2006/06/25 by M. Cortesi, R. Chechik, A. Breskin +5 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #Particle Detector Development and Performance #Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies #physics.ins-det #physics.med-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.nima.2006.10.266
published as Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A572:175-176,2007 · 3 pages, 3 figures. Presented at the 10th Pisa Meeting on Advanced Detectors; ELBA-Italy; May 21-27 2006
arxiv created 2006/06/25 · openalex publication_date 2006/11/28 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The thick GEM (THGEM) [1] is an "expanded" GEM, economically produced in the PCB industry by simple drilling and etching in G-10 or other insulating materials (fig. 1). Similar to GEM, its operation is based on electron gas avalanche multiplication in sub-mm holes, resulting in very high gain and fast signals. Due to its large hole size, the THGEM is particularly efficient in transporting the electrons into and from the holes, leading to efficient single-electron detection and effective cascaded operation. The THGEM provides true pixilated radiation localization, ns signals, high gain and high rate capability. For a comprehensive summary of the THGEM properties, the reader is referred to [2, 3]. In this article we present a summary of our recent study on THGEM-based imaging, carried out with a 10x10 cm2 double-THGEM detector.