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DETECTORS AND EXPERIMENTAL METHODS

Electron transmission efficiency of gating-GEM foil for TPC

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2012 Chinese Physical Society and the Institute of High Energy Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Modern Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and IOP Publishing Ltd
, , Citation Xie Wen-Qing et al 2012 Chinese Phys. C 36 339 DOI 10.1088/1674-1137/36/4/008

1674-1137/36/4/339

Abstract

In a TPC, ion feedback from the readout detector can cause a space-charge effect and distort the electrical field in the drift region. Gating is one of the effective methods to solve this problem, which can block ions at the expense of losing a certain amount of primary electrons. Compared with the traditional design with a wire structure, gating based on GEM foil is more attractive because of its simplicity. In this paper, the factors influencing the electron transmission efficiency are studied with simulations and experiments. After optimizing all these parameters, an electron transmission efficiency over 80% is obtained.

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10.1088/1674-1137/36/4/008