First demonstration of VUV-photon detection in liquid xenon with THGEM and GEM-based Liquid Hole Multipliers

Eran Erdal; Lior Arazi; M. L. Rappaport; Sergei Shchemelinin; David Vartsky; Amos Breskin

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2016.05.105

First demonstration of VUV-photon detection in liquid xenon with THGEM and GEM-based Liquid Hole Multipliers

Eran Erdal, Lior Arazi, M. L. Rappaport, Sergei Shchemelinin, David Vartsky, Amos Breskin

Weizmann Institute of Science

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The bubble-assisted Liquid Hole-Multiplier (LHM) is a recently-introduced detection concept for noble liquid time projection chambers. In this "local dual-phase" detection element, a gas bubble is supported underneath a perforated electrode (e.g., Thick Gas Electron Multiplier - THGEM, or Gas Electron Multiplier - GEM). Electrons drifting through the holes induce large electroluminescence signals as they pass into the bubble. In this work we report on recent results of THGEM and GEM electrodes coated with cesium iodide and immersed in liquid xenon, allowing - for the first time - the detection of primary VUV scintillation photons in addition to ionization electrons.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	218-221
Number of pages	4
Journal	Nuclear Instruments & Methods In Physics Research Section A-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors And Associated Equipment
Volume	845
Early online date	26 May 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2016.05.105
State	Published - 11 Feb 2017

Keywords

Cesium iodide
Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM)
Liquid Hole-Multipliers
Micro-Pattern Gas Detectors (MPGD)
Noble-liquid detectors
Thick Gas Electron Multiplier (THGEM)

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Instrumentation

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Erdal, E., Arazi, L., Rappaport, M. L., Shchemelinin, S., Vartsky, D., & Breskin, A. (2017). First demonstration of VUV-photon detection in liquid xenon with THGEM and GEM-based Liquid Hole Multipliers. Nuclear Instruments & Methods In Physics Research Section A-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors And Associated Equipment, 845, 218-221. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2016.05.105

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Erdal, E, Arazi, L, Rappaport, ML, Shchemelinin, S, Vartsky, D & Breskin, A 2017, 'First demonstration of VUV-photon detection in liquid xenon with THGEM and GEM-based Liquid Hole Multipliers', Nuclear Instruments & Methods In Physics Research Section A-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors And Associated Equipment, vol. 845, pp. 218-221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2016.05.105

First demonstration of VUV-photon detection in liquid xenon with THGEM and GEM-based Liquid Hole Multipliers. / Erdal, Eran; Arazi, Lior; Rappaport, M. L. et al.
In: Nuclear Instruments & Methods In Physics Research Section A-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors And Associated Equipment, Vol. 845, 11.02.2017, p. 218-221.

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Erdal E, Arazi L, Rappaport ML, Shchemelinin S, Vartsky D, Breskin A. First demonstration of VUV-photon detection in liquid xenon with THGEM and GEM-based Liquid Hole Multipliers. Nuclear Instruments & Methods In Physics Research Section A-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors And Associated Equipment. 2017 Feb 11;845:218-221. Epub 2016 May 26. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2016.05.105

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