MINIT - A NEW GAS DETECTOR FOR VERY-LOW THRESHOLD PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION

Authors
AIELLO S FINOCCHIARO P PIRRONE S BELLIA G CUTTONE G POLITI G ROVELLI A
Citation
S. Aiello et al., MINIT - A NEW GAS DETECTOR FOR VERY-LOW THRESHOLD PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 400(2-3), 1997, pp. 469-475
Citations number
16
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
400
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
469 - 475
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1997)400:2-3<469:M-ANGD>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
We report on the first results of in-beam tests performed with the MIN IT detection technique. Its modular structure of multilayer ionization chamber with proportional avalanche multiplication allows to detect a nd identify heavy ions with a very low energy threshold. Its simple me chanical structure, based on a glass microstrip plate, should allow th e realization of cheap large-area arrays of similar detectors, in view of the next generation of experiments with radioactive ion beams.