GAS GAIN STABILITY IN MSGCS AND MGCS AT HIGH-RATE OPERATION

Authors
VANDENBERG FD DAUM C VANEIJK B VANEIJK CWE HARTJES FG VANDERMAREL J UDO F ZHUKOV V
Citation
Fd. Vandenberg et al., GAS GAIN STABILITY IN MSGCS AND MGCS AT HIGH-RATE OPERATION, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 392(1-3), 1997, pp. 94-98
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
392
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
94 - 98
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1997)392:1-3<94:GGSIMA>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
MicroStrip Gas Counters (MSGCS) with strip patterns on bare and coated borosilicate glass as well as MicroGap Counters (MGCs) have been irra diated with 5.4 keV X-rays to investigate their high rate capability a nd ageing behaviour. The application of semiconductive coatings under the strips of MSGCs results in an improved short-and long-term gain st ability in comparison to counters with uncoated borosilicate substrate s, for count rates up to 10(5) Hz/mm(2). However, the absolute gain of a coated detector is significantly smaller than that of a conventiona l one. The MGC has high-rate characteristics, as good as those for coa ted MSGCs. Results on the ageing of MSGCs on coated and uncoated glass , and of the MGC, are presented.