Operation of a micro strip gas counter equipped with a gas electron multiplier

✍ Scribed by W. Beaumont; T. Beckers; O. Bouhali; J. De Troy; F. Udo; C. Vander Velde; W. Van Doninck; Ch. Van Dyck; P. Vanlaer; L. Van Lancker; V. Zhukov

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 363 KB
• Volume: 78
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0920-5632
• DOI: 10.1016/s0920-5632(99)00576-9

✦ Synopsis

This paper reports on the operation of a Micro Strip Gas Counter (MSGC) equipped with a Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) filled with At/CO2, Ne/CO2 and Ne/DME/C02. We present measurements of the detection efficiency for minimum ionizing particles, and of the electron drift velocity and transverse diffusion coefficient in the counting gases considered.