OPTIMIZATION OF DESIGN AND BEAM TEST OF MICROSTRIP GAS-CHAMBERS

Authors
BOUCLIER R CAPEANS M EVANS J GARABATOS C MANZIN G MILLION G ROPELEWSKI L SAULI F SHEKHTMAN LI TEMMEL T FISCHER G
Citation
R. Bouclier et al., OPTIMIZATION OF DESIGN AND BEAM TEST OF MICROSTRIP GAS-CHAMBERS, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 367(1-3), 1995, pp. 163-167
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
367
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
163 - 167
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1995)367:1-3<163:OODABT>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
We describe recent experimental and theoretical work aimed at optimizi ng the geometry and the operation of micro-strip gas chambers in order to improve their performance and reliability. With the help of a simu lation program, we have studied the mechanism of signal propagation an d analyzed the effects on signal shape and size of resistivity of stri ps, grouping of biased strips and the presence of a back-plane. Severa l detectors manufactured according to the results of the study and equ ipped with fast amplifiers have been installed in a test beam to study general operating characteristics, efficiency and localization accura cy; preliminary results of the data analysis are discussed.