, A Breskin, C Shalem, D Mörmann - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2004 - Elsevier
The properties of thick GEM-like (TGEM) gaseous electron multipliers, operated at 1–740
Torr are presented. They are made of a G-10 plate, perforated with millimeter-scale diameter …

Advances in Thick GEM-like gaseous electron multipliers—Part I: atmospheric pressure operation

C Shalem, R Chechik, A Breskin, K Michaeli - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2006 - Elsevier
Thick GEM-like (THGEM) gaseous electron multipliers are made of standard printed-circuit
board perforated with sub-millimeter diameter holes, etched at their rims. Effective gas …

Thick GEM-like multipliers—a simple solution for large area UV-RICH detectors

R Chechik, A Breskin, C Shalem - … Methods in Physics Research Section A …, 2005 - Elsevier
We report on the properties of thick GEM-like (THGEM) electron multipliers made of 0.4 mm
thick double-sided Cu-clad G-10 plates, perforated with a dense hexagonal array of 0.3 mm …

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RR Barbosa, MIM Sepúlveda, MU COSTA - Gestão da informação e do …, 2009 - core.ac.uk
In the final decades of the last century, Ring Imaging Cherenkov (RICH) detectors
established themselves as the most robust and reliable particle identification (PID) …

Development of high-gain gaseous photomultipliers for the visible spectral range

AV Lyashenko, A Breskin, R Chechik… - Journal of …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
We summarize the development of visible-sensitive gaseous photomultipliers, combining a
semitransparent bi-alkali photocathode with a state-of-the-art cascaded electron multiplier …

Operation principles and properties of the multi-GEM gaseous photomultiplier with reflective photocathode

D Mörmann, A Breskin, R Chechik, C Shalem - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2004 - Elsevier
Gas Electron Multipliers with a reflective photocathode deposited on the surface of the first
multiplying element are very attractive devices for photon detection and imaging over large …

The quantum efficiency and stability of UV and soft x-ray photocathodes

AS Tremsin, OHW Siegmund - Ultrafast X-Ray Detectors, High …, 2005 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The sensitivity of many detection devices is established by the use photocathodes for the
conversion of incoming photons into photoelectrons. The choice of photocathode material is …

Development and first tests of GEM-like detectors with resistive electrodes

V Peskov, B Baibussinov, S Centro… - … on Nuclear Science, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We have developed and tested several prototypes of GEM-like detectors with electrodes
coated with resistive layers or completely made of resistive materials. These detectors can …

A Monte Carlo study of backscattering effects in the photoelectron emission from CsI into CH4 and Ar-CH4 mixtures

J Escada, T Dias, P Rachinhas… - Journal of …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
Monte Carlo simulation is used to investigate photoelectron backscattering effects in the
emission from a CsI photocathode into CH 4 and Ar-CH 4 mixtures for incident …

Methods of preparation and performance of sealed gas photomultipliers for visible light

M Balcerzyk, D Mormann, A Breskin… - … on Nuclear Science, 2003 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We describe the preparation of a sealed gas-filled photomultiplier (GPMT) for the visible
spectral range and present the properties of the first prototypes. They consist of a 50 mm …