GEM operation in negative ion drift gas mixtures

Authors

J. Miyamoto
I. Shipsey
C. J. Martoff
M. Katz-Hyman
R. Ayad
G. Bonvincini
A. Schreiner

Abstract

The first operation of GEM gas gain elements in negative ion gas mixtures is reported. Gains up to several thousand were obtained from single-stage GEMs in CS vapor at low pressure, and in mixtures of CS2 with Argon and Helium, some near I bar total pressure. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Published in:

Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section a-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment 526,3 (2004) 409-412;

Link to original published article:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2004.02.018

Keywords

negative ion tpc;; dark matter;; wimp;; drift;; gem;; detectors;; diffusion

Date of Version

January 2004

Recommended Citation

Miyamoto, J.; Shipsey, I.; Martoff, C. J.; Katz-Hyman, M.; Ayad, R.; Bonvincini, G.; and Schreiner, A., "GEM operation in negative ion drift gas mixtures" (2004). Department of Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications. Paper 458.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/physics_articles/458