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Further progress in ion back-flow reduction with patterned gaseous hole-multipliers

A V Lyashenko1, A Breskin1, R Chechik1, J F C A Veloso2, J M F Dos Santos3 and F D Amaro3

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A new idea on electrostatic deviation and capture of back-drifting avalanche-ions in cascaded gaseous hole-multipliers is presented. It involves a flipped reversed-bias Micro-Hole & Strip Plate (F-R-MHSP) element, the strips of which are facing the drift region of the multiplier. The ions, originating from successive multiplication stages, are efficiently deviated and captured by such electrode. Experimental results are provided comparing the ion-blocking capability of the F-R-MHSP to that of the reversed-bias Micro-Hole & Strip Plate (R-MHSP) and the Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM). Best ion-blocking results in cascaded hole-multipliers were reached with a detector having the F-R-MHSP as the first multiplication element. A three-element F-R-MHSP/GEM/MHSP cascaded multiplier operated in atmospheric-pressure Ar/CH4 (95/5), at total gain of ~ 105, yielded ion back-flow fractions of 3centerdot10−4 and 1.5centerdot10−4, at drift fields of 0.5 and 0.2 kV/cm, respectively. We describe the F-R-MHSP concept and the relevance of the obtained ion back-flow fractions to various applications; further ideas are also discussed.

Keywords

Charge transport and multiplication in gas

Gaseous detectors

Detector modelling and simulations II (electric fields, charge transport, multiplication and induction, pulse formation, electron emission, etc)

Avalanche-induced secondary effects

 

E-print Number: 0706.3606v1

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PACS

29.40.Cs Gas-filled counters: ionization chambers, proportional, and avalanche counters

85.60.Ha Photomultipliers; phototubes and photocathodes

Subjects

Accelerators, beams and electromagnetism

Electronics and devices

Nuclear physics

Instrumentation and measurement

Optics, quantum optics and lasers

Particle physics and field theory

Dates

Issue 08 (August 2007)

Received 26 June 2007, accepted for publication 6 August 2007

Published 13 August 2007



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