PROPERTIES OF CF4 AND ISOBUTANE FOR USE IN MICROSTRIP GAS COUNTERS

Authors
PRENDERGAST EP AGTERHUIS EH KUIJER PG VANDENBRINK A DEHAAS AP KAMERMANS R DELAAT CTAM LOURENS W OSKAMP CJ SNELLINGS RJM VOERMAN JM
Citation
Ep. Prendergast et al., PROPERTIES OF CF4 AND ISOBUTANE FOR USE IN MICROSTRIP GAS COUNTERS, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 385(2), 1997, pp. 243-247
Citations number
10
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
385
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
243 - 247
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1997)385:2<243:POCAIF>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
The gain of microstrip gas counters (MSGCs) was studied for two of the most commonly used gases, CF4 and isobutane, in the range of 100 to 1 015 mbar gas pressure and of 100 to 400 V bias voltage. It was found t hat the microstrip gain decreases with increasing gas pressure, howeve r the signal induced by non-relativistic ions exhibits a maximum at a gas-dependent pressure. This behaviour is described by computer simula tions of the evolution of single-electron avalanches.