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 …

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 …

Ion-induced effects in GEM and GEM/MHSP gaseous photomultipliers for the UV and the visible spectral range

A Breskin, D Mörmann, A Lyashenko, R Chechik… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2005 - Elsevier
We report on the progress in the study of cascaded GEM and GEM/MHSP gas avalanche
photomultipliers operating at atmospheric pressure, with CsI and bialkali photocathodes …

Advances in ion back-flow reduction in cascaded gaseous electron multipliers incorporating R-MHSP elements

AV Lyashenko, A Breskin, R Chechik… - Journal of …, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
We present and discuss in details a concept for the reduction of ion back-flow in GEM-based
cascaded gaseous electron multipliers, by incorporating Micro-Hole & Strip Plate (MHSP) …

Multichannel nanoparticle scintillation microdevice with integrated waveguides for radiation detection

CS Wilson, SM Pellegrin - US Patent 7,652,261, 2010 - Google Patents
A device for detecting radiation includes a substantially transparent substrate with one or
more substantially transparent scintillating films patterned onto the surface and with one or …

Operation of a single-GEM in noble gases at high pressures

FD Amaro, AS Conceicao, J Veloso… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2007 - Elsevier
We report the performance of a single-Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) operating in pure Ar,
Xe, and in Ar-50lmbar Xe mixtures, in the range of 1–7lbar. The maximum gain and voltage …

MHSP in reversed-bias operation mode for ion blocking in gas-avalanche multipliers

J Veloso, FD Amaro, JM Maia, AV Lyashenko… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2005 - Elsevier
We present recent results on the operation of gas-avalanche detectors comprising a
cascade of gas electron multipliers (GEMs) and Mico-Hole & Strip Plate (MHSP) multiplier …

A multichannel nanoparticle scintillation microdevice with integrated waveguides for alpha, beta, gamma, x-ray, and neutron detection

S Pellegrin, C Whitney… - 19th IEEE International …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper reports on a glass microdevice with a new patterned nanoparticle composite
resin that detects and discriminates all species of radiation emitted from fissionable bomb …

Single-UV-photon 2-D imaging with multi-GEM detectors

JM Maia, D Mörmann, A Breskin, R Chechik… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2007 - Elsevier
The main goal being the construction of large-area, low-cost position-sensitive micropattern
gaseous photomultipliers (GPMs) based on gas electron multipliers (GEM) cascades, we …

Measurement of the ion blocking by the passive bipolar grid

E Shulga, V Zakharov, P Garg… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The ion backflow (IBF) is the main limiting factor for operating time projection chambers
(TPCs) at high event rates. A significant effort is invested by many experimental groups to …