First in-beam studies of a Resistive-Plate WELL gaseous multiplier

Shikma Bressler; Luca Moleri; Michael Pitt; S. Kudella; C. D. R. Azevedo; Fernando Domingues Amaro; M.R. Jorge; Joaquim Marques Ferreira dos Santos; Joao Filipe Calapez de Albuquerque Veloso; Hugo Natal da Luz; Lior Arazi; E. Olivierie; Amos Breskin; E. Olivieri

doi:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/11/01/P01005

First in-beam studies of a Resistive-Plate WELL gaseous multiplier

Shikma Bressler, Luca Moleri, Michael Pitt, S. Kudella, C. D. R. Azevedo, Fernando Domingues Amaro, M.R. Jorge, Joaquim Marques Ferreira dos Santos, Joao Filipe Calapez de Albuquerque Veloso, Hugo Natal da Luz, Lior Arazi, E. Olivierie, Amos Breskin, E. Olivieri

Weizmann Institute of Science

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Abstract

We present the results of the first in-beam studies of a medium size (10 x 10 cm²) Resistive-Plate WELL (RPWELL): a single-sided THGEM coupled to a pad anode through a resistive layer of high bulk resistivity (similar to 10⁹ Ωcm). The 6.2 mm thick (excluding readout electronics) single-stage detector was studied with 150 GeV muons and pions. Signals were recorded from 1 x 1 cm²square copper pads with APV25-SRS readout electronics. The single-element detector was operated in Ne/(5%CH₄) at a gas gain of a few times 10⁴, reaching 99% detection efficiency at average pad multiplicity of ∼ 1.2. Operation at particle fluxes up to similar to 10⁴ Hz/cm² resulted in ∼ 23% gain drop leading to similar to 5% efficiency loss. The striking feature was the discharge-free operation, also in intense pion beams. These results pave the way towards robust, efficient large-scale detectors for applications requiring economic solutions at moderate spatial and energy resolutions.

Original language	English
Article number	P01005
Journal	Journal of Instrumentation
Volume	11
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/11/01/P01005
State	Published - 12 Jan 2016

Keywords

Micropattern gaseous detectors (MSGC, GEM, THGEM, RETHGEM, MHSP, MICROPIC, MICROMEGAS, InGrid, etc)
Resistive-plate chambers

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Instrumentation
Mathematical Physics

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Bressler, S., Moleri, L., Pitt, M., Kudella, S., Azevedo, C. D. R., Amaro, F. D., Jorge, M. R., Ferreira dos Santos, J. M., Calapez de Albuquerque Veloso, J. F., Natal da Luz, H., Arazi, L., Olivierie, E., Breskin, A., & Olivieri, E. (2016). First in-beam studies of a Resistive-Plate WELL gaseous multiplier. Journal of Instrumentation, 11(1), Article P01005. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/11/01/P01005

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