Abstract
Positive ion feedback can be problematic in a high precision Time Projection Chamber (TPC) as proposed for the International Linear Collider (ILC). Use of a traditional wire gating device would increase the dead areas in the planned module structure. F. Sauli proposed, in 2006, the use of a Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) as a gating device. We have measured the electron transparency for a 14 μm thick GEM in a 1 T magnetic field. The transparency does not meet the requirement for a TPC at the ILC. We performed a simulation study using Garfield++ to understand the important parameters. Simulations show that a new GEM structure with wider aperture, for example a hexagonal honeycomb structure, can improve the performance as a gate. Results of measurements will be compared to the simulation and the predicted performance of the new GEM structure will be described.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | C11023 |
| Journal | Journal of Instrumentation |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 Nov |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Detector modelling and simulations II (electric fields, charge transport, multiplication and induction, pulse formation, electron emission, etc)
- Micropattern gaseous detectors (MSGC, GEM, THGEM, RETHGEM, MHSP, MICROPIC, MICROMEGAS, InGrid, etc)
- Time projection Chambers (TPC)
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Mathematical Physics
- Instrumentation