GEM operation in negative ion drift gas mixtures
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
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.
Keywords
negative ion tpc;; dark matter;; wimp;; drift;; gem;; detectors;; diffusion
Date of this Version
January 2004
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